Discipleship Training #1: What is the Bible? Why is the Bible so important? What makes the Bible different from other books in the world? Christian discipleship requires us to understand the nature of the Bible.
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I love that The Lost Art of Disciple Making by LeRoy Eims offers a clear plan for training disciples. As a pastor, here is my suggestion for how to adjust Eims’s plan to offer a more robust vision of the church.
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No eye has seen, no ear heard, and no heart imagined the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery predestined before the ages: the person and work of Christ. My argument against reading 1 Corinthians 2:9 as only a quotation of Isaiah 64:4 and 65:17.
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In his wisdom, God planned in eternity past to save sinners by the person and work of Jesus Christ, but the world cannot discern that wisdom. Thus, God sends his Holy Spirit to reveal his hidden wisdom in Christ. (Exposition of 1 Corinthians 2:6–16)
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If the cross is foolishness, and preaching is weakness, how does anyone ever come to believe in Christ? God calls his people to boast in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Exposition of 1 Corinthians 1:26–2:5)
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The cross seems to be folly, yet, to those who are called, it is the power of God and the wisdom of God unto salvation. God calls fools to faith by the folly of the cross. (Exposition of 1 Corinthians 1:18–25)
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Abram's example of public witness and worship to the living God teaches us how to bear witness to the already/not-yet kingdom of Jesus Christ. (Exposition of Genesis 12:4–9)
The same four Hebrew words appear in four significant temptation stories. By studying Satan's schemes, we learn how to fight temptation.
Discipleship Training #1: What is the Bible? Why is the Bible so important? What makes the Bible different from other books in the world? Christian discipleship requires us to understand the nature of the Bible.
