The final section of chapter three of my Aberdeen Master’s dissertation entitled Following Jesus in the 21st Century: A Practical Theology of Discipleship. Catch up here: 3.1 Discipleship in the New Testament 3.2 The call of Jesus: Discipleship as a turn towards something new 3.3 The Sermon on the Mount: A different Way 3.4 Jesus as the embodiment of … Continue reading New Testament Discipleship after the Gospels →

Here continues chapter three of my Aberdeen Master’s dissertation entitled Following Jesus in the 21st Century: A Practical Theology of Discipleship 3.1 Discipleship in the New Testament 3.2 The call of Jesus: Discipleship as a turn towards something new 3.3 The Sermon on the Mount: A different Way 3.4 Jesus as the embodiment of good news: Discipleship as mission … Continue reading Discipleship As A Relentless Love Of Neighbour →

Here continues chapter three of my Aberdeen Master’s dissertation entitled Following Jesus in the 21st Century: A Practical Theology of Discipleship 3.1: Discipleship in the New Testament 3.2 The call of Jesus: Discipleship as a turn towards something new 3.3 The Sermon on the Mount: A different Way The Gospel writers present Jesus as one who taught in a number … Continue reading The Sermon on the Mount: A different Way →

Here continues chapter three of my Aberdeen Master’s dissertation entitled Following Jesus in the 21st Century: A Practical Theology of Discipleship 3.1: Discipleship in the New Testament 3.2 The call of Jesus: Discipleship as a turn towards something new The initial call to follow Jesus as described in the New Testament appears to have two levels to it: a general … Continue reading A Turn Towards Something New →

Here begins chapter three of my Aberdeen Master's dissertation entitled Following Jesus in the 21st Century: A Practical Theology of Discipleship. To recap: Introducing a Practical Theology of Discipleship 1.1 – Articulating the Gap Between Christianity and Following Jesus 1.2 – Christianity in the Centre of Empire 1.3 – Dietrich Bonhoeffer on ‘Cheap Grace’ 1.4 – An emphasis on Heaven as a present-day expression of … Continue reading Defining Discipleship →

Introducing a Practical Theology of Discipleship 1.1 – Articulating the Gap Between Christianity and Following Jesus 1.2 – Christianity in the Centre of Empire 1.3 – Dietrich Bonhoeffer on ‘Cheap Grace’ 1.4 – An emphasis on Heaven as a present-day expression of ‘cheap grace’ 1.5 A loss of the story of discipleship 2.1 The God who creates, the God who calls … Continue reading A Light to the Nations →

2.1 The God who creates, the God who calls 2.2 ‘To listen to another Word’ 2.3 A call and a promise It has already been argued that discipleship is introduced through the spoken word of the triune God at the point of creation. Even in light of that which occurred in the garden and humanity’s … Continue reading A Call and a Promise →