Download or read book Radical Discipleship written by Jennifer M. McBride and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reminiscent of Bonhoeffer’s Discipleship, Jennifer McBride’s Radical Discipleship utilizes the liturgical seasons as a framework for engaging the social evils of mass incarceration, capital punishment, and homelessness, arguing that to be faithful to the gospel, Christians must become disciples of, not simply believers in, Jesus. The book arises out of McBride’s extensive experience teaching theology in a women’s prison while participating in a residential Christian activist and worshipping community. Arguing that disciples must take responsibility for the social evils that bar “beloved community,” Martin Luther King’s term for a just social order, the promised kingdom of God, McBride calls for a dual commitment to the works of mercy and the struggle for justice. This work seeks to form readers into an understanding of the social and political character of the good news proclaimed in the Gospels. Organically connecting liturgy with activism and theological reflection, McBride argues that discipleship requires that privileged Christians place their bodies in spaces of social struggle and distress to reduce the distance between themselves and those who suffer injustice, and stand in solidarity with those whom society deems guilty, despises, and rejects—which makes discipleship radical as Christians take seriously the Jesus of the Gospels.

Download or read book Radical Discipleship written by Robert P. Vande Kappelle and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-08-11 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discipleship is a universal experience all human beings share. In our lifetime, each of us has had a mentor, tutor, teacher, or role model, someone we admired, respected, and followed. As the central character in the Bible, the world’s best-selling book, Jesus is known and revered the world over. What would it be like to be mentored by such an individual? Of course, we can follow the accounts of the historical Jesus and his disciples in the gospels, but what would it mean to be discipled by a contemporary, twenty-first-century Jesus? While people across the world claim to follow Jesus, what would it mean to live in the modern world guided by a modern Jesus on religious issues such as faith, God, and scripture, and on social issues such as poverty, healthcare, social justice, political reform, and caring for the environment? A good place to begin is with compassion, for Christianity and compassion are largely linked. To be apprenticed to Jesus is to follow one whose profound love for the hungry, sick, and dying inspired more compassion than any single person, movement, or force in history. Addressing discipleship as a priority in our lives, Radical Discipleship illustrates its subject with stories and accounts of ordinary Christians living out their discipleship in authentic and inspiring ways. Useful for individual or group study, this volume serves as a resource for people seeking tools necessary to fulfill Jesus’ vision for a more vibrant and equitable world, one in which every human being can thrive.

Download or read book Extreme Discipleship written by David M. Young and published by E-Booktime Llc. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While statistics reveal a Christian world increasingly indistinguishable from secularism in America, many of us long for a deeper spirituality. The Gospel of Mark presents the starting point for serious Christian spirituality-extreme discipleship in Jesus Christ. Far from the complacency of mere church membership, Mark demands that we give up our old way of life for the Kingdom of God. Mark challenges our assumptions, our institutions, and our traditions-in short, our entire world view. For those who take it on its own terms, as a sermon calling us to follow Jesus, Mark promises to be the beginning of a rich and transformational spirituality. Extreme Discipleship: Following Jesus from the Gospel of Mark takes readers to the very heart of discipleship by bringing together solid biblical scholarship with repeated applications for following Jesus. The thirteen chapter book combines the form of a commentary with that of an in-depth Bible study guide, and is designed for Bible classes (both church and school), small groups, private study, and general teaching and preaching contexts. The book covers the entire text of Mark, but remains easy to read. Above all, it is provocative, because the Jesus of Mark's Gospel is provocative. David M. Young serves as a senior teaching minister for the North Boulevard Church of Christ in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He has served churches in Tennessee, Missouri, and Kansas, and has taught Bible at several universities. He received the Ph.D. cum laude in New Testament from Vanderbilt University.

Download or read book Mere Discipleship written by Lee C. Camp and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be a disciple of Christ today? And are Christians really prepared for the answers? In Mere Discipleship, Lee Camp sets forth his vision of what it means to truly follow Christ, challenging Christians to put obedience to Jesus as Lord ahead of allegiances to all earthly authorities--be they nationalistic, political, economic, or cultural. Camp clearly lays out a sound biblical framework of what disciples believe and therefore what they should do. This substantially revised and expanded second edition updates examples, adds chapter introductions and summaries, and includes new study questions.

Download or read book Mere Discipleship written by Lee C. Camp and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lee Camp sets forth his vision of what it means to truly follow Christ. This substantially revised and expanded edition updates examples and adds chapter introductions, summaries, and study questions.

Download or read book The Radical Disciple written by John Stott and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last book by the leading evangelical churchman of the 20th century, John Stott opens up what it means at root to be a follower of Jesus. He explores eight aspects of Christian discipleship which are too often neglected and yet deserve to be taken seriously: non-conformity, Christ-likeness, maturity, creation-care, simplicity, balance, dependence and death.The message is simple, classic and personal: Jesus is Lord. He calls. We follow.

Download or read book Maximum Discipleship Radical Results written by John F. McGeorge, Jr. and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Radical Disciple written by Bill Lane Doulos and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Radical Disciple invites the followers of Christ to take seriously the scriptural mandate to love God and neighbor. The cost of contemporary discipleship is just as high now as it was in the early days of the Christian church. But the sharp edge of the gospel mandate has been watered down. The hard passages of the Bible have been ignored by a church that has become too comfortable with the economic and political status quo. But when a disciple sidesteps the call of God to radically embrace the poor of the world, then that disciple also sidesteps the comfort and the inheritance that God holds for God's faithful people. We Christians represent a radical alternative to the greed, complacency, and violence of our age. The promise for us is the promise of community and celebration, joy and peace. But we must follow the way of the cross,which is just as relevant and compelling for us as it was for Jesus two thousand years ago. So we have set before us in these pages a prescription for the servanthood that is required of us. By assuming the yoke of a servant, we claim joy and purpose for our lives. Read this book and gain insight into the meaning of these words for Christians and the church today.

Download or read book Radical Discipleship written by Roland Chia and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2006-08-14 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sermon on the Mount is perhaps the most famous passage in the Gospel of Matthew. Even unbelievers like Mahatma Gandhi appreciate the teaching of the Sermon and applaud the high morality it espouses. Others see in statements like Òlove your enemies and Òturn the other cheek a powerful rhetoric against war and violence. Most Christians are familiar with the Sermon, and see it as delineating important ethical principles for Christian living. Familiarity with the Sermon, however, can ironically prevent Christians from understanding its true message and significance. Some, for instance, see the Sermon merely as a body of Òethical teachings that has some practical relevance. Many find some of its imperatives too idealistic. In this book, Chia asks basic questions as he reflects on the Sermon on the Mount: What is the main focus of the Sermon? Does the Sermon present a code of conduct for Christians, or is the Sermon really about the dawn of a new eschatological community inaugurated by Jesus Christ? Chia maintains that the Sermon can be properly understood and its significance firmly grasped only when it is read in the light of Christ and God's eschatological kingdom. The Sermon presents the attitude, values, and conduct of the new community that Christ has gathered in his name. But this new reality that has dawned awaits fulfillment at the consummation of the kingdom of God. In the ambivalence of the Òalready and Ònot yet, the Sermon depicts Christian discipleship as an Òimpossible possibility. Yet, the Sermon clearly challenges Christ's disciples to be a community of character and to embody an ethic which is inimical to that of the world.

Download or read book Matthew written by Michael J. Wilkins and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context. To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections: Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context. Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible. Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved. This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.

Download or read book The Radical Disciple written by John Stott and published by Inter-Varsity Press. This book was released on 2021-04-16 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A rare and personal glimpse of the sacrificial discipleship that marked John Stott's life so deeply.'Peter Harris What is a life of radical discipleship? At root, it means we let Jesus set the agenda of our lives. We aren't selective. We don't pick and choose what is cosy and stay away from what is costly. He is Lord of all of life. In the last book by a Christian leader who was himself a radical disciple, John Stott opens up what it means at root to be a follower of Jesus. He explores eight aspects of Christian discipleship that we need to pay much closer attention to. The message is simple, classic and personal: Jesus is Lord. He calls. We follow.

Download or read book Extreme Spiritual Makeover written by Kris Goertzen and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If it's discipleship your craving, the chance to feel closer to the Lord and make Him a priority again, then this makeover is for you! I'd be thrilled to have you or your entire group of girlfriends join me for the next 11-weeks as we grab our Bibles and enjoy being in the Word every single day together! I even have a FREE online video series to correspond with this Bible study! Just click the button on my website krisgoertzen.com and I'll send you the link! It's Extreme because that's what God deserves from each of us. Extreme effort, extreme obedience, extreme love! It's Spiritual because the only life worth living flows from the Holy Spirit's supernatural power working in our hearts to reflect the beauty of Christ! It's a Makeover because we need a total transformation that begins in our heart, not a slight alteration, but a complete change from the inside out! Before we go any further I need to warn you that there's tremendous power in this study! It's the power to change! So many of my girlfriends have been radically changed by this study, not from my words, (don't be silly!) but from God's. If you do this study properly, if you dig into God's Word and ask Him for courage to honestly look into your own heart, you, my friend, are going to transform! But, don't be afraid! Don't let Satan rob you of your hope for a better, more godly life. We're going to need every ounce of God's power if we're going to get ourselves out of the ruts we're in and become the women God dreams us to be. We'll be women driven by His love and His priorities! If you're like me, you know you should work on some things, but you're a bit comfy in the rut you've been in and don't really want to do the work it's going to take. Part of you wants to live with a single-minded passion for Christ, while the other part is content right where you are. Like, I half want to be thin and half want to eat an entire chocolate truffle cheesecake! Priority One / A Heart Consumed With God Priority Two / A Heart Prepared to Serve Priority Three / A Heart Devoted to My Husband Priority Four / A Heart to Nurture My Children Priority Five / A Heart Burning For Others

Download or read book Beyond Cheap Grace written by Eldin Villafañe and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Howard John Loewen As our lives become complex with the demands of our affluent and accelerating society, do we hear the gospel's timeless and insistent call to live the "obedience of faith"? In these three "sermonic essays" Eldin Villafañe takes on the task of awakening true obedience of faith through the themes of discipleship, incarnation, and justice. Beginning with discipleship, Villafañe draws on the "Christ hymn" of Philippians 2 to challenge Christians to choose the costly Christ-life. He then offers six contrarian perspectives on the incarnation from the early church as correctives to our current, culturally conditioned theological emphases. Finally, taking the book of Amos as a touchstone, Villafañe issues a call for just leadership among the nations. Adding interest and depth to this work are an insightful foreword by Dean Loewen and thoughtful responses by Richard Peace, Juan Francisco Martinez, and Veli-Mattí Kärkkäinen. Villafañe's Beyond Cheap Grace incisively extends Christ's call to discipleship, incarnation, and justice to the church, the academy, and Christian leaders of all traditions.

Download or read book Flourishing in Tensions written by Michael Bräutigam and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-09-09 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following Jesus Christ presents unique challenges to disciples today. In our current climate of relativism, materialism, and consumerism, Christians are increasingly perplexed as to who they are and what following after Christ means today. Drawing on the Protestant tradition (in particular, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther, and Adolf Schlatter) and findings from psychology, this book offers a fresh integrative interpretation of Jesus's radical call into discipleship. This call is interpreted through a christological lens, as Jesus Christ in his role as Prophet calls us to self-denial, in his role as Priest invites us to cross-bearing, and as King demands us to follow him. Jesus's call to discipleship challenges disciples to embrace various tensions by faith and to grow and even flourish in and through them. By denying themselves, they find their true self; by taking up their cross, they find real life; and by following Christ, they find the great friend and befriend the world as the community of disciples. This book is for Christians who seek to mature in intentional self-reflection and discover practical ways of living out Christ's radical call into discipleship today.

Download or read book Extreme Lives for Extreme Times written by Bob Chapman and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapman provides a guide for those who believe in the reality of living for Jesus 24/7 and want to experience that powerful, effective life in God's kingdom--at home, at work, at college, and at church.

Download or read book Radical written by David Platt and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestseller What is Jesus worth to you? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily... But who do you know who lives like that? Do you? In Radical, David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus actually said about being his disciple--then invites you to believe and obey what you have heard. And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a "successful" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus. Finally, he urges you to join in The Radical Experiment -- a one-year journey in authentic discipleship that will transform how you live in a world that desperately needs the Good News Jesus came to bring.

Download or read book Radical Disciple written by Robert McClory and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past twenty-six years, Reverend Michael Pfleger, a white Catholic priest who pastors a black Chicago parish, has never been far from the spotlight. His aggressive, innovative leadership has empowered thousands, making St. Sabina church one of the largest and most active black Catholic congregations in the country. At the same time, Pfleger has been continually criticized as a trouble-making maverick, a renegade cleric, and a publicity hound. This biography concentrates on Father Pfleger's work at St. Sabina from his earliest days there and covers his efforts to build up the parish, his activism, his work to rejuvenate the community, his battles with church leaders, and his strong relationship with his parishioners. It provides a fascinating look at the inner workings of the Catholic Church, the traditions of the black pulpit, and what it takes to change the laws in a major American city. Radical Disciple will be essential reading for anyone interested in social change and how a dynamic preacher and an involved church community can transform a city.