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Discipleship Resources

Being and Making Disciples

Being and making disciples is what we are saved for. We are saved by grace through faith in the finished work of atonement on the cross by Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God. Once we have been saved from sin... then what? It is our profound belief that the "then what?" is our response to the reality of our salvation. We have been saved to follow the Master and to become like Him in word and deed.  This is the life of discipleship that follows our conversion. Rev. Dr. Frederick Osborn has written much on this topic and teaches discipleship as central to who we are as followers of the Master, Jesus Christ our Lord. But he is not alone in this. Many other good and godly men and women have contributed to our understanding of the life Christians have been called to live. We have listed here just of the few of the books that we believe help us understand what our new life in Christ is to become.

                                                                                                         

DISCIPLESHIP STUDIES BY
FREDERICK OSBORN
The Complete Book of Discipleship

 

Well organized and readily accessible, The Complete Book of Discipleship pulls together into one convenient, comprehensive volume relevant topics to discipleship such as:

  • Spiritual growth

  • Transformation

  • Spiritual disciplines

  • Discipleship in the local church and beyond

Indexed for easy reference

The Lost Art of Disciple Making

 

"Every believer in Jesus Christ deserves the opportunity of personal nurture and development." says LeRoy Eims. But all too often the opportunity isn't there. We neglect the young Christian in our whirl of programs, church services, and fellowship groups. And we neglect to raise up workers and leaders who can disciple young believers into mature and fruitful Christians. In simple, practical, and biblical terms, LeRoy Eims revives the lost art of disciple making. He explains: - How the early church discipled new Christians - How to meet the basic needs of a growing Christian - How to spot and train potential workers - How to develop mature, godly leaders "True growth takes time and tears and love and patience," Eims states. There is no instant maturity. This book examines the growth process in the life of a Christian and considers what nurture and guidance it takes to develop spiritually qualified workers in the church.

The Cost of Discipleship

 

One of the most important theologians of the twentieth century illuminates the relationship between ourselves and the teachings of Jesus.

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What can the call to discipleship, the adherence to the word of Jesus, mean today to the businessman, the soldier, the laborer, or the aristocrat? What did Jesus mean to say to us? What is his will for us today? Drawing on the Sermon on the Mount, Dietrich Bonhoeffer answers these timeless questions by providing a seminal reading of the dichotomy between "cheap grace" and "costly grace." "Cheap grace," Bonhoeffer wrote, "is the grace we bestow on ourselves...grace without discipleship....Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the girl which must be asked for, the door at which a man must know....It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life."

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The Cost of Discipleship is a compelling statement of the demands of sacrifice and ethical consistency from a man whose life and thought were exemplary articulations of a new type of leadership inspired by the Gospel, and imbued with the spirit of Christian humanism and a creative sense of civic duty.

Transforming Discipleship

 

Many churchgoers complain that their churches lack a coherent plan for discipleship and spiritual growth. In turn, many church leaders lament their lack of resources to build and manage effective programs to help people become fully devoted followers of Christ.

 

In Transforming Discipleship Greg Ogden introduces his vision for discipleship, emphasizing that solutions will not be found in large-scale, finely-tuned, resource-heavy programs. Instead, Ogden recovers Jesus' method of accomplishing life change by investing in just a few people at a time. And he shows how discipleship can become a self-replicating process with ongoing impact from generation to generation. Biblical, practical and tremendously effective, Transforming Discipleship provides the insights and philosophy of ministry behind Ogden's earlier work, Discipleship Essentials. Together, these ground-breaking books have the potential to transform how your church transforms the lives of its people.

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