Eschatological Discipleship

Author : Trevin Wax
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781462776399

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Eschatological Discipleship by Trevin Wax Pdf

Discipleship is eschatological in nature, because the church that makes and receives disciples is eschatological in nature. Often eschatology is thought to refer only to “last things” doctrines. However, eschatology in its broader sense encompasses the Christian view of time and the future of the world, informing both one’s evangelism and ecclesiology. Failing to relate the eschatological dimension to discipleship leaves one with an incomplete worldview, imbalanced discipleship, and eventually, a tragic inability to model the Christian way of life. By answering questions like “What time is it?” and “Where is history going?” Trevin Wax helps Christians view the past, present, and future biblically, and shapes their understanding of following Jesus.

Author : Scott MacDougall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567659903

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More Than Communion by Scott MacDougall Pdf

The dominant contemporary model for ecclesiology (theological views of the church itself) is the ecclesiology of communion. MacDougall argues that communion ecclesiologies are often marked by a problematic theological imagination of the future (eschatology). He argues further that, as a result, our ways of practising and being the church are not as robust as they might otherwise be. Re-imagining the church in the light of God's promised future, then, becomes a critical conceptual and practical task. MacDougall presents a detailed exploration of what communion ecclesiologies are and some of the problems they raise. He offers two case studies of such theologies by examining how distinguished theologians John Zizioulas and John Milbank understand the church and the future, how these combine in their work, and the conceptual and practical implications of their perspectives. He then offers an alternative theological view and demonstrates the effects that such a shift would have. In doing so, MacDougall offers a proposal for recovering the 'more' to communion and to ecclesiology to help us imagine a church that is not beyond the world (as in Zizioulas) or over against the world (as in Milbank), but in and for the world in love and service. This concept is worked out in conversation with systematic theologians such as Jürgen Moltmann, Wolfhart Pannenberg, and Johannes Baptist Metz, and by engaging with a theology of Christian practices currently being developed by practical theologians such as Dorothy C. Bass, Craig Dykstra, and those associated with their ongoing project. The potential for the church to become an agent of discipleship, love, and service can best be realised when the church anticipates God's promised perfection in the full communion between God and humanity, among human beings, within human persons, and between humanity and the rest of creation.

Author : Brian S. Rosner
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433578182

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How to Find Yourself by Brian S. Rosner Pdf

A Christian Answer to the Identity Angst of Our Culture In the 21st-century West, identity is everything. Never has it been more important, culturally speaking, to know who you are and remain true to yourself. Expressive individualism—the belief that looking inward is the way to find yourself—has become the primary approach to identity formation, and questioning anyone's "self-made self" is often considered a threat or attack. Prompted by his own past crisis of identity, Brian Rosner challenges the status quo by arguing that, while knowing yourself is of some value, it cannot be the sole basis for one's identity. He provides an approach to identity formation that leads to a more stable and satisfying sense of self. This approach looks outward to others—acknowledging that we are social beings—and looks upward to God to find a self who is intimately known and loved by him. How to Find Yourself equips readers from a variety of backgrounds to engage sympathetically with some of the most pressing questions of our day. Challenges the Status Quo: Examines and critiques expressive individualism—the leading strategy for identity formation Gospel-Centered: Identifies an approach to identity formation in Jesus's life story and God's personal knowledge of his children Accessible: Helpful for a wide audience of laypeople, students, and church leaders Foreword by Carl R. Trueman: Opens with a message from the author of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

Author : John Stott
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830864478

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The Disciple by John Stott Pdf

How can Christians effectively engage today's world while staying true to Scripture? Calling us to listen well to both the Word and the world, John Stott shows how Christianity can preserve its authentic identity and remain relevant to current realities. With the God's Word for Today series, pastor Tim Chester has updated Stott's classic book The Contemporary Christian and made it accessible to new generations of readers. In The Disciple, Stott explores four often-neglected aspects of Christian discipleship in light of Scripture. First, followers of Jesus should be good listeners—to God, one another, and the world. Second, both the mind and emotions have an indispensable place in discipleship, and we should understand how they relate to each other. Third, how do we discover God's will for our lives, and what does the Bible tell us about guidance, vocation, and ministry? Finally, the primary distinguishing mark of a Christian is the first fruit of the Spirit: love. Following Christ encompasses all of life, and today's world desperately needs disciples who embrace their full God-given potential.

Author : Daniel Patte
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015038537612

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Discipleship According to the Sermon on the Mount by Daniel Patte Pdf

Daniel Patte begins this meticulous androcritical and multidimensional study of discipleship in the Sermon on the Mount by explaining that he chose discipleship as a topic with the hope of facilitating Christian discipleship in the present global context. He underscores discipleship as ethical practice, using the Sermon on the Mount as his focus because it represents one of the main texts upon which European American Christians ground their view of discipleship.

Author : Thorwald Lorenzen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592445172

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Resurrection and Discipleship by Thorwald Lorenzen Pdf

The authority of the Bible in the Gospel narratives and Paul's impassioned epistles revolve around the factual basis and foundational nature of Christ's resurrection for Christianity. The question is: how can the resurrection best be understood? In 'Resurrection and Discipleship', Thorwald Lorenzen provides a balanced and nuanced investigation of this question.

Author : Robert P. Vande Kappelle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666752731

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Radical Discipleship by Robert P. Vande Kappelle Pdf

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.

Author : Richard N. Longenecker
Publisher : Sheffield Phoenix Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Bible
ISBN : 190504805X

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Studies in Hermeneutics, Christology and Discipleship by Richard N. Longenecker Pdf

Author : Daniel Patte
Publisher : Trinity Press International
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1999-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028523723

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The Challenge of Discipleship by Daniel Patte Pdf

This textbook invites readers to assume responsibility for their own interpretations of the Sermon on the Mount through a practive of "critical study of the the Bible as scripture." Through a series of exercises, readers are invited first to formulate their own conclusions about the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount, and then to recognize the choices implied in their interpretations, by comparing them with five kinds of readings proposed by scholars.>

Author : John M. Shields
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1433102277

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An Eschatological Imagination by John M. Shields Pdf

In the twentieth century, Christian eschatology, the doctrine about the final reality, became a storm center for Christian systematic theologians because of the rediscovery of the eschatological character of Jesus Christ. In the twenty-first century, Christian theologians continue to wrestle with the claims of Christian eschatology because of a postmodern suspicion of eschatological certainty claims about a future that is, after all, objectively unavailable, yet still of great human concern. Human beings live on hope for the future. An Eschatological Imagination recognizes the problem of the future for Christian eschatology. Building on the major theological writings of David Tracy, it offers a revised way of thinking and living eschatologically in the form of an eschatological imagination as a rhetoric of virtue, an exhortation to live in Christian hope in a postmodern world and into an objectively unavailable and uncertain future. Within such a rhetoric, hope becomes action - not mere sentiment - that seeks to create a Christian eschatological future.

Author : David L. Bartlett,Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611641080

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Feasting on the Word: Year A, Volume 4 by David L. Bartlett,Barbara Brown Taylor Pdf

With this twelve-volume series, Westminster John Knox Press offers one of the most extensive and well-respected resources for preaching on the market today. The twelve volumes cover all of the Sundays in the three-year lectionary cycle, along with moveable occasions. The page layout is truly unique. For each lectionary text, preachers will find brief essays--one each on the exegetical, theological, pastoral, and homiletical challenges of the text. Each volume also contains an index of biblical passages so that nonlectionary preachers may make use of it.

Author : Donald E. Williams
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666768817

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An Investigation into the Relationship between Aristotelian Eudaimonia and Christian Discipleship by Donald E. Williams Pdf

The quest for happiness, human flourishing, and well-being is one of the most universal, primeval desires of humankind. It is a natural desire to care for one's personal interest, to seek some measure of flourishing. In two of his great works, Thomas Aquinas argues that perfect happiness is not possible in this life. Humankind's quest for happiness is found in the contemplation of the truth which begins in this life but will be consummated in the Beatific Vision when we shall see Christ face to face. In the second part of his imminent work The Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas seeks to integrate Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology. The cornerstone of his theoretical system is eudaimonia, human flourishing, well-being, or happiness. Aquinas ultimately concludes that perfect happiness (beatitude) cannot be achieved in this life. However, imperfect happiness is possible. For Aquinas, humankind's happiness (eudaimonia) is realized in the sublime contemplation of the truth. This quest for wisdom and understanding is specific to humankind, as opposed to other creatures. Aquinas asserts that the perfect discernment, the realization of truth will occur in the Beatific Vision when we see God face to face.

Author : Lisa Sowle Cahill
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451413076

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Love Your Enemies by Lisa Sowle Cahill Pdf

The author examines the theological bases of just war theory and pacifism, espcially in the light of the concept of God, as that motif illuminates Chrsitian discipleship. Differences between the theory of just war and the practice of pacifism are highlighted in the overview of the history of Christian thought on the subject, and the inclusiveness of the ideal of the kingdom for pacifism is emphasized.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Bible
ISBN : PSU:000048261357

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Neotestamentica by Anonim Pdf

Vols for 1967-1968, 1971-1983 constitute Proceedings of the meeting of Die Nuwe-Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap van Suid-Afrika.

Author : Margaret B. Adam
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621898221

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Our Only Hope by Margaret B. Adam Pdf

The most popular source of theological hope for American Christians is that of Jurgen Moltmann. Preachers, teachers, and lay people reflect Moltmann's influence, with their hope in a this-worldly eschatology and a suffering God. However, an exclusive reliance on that hope deprives the church of crucial resources in the face of global economic, environmental, and military crises. This book explores Moltmannian hope and considers its costs before looking elsewhere for additional contributions, from Thomas Aquinas's theological virtue of hope to nihilism and beyond, in order to encourage the church to sustain and practice hope in Jesus Christ, our only hope.