Jesus’ Model of Discipleship
Bibliography
Books
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. The Cost of Discipleship. New York, NY: Touchstone, 1995.
Briscoe, Jill and Stuart. The Journey of Disciple. Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1987.
Eims, LeRoy. The Lost Art of Disciple Making. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1978.
Hull, Bill. The Disciple Making Church. Old Tappan, NJ: F. H. Revell Co, 1998.
Hull, Bill. The Disciple Making Pastor. Old Tappan, N.J.: F. H. Revell Co, 1988.
Nelson, Leonard. Socratic Method and Critical Philosophy: Selected Essays. New York: Dover Pub, 1956.
Wilson, Carl. With Christ in the School of Disciple Building. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Pub. House, 1976.
Commentaries
Hare, Douglas R. A. Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Louisville, KY: John Knox Press, 1993.
France, R.T. The Gospel of Matthew: The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Pub, 2007.
Senior, Donald. Abingdon New Testament Commentaries. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1998.
Articles
Arends, Carolyn. “Duct-tape disciples: what really sticks when leading a friend to Christ. (Wrestling with angels).” Christianity Today 57 (Nov 2013): 31.
Arias, Mortimer, Bp. “Rethinking the Great Commission.” Theology Today 47 (Jan 1991): 410-418.
Kyalbein, Hans. “Go Therefore and Make Disciples: The Concept of Discipleship in the New Testament.” Themelios 13 (1988): 48-59.
Orr, James. “Fisher, Fisherman.” International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 5 (1915).
Spooner, Bernard M. “Christian Education Leadership: Making Disciples in the 21st Century.” Christian Education 10 (Spr 2013).
Smith, William ed. “Baptism.” Smith’s Bible Dictionary 3 (1863).
Westermann, W. L. “Apprentice Contracts and the Apprentice System in Roman Egypt,” Classical Philology 9 (Jul 1914).
Worthington, Everett L. “Think strategically: Some advice for being a great mentor with a great research program.” Journal of Psychology and Christianity 31 (Win 2012).
Lexicons
Freedman, David, ed. Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary, 2 vols. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007.
Marshall, I. H. New Bible Dictionary. 3 vols. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1996.
Internet Sources
“Discipleship is Jewish.” Jonathan N. Daugherty, Heart of God Israel. Jan 2013. http://heartofgodisrael.org/messianic-messages/discipleship-is-jewish/
Notes
[1] Luke 3:23 states that Jesus began his ministry at the age of thirty.
[2] W. L. Westermann, “Apprentice Contracts and the Apprentice System in Roman Egypt,” Classical Philology 9 (Jul 1914): 304.
[3] Westermann, “Apprentice Contracts and the Apprentice System in Roman Egypt,” 304.
[4] Westermann, “Apprentice Contracts and the Apprentice System in Roman Egypt,” 306.
[5] Leonard Nelson, Socratic Method and Critical Philosophy: Selected Essays (New York: Dover Pub, 1956), 1.
[6] Jonathan N. Daugherty, “Discipleship is Jewish,” Heart of God Israel. Jan 2013. http://heartofgodisrael.org/messianic-messages/discipleship-is-jewish/.
[7] Daugherty, “Discipleship is Jewish,” http://heartofgodisrael.org/messianic-messages/discipleship-is-jewish/.
[8] Daugherty, “Discipleship is Jewish,” http://heartofgodisrael.org/messianic-messages/discipleship-is-jewish/.
[9] Daugherty, “Discipleship is Jewish,” http://heartofgodisrael.org/messianic-messages/discipleship-is-jewish/.
[10] Luke 9:57-62 shows how these were turned away.
[11] James Orr, “Fisher, Fisherman,” International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 5 (1915).
[12] LeRoy Eims, The Lost Art of Disciple Making (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1978), 29.
[13] The disciples displayed many tendencies to pride, selfishness, and unbelief. Luke 22:24-28 relays the account of the disciple’s argument. It is here where Jesus reverses the order of importance when he says, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves.”
[14] R.T. France, The Gospel of Matthew: The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Pub, 2007), 1107.
[15] In John 14:12, Jesus tells his disciples, “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.”
[16] Donald Senior, Abingdon New Testament Commentaries (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press), 348.
[17] Matthew 28:20b
[18] Hans Kyalbein, “Go Therefore and Make Disciples: The concept of discipleship in the New Testament,” Themelios 13 (1988) 49.
[19] Jesus’ interactions with the Samarian woman show this closed off perspective of the Jewish culture. Jews did not associate with Samarians. After Jesus introduced her to the living water, the twelve return, surprised: “They marveled that he was talking with a woman…” (John 4:27). This was astonishing for the day for two reasons. Women were not equal to men. For Jesus to accept and honor a woman was uncommon in the culture. This woman was also a Samarian, whom the Jews did not associate with as they were outside their culture.
[20] Senior, Abingdon New Testament Commentaries, 347.
[21] Douglas R. A. Hare, Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching (Louisville, KY: John Knox Press, 1993), 333-334.
[22] Mortimer Arias, “Rethinking the Great Commission,” Theology Today 47 (1991): 416.
[23] Bill Hull, The Disciple Making Pastor (Old Tappan, N.J.: F.H. Revell Co, 1988): 50.
[24] Senior, Abingdon New Testament Commentaries, 346.
[25] Hull, The Disciple Making Pastor, 52.
[26] Hull, The Disciple Making Pastor, 52.
[27] William Smith ed., “Baptism,” Smith’s Bible Dictionary 3 (London: John Murray, 1863).
[28] Hare, Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching, 334.
[29] Eims, The Lost Art of Disciple Making, 34.
[30] I. H. Marshall, “Parables,” New Bible Dictionary 3: 867.
[31] Luke 8 also recounts the purpose of parables. The disciples inquired as to the purpose of his parable. Jesus replies in verse 10, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God…” We see that both secrets and mysteries are revealed to the disciples.
[32] Carolyn Arends, “Duct-tape disciples: what really sticks when leading a friend to Christ (Wrestling with angels),” Christianity Today 57 (Nov 2013): 31.
[33] Bernard M Spooner, “Christian Education Leadership: Making Disciples in the 2st Century,” Christian Education 10 (Spr 2013).
[34] Freedman, David, ed. “Disciple, Discipleship,” Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary, 2: 207-210.
[35] Worthington, Everett L. “Think strategically: Some advice for being a great mentor with a great research program,” Journal of Psychology and Christianity 31 (Win 2012): 334-344.
[36] Bill Hull, The Disciple Making Church (Old Tappan, NJ: F. H. Revell Co, 1998), 20.
[37] Arias, “Rethinking the Great Commission,” 412.
[38] Wilson, With Christ in the School of Disciple Building (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Pub. House, 1976), 52.
[39] Jill and Stuart Briscoe, The Journey of Disciple (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1987), 43.
[40] Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship (New York, NY: Touchstone, 1995)
Category: Biblical Studies