Tag: Disciple

The Discipleship Circus and Our Defunct Vocabulary

May 30, 2013

Thursday is for Discipleship The same question, over and over. Church after church, meeting after meeting, church folk of every stripe and level of leadership are asking the same thing, “What is a disciple?” The standard answers follow. “A follower of Christ. “A learner.” “A fisher of men.” “A Christ one.” “A little Christ.” “A … More The Discipleship Circus and Our Defunct Vocabulary

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A Church Planter Asks: What do you use for discipleship?

May 16, 2013

Thursday is for Discipleship This exchange took place on a Facebook private message last year. A church planter asks about discipleship material.  Hi Marty! Real quick, what material do you use/have used for discipleship in your church? We (the elders at the church I pastor) really want to make a concentrated effort toward leading our … More A Church Planter Asks: What do you use for discipleship?

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Bonhoeffer on The Inseparable Nature of Grace and Discipleship

March 7, 2013

Thursday is for Discipleship “The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ. Such a man knows that the call to discipleship is a gift of grace, and that the call is inseparable from the grace. But those … More Bonhoeffer on The Inseparable Nature of Grace and Discipleship

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How We Destroy Spiritual Formation at its Initiation

March 10, 2011

Thursday is for Discipleship Thesis: Spiritual formation that leaves out the second coming of Christ and its implications is non-Pauline and unhelpful for both the formation of Christians and the progression of mission. When we share the gospel and do not impress upon new converts, very early on, that Jesus is coming again and that … More How We Destroy Spiritual Formation at its Initiation

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