Review: The Imperfect Disciple: Grace for People Who Can’t Get Their Act Together Jared Wilson Baker Books 2017 I had to read this one just because of the audacity of its title. A disciple that couldn’t get their act together? The other disciple type books I’d picked up didn’t put it quite that way at all. In fact, I really can’t remember this addressed directly. Wilson pretty much filled that empty space in my reading with this book. This is not a discipleship book in the usual sense of the word. In fact, he says, “The essential message of Christianity isn’t ‘ do’ but ‘ done’. The gospel is news , not instruction, and it announces to us not ‘get to work’ but ‘it is finished.’”. (67) He arrived at that conclusion after a time of beholding, i.e. looking intensely, really seeing, Jesus Christ, not just taking a quick look on the way to supporting a point. Now he’s ready to talk about the r...