Comments on: What is Discipling? http://lewayotte.com/2007/02/13/what-is-discipling/ Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called... - 1 Timothy 6:11-12 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:43:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alan Knox http://lewayotte.com/2007/02/13/what-is-discipling/#comment-110 Alan Knox Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:58:00 +0000 http://blog.the-pursuit.net/?p=45#comment-110 Lew,<br/><br/>I think you're right. When we think of "teaching" we think of a purely intellectual exercise. I think "teach" was much more holistic for Jesus and Paul.<br/><br/>-Alan Lew,

I think you’re right. When we think of “teaching” we think of a purely intellectual exercise. I think “teach” was much more holistic for Jesus and Paul.

-Alan

]]> By: Lew A http://lewayotte.com/2007/02/13/what-is-discipling/#comment-109 Lew A Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:48:00 +0000 http://blog.the-pursuit.net/?p=45#comment-109 Alan & Heather,<br/><br/>Thanks for the comments. You have made some very good points.<br/><br/>I probably should have made myself a little more clear. When I talk about teaching - I do not envision a guy standing behind a pulpit talking to a large group of people. I guess I envision something like a blog Alan once wrote called <a HREF="http://assembling.blogspot.com/2006/07/discipleship-and-lawn-mower.html" REL="nofollow">Discipleship and a lawn mower</a>.<br/><br/>I believe this type of teaching is the same type that comes from sharing your life with someone (anyone).<br/><br/>Anyways, thanks again for the great comments.<br/><br/>Lew Alan & Heather,

Thanks for the comments. You have made some very good points.

I probably should have made myself a little more clear. When I talk about teaching – I do not envision a guy standing behind a pulpit talking to a large group of people. I guess I envision something like a blog Alan once wrote called Discipleship and a lawn mower.

I believe this type of teaching is the same type that comes from sharing your life with someone (anyone).

Anyways, thanks again for the great comments.

Lew

]]> By: Heather http://lewayotte.com/2007/02/13/what-is-discipling/#comment-108 Heather Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:29:00 +0000 http://blog.the-pursuit.net/?p=45#comment-108 I'm just going to repeat what Alan said:<br/><br/><i>"In short, disciple making includes teaching, but it should also include sharing your life with someone so that they can "see" what it means to follow Jesus.<br/><br/>I'm afraid that our focus on teaching has caused us to be a generation of students (that is, people who like to sit and listen) with very few Christ followers (that is, people who actually do what Jesus did)."</i><br/><br/>To me, this is what disciple making is ... sharing your life with another person so that they can see what following Jesus means. I have had the honor and privilege to both be discipled and to disciple. In those cases (mine and others) it extended so much further than teaching. <br/><br/>Perhaps we have a misunderstanding of the word "teaching" in this passage ... perhaps that <i>is</i> what Jesus was implying - <b>sharing your life with someone</b> - what better way to teach!<br/><br/>~Heather I’m just going to repeat what Alan said:

“In short, disciple making includes teaching, but it should also include sharing your life with someone so that they can “see” what it means to follow Jesus.

I’m afraid that our focus on teaching has caused us to be a generation of students (that is, people who like to sit and listen) with very few Christ followers (that is, people who actually do what Jesus did).”

To me, this is what disciple making is … sharing your life with another person so that they can see what following Jesus means. I have had the honor and privilege to both be discipled and to disciple. In those cases (mine and others) it extended so much further than teaching.

Perhaps we have a misunderstanding of the word “teaching” in this passage … perhaps that is what Jesus was implying – sharing your life with someone – what better way to teach!

~Heather

]]> By: Alan Knox http://lewayotte.com/2007/02/13/what-is-discipling/#comment-107 Alan Knox Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:43:00 +0000 http://blog.the-pursuit.net/?p=45#comment-107 Lew,<br/><br/>With all respect to Dr. Greenham, I think he (and most of the church) is missing something. "Going, baptizing, and teaching" is not the extent of disciple making, but the beginning. I've been working on a series on "disciple making", and I'll post the third installment later this week (<a HREF="http://assembling.blogspot.com/2007/01/disciple-making-1-command.html" REL="nofollow">Part 1</a> and <a HREF="http://assembling.blogspot.com/2007/02/disciple-making-2-pupils-or-disciples.html" REL="nofollow">Part 2</a>). In short, disciple making includes teaching, but it should also include sharing your life with someone so that they can "see" what it means to follow Jesus.<br/><br/>I'm afraid that our focus on teaching has caused us to be a generation of students (that is, people who like to sit and listen) with very few Christ followers (that is, people who actually do what Jesus did).<br/><br/>-Alan Lew,

With all respect to Dr. Greenham, I think he (and most of the church) is missing something. “Going, baptizing, and teaching” is not the extent of disciple making, but the beginning. I’ve been working on a series on “disciple making”, and I’ll post the third installment later this week (Part 1 and Part 2). In short, disciple making includes teaching, but it should also include sharing your life with someone so that they can “see” what it means to follow Jesus.

I’m afraid that our focus on teaching has caused us to be a generation of students (that is, people who like to sit and listen) with very few Christ followers (that is, people who actually do what Jesus did).

-Alan

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