Blogging Ottinger (tim)The Progression
The original twelve were baptised as disciples (student followers), then later sent into the towns and cities as apostles (ambassadors)n and finally after a change in lineup they were known by outsiders as Christians (little Christs) when they were at Antioch.
What a life! From apprentice to journeyman to a kind of lesser image of the Master himself, all in a few years. It is amazing how few years of study and preparation they had for the impact they had on the world. Oh, to be sure there were disagreements and problems and issues, but just imagine it.
Or better yet, be it.
