Disciples must practice the three Ds: they must discern, deliberate on, and do what citizens of the kingdom of God would do in this or that situation. To be sure, it is not a matter of literally replicating what Jesus did; we don’t need to die on wooden crosses as criminals in order to be crucified daily. But we do need to discern, deliberate on, and do what it means to be crucified with Christ (Gal. 2:20) and to die daily (1 Cor. 15:31).
