Austin City Life

Fight Clubs are small, simple groups of 2-3 men or women who meet regularly to help one another beat up the flesh and believe in the promises of God.

Fight Clubs are a call to fight the fight of faith in the strength of the gospel, with the help of community, for the glory of Christ. All too often, Christians fight one another in their own strength instead of fighting sin with the gospel of grace. We fight like bullies, berating one another with legalistic checklist questions. Or fight like wimps, wussing out in hollow confession of sin. Our motives for following Jesus are distorted by legalism and license. We need to remove legalism and license from the center of discipleship and replace it with the gospel. We need to orbit around Jesus, not rules or confession.

Gospel Centered
Fight Clubs inspire the fight of faith with gospel motivations—religious affections, repentance and faith in Jesus, biblical warnings and promises, and the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. When these grace-saturated motivations become central, discipleship becomes more joyful. We learn to fight the fight of faith, not to impress God or others, but because Jesus has impressed Him for us. We become so acquainted with the Spirit that sin becomes less compelling. Instead of fighting or failing alone, we join others in the fight to keep the gospel central.

Fight Clubs provides a theology and a strategy to fight sin as the church: small, gospel-centered, fighting communities called Fight Clubs. These communities are shaped by three rules: 1) Know your Sin 2) Fight your Sin 3) Trust your Savior. Read the book or an article to find out more. Start or join a Fight Club, and start fighting in the strength of the gospel.