Called to Discipleship: Reflections on the Gospel of Mark
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Drawing on Jesus’s example in the Gospel of Mark, this book offers an in-depth exploration of the nature of discipleship. A tool to help readers draw close to Jesus, it presents discipleship as a way of life centred on the journey back to God–a journey that integrates the quest for salvation, wholeness, and human fulfilment. Ultimately, the invitation to discipleship is an invitation to live in obedience to God and commitment to our fellow human beings, as Christ calls his followers not only to their own transformation but to participate in the transformation of others.
At a time when secular culture is rediscovering the benefits of discipleship, this book invites readers into a powerful experience of identity formation based on the values of Christ and his kingdom.
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- Invites readers into a powerful experience of identity formation based on the values of Christ and his kingdom
- Presents discipleship as a way of life centred on the journey back to God
- Offers an in-depth exploration of the nature of discipleship
- Preface to the Romanian Edition
- Preface to the English Edition
- Foreword
- 1 The Need to Reconsider Discipleship
- 2 Discipleship in the Context of Authority
- 3 The Theme of Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark
- 4 The Master’s Entry on the Scene
- 5 Calling the Disciples
- 6 Lessons from the Teacher’s Mission
- 7 A First Selection
- 8 Being Close to the Master
- 9 Disciples Put into Practice
- 10 The Work of Formation Continues
- 11 The Tests of Discipleship
- 12 Preparing for Separation from the Teacher
- 13 What We Learn when the Master is Tested
- 14 The Condition of the Disciple in the World
- 15 Dealing with Falls
- 16 Sending Disciples into the World
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- References
As followers of Christ find themselves in increasingly challenging contexts brought about by more secular, multicultural, and multireligious cultures, discipling believers has also become an urgent need. In his book, Called to Discipleship, Dănuț Jemna introduces us to a fresh and dynamic perspective of discipleship for changing times.
—Otniel Bunaciu, PhD
The costly art of discipleship–as a commitment and a way of life, not a methodology or a programme–has become rare in our Christian communities. Dănuț Jemna’s book invites us to take a fresh look at the way Jesus went about making disciples as an inspiration for rediscovering this vital practice for the followers of Christ in the twenty-first century.
—Dănuț Mănăstireanu, PhD
The verb mathēteuō (to make disciples) from the great post-Paschal commandment of Jesus (Matt 28:19) is an imperative not to reflect on discipleship, as a state that defines Christian identity, but to go out into the world and make disciples of Jesus. This book, by what it tells us is a step, mine and yours, towards the world where people await us as missionaries. That’s why after you read it, it doesn’t close! It always remains open for you to see where you are in the “work of discipleship.” So don’t close it!
—Stelian Tofană, PhD
- Title: Called to Discipleship: Reflections on the Gospel of Mark
- Author: Dănuț Jemna
- Publisher: Langham
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 131
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Mark › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Discipling (Christianity) Biblical teaching; Bible. N.T. Mark; Criticism, interpretation, etc
- ISBNs: 9781839738616, 9781839738869, 9781839738876, 1839738618, 1839738863, 1839738871
- Resource ID: LLS:CLLDDSCPLSHPMRK
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-30T17:23:04Z