Seminary Professor Questions "Discipleship" Methods Today
First, it was “evangelism” and “follow up.” Then the two were melded into discipleship. We’ve been a bunch of legalists ever since. Fact: the word disciples as a noun, and making disciples as a verb, but never discipleship as a title for a theological category or process. Fact: neither the word disciple nor any of its cognates ever occur in the epistles. Fact: the underlying Greek word, mathetes (math-AY-tace), means a learner or pupil in the academy. It emphasizes the instructional aspect of spiritual growth. Discipleship has come to mean so many things, it now mean...
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