Category: Thursday is for Discipleship

Two Words for One Biblical Term: How dissection obscures understanding.

January 24, 2012

The word discipleship doesn’t exist in Scripture. The word evangelism is a more complicated discussion that I don’t want or need to get into now. For years, the church has used both words to explain different aspects of the one task of Making Disciples. Sometimes dissection of processes is revelatory–for example, when a body is … More Two Words for One Biblical Term: How dissection obscures understanding.

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The Place of “Dying” in Discipleship

January 12, 2012

Thursday is for Discipleship Six years before he was imprisoned by the Nazi’s, Dietrich Bonhoeffer penned these words: “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” It was passages like Matthew 10:37-39; Mark 8:34-38; Luke 14:25-27 that forced Bonhoeffer to the conclusion that would later cost him his life. Questions: What part … More The Place of “Dying” in Discipleship

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The Stench of Sin Should Not Deter Us from Love

December 29, 2011

Thursday is for Discipleship ‎My experience with Christians around the country is that: They rarely share their faith with others if sharing their faith is defined as “the content of the gospel.” They rarely invite anyone to anything in which others would be exposed to the “content of the gospel.” They seem to associate living … More The Stench of Sin Should Not Deter Us from Love

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Launching New Believers for Transformational Futures

December 14, 2011

Thursday is for Discipleship It’s A.D. 51 and a month or two months ago the Apostle Paul had planted the church in Thessalonica. Now he’s in Corinth and he pens 1 Thessalonians to encourage the saints there in their new faith in Christ. What this means is that when we look at 1 Thessalonians, we … More Launching New Believers for Transformational Futures

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What If We Did Spiritual Formation Like Jesus?

December 7, 2011

Thursday is for Discipleship How Did Jesus Make Disciples? I think we can see the outlines of the process in the pages of the gospels. The term I use to describe that process is “intentional withness.” There was a “with me” quality to Jesus’ interaction and training of the disciples. Jesus choose them, then spent no … More What If We Did Spiritual Formation Like Jesus?

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Is Meditation a Key to Spiritual Formation?

November 24, 2011

Thursday is for Discipleship “Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.” (Hebrews 12:3, ESV) Meditation on the life of Christ, specifically on the suffering of Christ seems to be a key ingredient to the writer of Hebrews’ disciple-growing strategy. Do you know what … More Is Meditation a Key to Spiritual Formation?

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How Quickly Should Those Who Follow Learn to Fish?

November 16, 2011

Thursday is for Discipleship How quickly did Jesus expect those who believed in him or those whom he touched to begin to tell others about him to others?   One of my former students (Matt) put it this way: “’Follow me’ – that’s discipleship. ‘and I will make you fishers of men’ – that’s the … More How Quickly Should Those Who Follow Learn to Fish?

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