Sentences with phrase «radical discipleship»
"Radical discipleship" refers to following and living out the teachings of a particular belief system or leader in a very dedicated and extreme way. It involves fully committing to the principles and values of that belief system, often going beyond what is considered normal or mainstream. Full definition
He had been deeply moved, The kind of radical discipleship Mr. Crawford was trying to live out had been foreign to his world.
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«The gospel is not simply a message to be affirmed but also a call to follow Christ throughout life in radical discipleship.»
We are experiencing a renewed emphasis on radical discipleship, in which we take the commands and the red letters of Lord Jesus more seriously with greater authenticity and real devotion.
«My experience is that talking about Jesus a lot — his love of those on the margins, his call to give up everything in order to follow him, and his example as someone who renounced sex for the sake of the kingdom — helps both gay and straight people see what radical discipleship looks like.»
A passionate argument that Christology should be transformed in terms of Christo - praxis, which means radical discipleship.
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Jesus» radical discipleship sayings in Luke 9:57 - 62 reflect this tradition.
A living relationship with the risen Jesus provides the guts and the power of the new life of radical discipleship.
Basically the position builds on Jesus» call to radical discipleship, his frugal and simple living, and his freedom from possessions.
Among the other services rendered by monastics, their pattern of radical discipleship is a powerful reminder of the call to be «in but not of the world.»
He understood human excellence, including the excellence of radical discipleship, but was relentless in attributing every excellence in the life of obedience to the One obeyed.
So long as we obey the «biblical mandates of radical discipleship,» we can let God worry about where the chips fall.
At any rate, the outcome will provide the young evangelical «righteous remnant» (the explicit terms, incidentally, in which they see themselves) with an excellent opportunity to «go the way of the cross,» paying the cost of radical discipleship.
I wonder if what is innocuous to us is a way for us to say it would be too costly to my life to actually ponder the implications or ramifications of radical discipleship.
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We have to celebrate those baby steps towards a more faithful and radical discipleship.
Salvation from Disney and its demonic company lies in the formation of small countercultural communities of radical discipleship.
It is a call to leave behind the comfortable religion we know, and follow Jesus into the uncertain and wild ways of radical discipleship.
Therefore, the future of the Reformation belongs not to the state church — that is, to the union between throne and altar — but to the left wing of the Reformation, which lived out a radical discipleship.
Moltmann feels that the future of the Protestant church in Europe lies not with the large state church, but with small communities of faith, where the charismatic gifts of all can be recognized, and where Christians can live out a radical discipleship.