Flourishing in Tensions
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Flourishing in Tensions

Embracing Radical Discipleship

  1. 258 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Flourishing in Tensions

Embracing Radical Discipleship

About this book

Following Jesus Christ presents unique challenges to disciples today. In our current climate of relativism, materialism, and consumerism, Christians are increasingly perplexed as to who they are and what following after Christ means today. Drawing on the Protestant tradition (in particular, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther, and Adolf Schlatter) and findings from psychology, this book offers a fresh integrative interpretation of Jesus's radical call into discipleship. This call is interpreted through a christological lens, as Jesus Christ in his role as Prophet calls us to self-denial, in his role as Priest invites us to cross-bearing, and as King demands us to follow him. Jesus's call to discipleship challenges disciples to embrace various tensions by faith and to grow and even flourish in and through them. By denying themselves, they find their true self; by taking up their cross, they find real life; and by following Christ, they find the great friend and befriend the world as the community of disciples. This book is for Christians who seek to mature in intentional self-reflection and discover practical ways of living out Christ's radical call into discipleship today.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: Embracing Tensions
  6. Chapter 2: Understanding the Self
  7. Chapter 3: Embracing Newness
  8. Chapter 4: Practicing Self-Denial
  9. Chapter 5: Cross-Bearing and Christ’s Suffering
  10. Chapter 6: Sharing in Christ’s Sufferings
  11. Chapter 7: Taking Up the Cross
  12. Chapter 8: Following Personally
  13. Chapter 9: Following Together
  14. Chapter 10: Seeking the Friend’s Face
  15. Concluding Remarks
  16. Bibliography