Essays on Disciple

Personal Theology of Discipleship

Personal Theology of Discipleship

Introduction

Disciple making is the pinnacle responsibility of any prosperity minded church. The whole aspect starts with attraction of new Christians to a church. The new Christians are then taught and cultivated to be all rounded disciples in the ministry of Christ. There are various theological, philosophical and methodological considerations in this practice to ensure the path to discipleship maturity is conducive and effective. This paper aims at exploring the themes, components and methods applied in discipleship through reviewing various secondary literatures on the issue of personal theology of discipleship. A review of three significant pieces ...

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The church gets its disciples from the societies that surround it. In order to get these followers, the church has to convince them of gospel kingdom and make them tailor their ways of life just as it is taught in the bible. Hitherto developed disciples were once naïve and young Christians in the kingdom. Just as the military gets its personnel from a community at large, the church too does. This calling of new Christians into a church and teaching them on how to be true disciples can be seen as a recruitment process. This paper aims at ...

The code of ethics stands out as a wide concept on how human beings treat each other. In most contexts, it acts as a guideline for determining whether an action is fit or not and narrows down to the overall treatment. It is for this reason that various philosophers and lawmakers find it hard to create a particular code, which can govern or direct people entirely. Unlike robots, human beings act and react differently depending on their interaction with each other. Hence, most of the guidelines provided by people in regards to the code of ethics have conflicting opinions ...

Peter: the Apostle, the Church Leader, the Epistle Writer.

The Apostle Peter (also mentioned in the Holy Script as Saint Peter, Cephas or Simon Peter) was one of the 12 Saint Christian Apostles and is known for being the early Church leader. Simon Peter is often named the "the greatest Apostle" or "the Apostle of the Apostles", and considered to be the first Pope of the Christian Church. By the ancient churches he was viewed as the greatest Christian Saint. He was among the earliest Christians and adherents of Christ. Being the sincere and devoted disciple, who even was a friend of the God`s Son, the Apostle ...

The Crucifixion by Jativa Master

In the 15th century in Spain completes the centuries-old struggle with the Arabs (the Reconquista). Soon Spain extends among Europe's most powerful states; it becomes the richest colonial power. In Spain, the absolutist system installed; the mainstay of Spanish absolutism, which had a much more narrow social base than absolutism in most other European countries, was the Catholic Church. Fomenting revolutionary fanaticism during the war with the Moors, the church in previous centuries has acquired in Spain only a great influence. With the rise of absolutism, the church was made dependent on the royal power in the hands of ...

The basis of faith in the Lutheran tradition is sustained and spread through rituals and ceremonies of worshiping the word of God in the daily life and in church. There are vast manifestations of faith performed through various rituals, and one such ritual is the confirmation ceremony. The confirmation reaffirms individuals’ faith in God and in the Lutheran tradition, from an early age, usually during the adolescence period. The confirmation ritual in the Lutheran tradition gathers the youngsters who will go through the confirmation ceremony, along with regular parishioners, for witnessing their entrance into the community. The young Lutheran ...

Introduction

Self-care is taking a strategic measure to ensure that one is safe and stays in focus. They are personal decisions that one takes for to improve their future. In this case, my self-care is to ensure that I remain in line with the nursing career requirements and set strategies to implement the key options that I have chosen. They include, time management, more attention to nursing school, and developing a nursing career path. The field of nursing is diverse (Lever, 2010, p. 105). It requires focus to be able to cope with the daily challenges. However, caution should be ...

Plato describes how drunken Alcibiades surrounded by the lush gang of revelers suddenly breaks into a banquet. The audience somehow explains to him the essence of the ongoing negotiations, and also offers to give a speech in honor of Eros. But after learning the contents of the Socrates words, Alcibiades fully agrees with them. Since he has nothing to add about Eros, he decides to make a speech in honor of Socrates (Gill). Originate from the aristocratic families, with the gift of beauty, passing through all stages of public recognition, learned from Socrates, Alcibiades did not adjust to the ...