Radical Disciples – A Remnant Revolution

Welcome to Radical Disciples – A Remnant Revolution, a blog for those who are not content with casual Christianity, powerless religion, or a version of discipleship that costs nothing. Here you will read thoughts, teachings, and prophetic reflections that may sound radical to some, yet the truth is this: the teachings of Jesus were considered radical more than two thousand years ago. His words shook the religious systems of His day because they challenged the traditions men had built around God while often missing the heart of God Himself.

Jesus said, “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me” (Luke 9:23). That is not comfortable religion. That is not a polished church slogan. That is a call to death, surrender, obedience, and a life fully yielded to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

The true teachings of Jesus still strike hard against the face of man-made tradition. They still confront sacred cow doctrines, religious pride, powerless forms, empty rituals, and systems that claim to represent Christ while often resisting the very government of Holy Spirit. Jesus did not come to preserve religious empires. He came announcing the Kingdom of God, calling men and women out of darkness, out of bondage, out of self-rule, and into the radical life of surrendered discipleship.

The Father is sweeping across the vast church landscape, and He is exposing walls that men built but Heaven never authorized. He is confronting divisions, platforms, personalities, and man-made empires that have learned how to function without His Presence while still using His name. Wherever men have claimed the glory that belongs only to the Son, the shaking has already begun.

This blog is written with a prayerful burden: that any religious mud caked upon the spirit of the reader would be shaken loose by the truth of God’s Word and the fire of Holy Spirit. My heart is that every post would help bring clarity to who we are truly called to be as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are not called to be spectators, consumers, or religious professionals. We are called to be living sacrifices, sons and daughters of the Kingdom, and witnesses of the risen Christ.

A radical disciple is not someone who is loud for the sake of being loud. A radical disciple is one who has been conquered by the love of Christ and can no longer live for self. It is the man or woman who says, “Not my will, but Thine, be done” (Luke 22:42), and then rises from the altar of surrender ready to obey, serve, forgive, preach, love, and endure.

The life of a true disciple is a life of selfless servant-hood. It is the daily laying down of our lives and the daily picking up of the cross the Lord has prepared for us. It is a thirst to see the Father’s will carried out in our daily walk, a hunger to see the harvest field filled with workers, and a burning desire above all else to see the name of Jesus Christ lifted higher than every name, every ministry, every movement, and every man-made throne.

This is why Radical Disciples – A Remnant Revolution exists. It is a call back to the narrow road, back to the cross, back to holiness, back to obedience, back to the fire of first love, and back to the original sound of Jesus’ invitation: “Follow Me.”

May this blog stir the sleeping, strengthen the weary, confront the religious, awaken the hungry, and call forth a Remnant who will no longer bow to the spirit of the age.

The revolution has begun — not a revolution of flesh, pride, rebellion, or human ambition, but a revolution of surrendered disciples radically sold out to Jesus Christ.

Russ Welch

Mighty Arm Ministries