Summary: Week Five Discipleship Journal

In their book, The Great Commission to Worship, Vernon Whaley and David Wheeler takes an in depth look at commandment from Jesus for His followers to go out and spread the Good News of salvation. Today’s Christian seems to have a misconception about their role in evangelism. As the authors stated, “many times in Scripture it appears

Rediscovering Discipleship emphases the importance of both evangelism and discipleship. While the two are different and distinct, both are crucial aspects to building the church. Gallaty gives helpful tips and insight on what discipleship looks like and how to cultivate discipleship groups in a church setting. The three most important things that I took away from this book are the following: thinking Hebraically, encouraging new believers to engage in ministry, and how to cultivate a healthy discipleship group.

At the mention of the word "disciple", the image most people conjure up is that of a faithful pupil, a person more than willing to follow the teachings of their leader without question. However, the early disciples didn’t always conform to this stereotype. In fact, they sometimes showed a complete lack of faith, finding it extremely hard to accept Jesus’ word in their hearts.

I feel that it is more important than ever that we, as believers in Jesus Christ, put it all out there on the line. We should be telling everyone what the saving grace of God can do for them. We already talked last week about when you experience Jesus, you can’t help but love and it is our job to get that word out there to everyone. So why are there so many Christians who don’t do it? In 1991 authors James Patterson and Peter Kim took on the task of surveying America about several different topics. The results were given in their book entitled “The Day America Told the Truth.” In the chapter dealing with America’s religious beliefs they stated that 90% percent of the people questioned said that they believed in God. Yet they also discovered

29-30- “That 's what happens when we meet Jesus and are amazed by him: we go to tell others, including those who have turned against us.” This is how the gospel is spread, through people willingly and joyfully telling others

When discussing children signing a pledge and making a commitment to be involved in Christian Endeavor, the book emphasizes the need to “Go Slowly.” It urged leaders to take time to meet with children individually to make sure they fully understand and are sincere in their faith and commitment. It says to be certain children are “not attracted to the novelty of the affair” (p. 10). This idea is not often at the forefront of ministry in our culture, which regularly uses novelty to entice children and uses the number of people making commitments to prove the validity of a ministry. Especially in regards to children, who are very impressionable, leaders should not seek to pressure children in any way. I think it’s also important to note the book

I serve the Disciples of Christ Denomination (DOC) by planning and carrying out all events for youth belonging to DOC churches in Georgia. Our biggest event is a retreat in St. Simons that reaches around 300 high school and middle school students. Our planning takes place during weekend retreats at our regional camp site.

    When I started reading this passage, I always thought that the text was clear and so were the boundaries of the text.  As I’m reading this, I just see how the before and after parables set-up “The Calling Of The First Disciples.”  When I reread this parable I feel like something deeper just sticks out at me.  I love how Jesus is trying to reveal himself in a simple parable as, “Take a leap of faith and take your boat deeper with me for deeper blessings.”  The surrounding parables are both on healing, I feel like that, it just shows how people who don’t “know” Jesus still will call him Master (vs 5) and will follow him into the deep.  In this passage, miracles, teachings and discipleships outline

As being part of God’s true people, I partake in the Abrahamic blessings. I am no longer of the world, God is my judge and I was called to spread the gospel (4:19-20). I need to share the gift of salvation and opportunity to repent and forgiveness of sin which was given to me by God to others. God confirms the first century Christian with the filling of the Holy Spirit and they spoke boldly (4:31). All people are lost without Jesus (11:17-18; 10:43), there is a great need for Christians to evangelize the good news. I am responsible as a steward of God to proclaim the good news to those around me and nothing can hinder God’s plan

Christians are commanded in the Bible to take the gospel into all the world. God desires that all people know Him. However, since He is in heaven and not on the earth now, it is up to His people to show others the way to Him. Much of that testimony for Christ is through the way Christians lives are lived. It is well known that

To proclaim the message of Jesus Christ is vital to an organic catechesis. As catechists, it is our vocation to bring others to know of the personal relationship that God is seeking to have with each one of them. A relationship in any facet of the human life requires conversation through both listening and responding. Our catechesis should be no different. As Pope Francis states in Evangelii Gaudium, “It is the message capable of responding to the desire for the infinite which abides in every human heart” (EG 165). As we actively listen to the word of God, we should be “cut to the heart” (Acts 2:37) in the same way as those who heard Peter’s Pentecost speech as he boldly proclaimed the kerygma.

life it is your whole life. It is a sense of being with God. It is not

In Ministry I’ve learned that telling the truth does not matter if nobody hears the truth. And I learned that in order for people to hear truth from you, you have to be connected to them. Not a single Old Testament prophet hailed from Babylon. They were all the children of some crazy shepherd who happened through your village during last year 's drought. And I also learned that you can 't always tell the whole truth at one time. It makes people gag and they spit it out. You have to say things in ways that gain a hearing. That is part of the responsibility of proclamation.

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

The concept of discipleship can most likely be traced back to the beginning of time. It is comparable to a form of apprenticeship. In its simplest form, discipleship can be defined as the act of learning to become like someone by being under the influence of another. However, when one explores Biblical discipleship the rules change. It is certain that discipleship was a part of Jewish culture. However, Jesus and his chosen twelve model the most accurate Biblical form of discipleship.