Discipleship Across the Lifespan

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Discipleship Across the Lifespan

• Trinity International University

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Dr. John T. Stevenson

• Family Life
• Academic Life

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John T. Stevenson

• Family Life
• Academic Life
• Professional Life

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John T. Stevenson

• Family Life
• Academic Life
• Professional Life
• Spiritual Life
• Ministry Life

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John T. Stevenson

• http//JohnStevenson.net
• JohnStevenson_at_Bellsouth.net

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Discipleship across the Lifespan

• Your name
• Your home church
• Where are you in the process of discipleship?
• As a disciple?
• As one who is discipling others?
• In what ways will this class benefit your
  ministry?

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Syllabus Overview

• Discipleship Across the Lifespan

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Course Objectives

• A biblical foundation for the importance and
  strategies of disciple making
• Be able to articulate the developmental factors
  which enhance or delay the disciple making
  mandate
• Understand and utilize the teaching ministry of
  the church to enhance disciple making over the
  lifespan of an individual

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Course Objectives

• Articulate the communication techniques to be
  utilized at various stages of presentation of the
  truths of scriptures to individuals

Biblical Foundation
Developmental Factors
Discipleship
Teaching Ministry
Communication Techniques
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Textbooks

• Teaching for Spiritual Growth An Introduction to
  Christian Education. Perry Downs, Zondervan, 1994
• Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life.
  Donald S. Whitney, NavPress, 1991
• Course Syllabus Discipleship Across the Lifespan
  ? CM330E 3.0

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Assignments

• Papers normally due at the beginning of each
  class session
• Final Paper due one week after Session Five
• 10 to 12 pages
• Typed double spaced (APA formatting)
• Can be handed in manually or Emailed
• If it is Emailed, use Word, Wordperfect or pdf
• Attendance Policy

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Grades

• Weekly assignments 125 pts

Class participation 25 pts
Final Paper 50 pts
Total Grade 200 pts
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Personal Faith Journey

• Break into pairs interview one another
• Take notes
• Be prepared to introduce one another

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Interview Questions

• Who have been the influential people in your
  life?
• How did they impact you, both positively
  negatively?
• What have been the major turning points?
• What were the major decisions you made?
• Where is the most room for spiritual growth?

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Spiritual Disciplines
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Matthew 2818-20

• 18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying,
  All authority has been given to Me in heaven and
  on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of
  all the nations, baptizing them in the name of
  the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20
  teaching them to observe all that I commanded
  you and lo, I am with you always, even to the
  end of the age.

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What is a disciple?

• 24 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a
  slave above his master. 25 It is enough for the
  disciple that he become as his teacher, and the
  slave as his master. (Matthew 1024-25).

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What is a disciple?

• A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but
  everyone when fully trained will be like his
  teacher. (Luke 640 NIV).

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Ephesians 411-13

• And He gave some as apostles, and some as
  prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as
  pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of
  the saints for the work of service, to the
  building up of the body of Christ 13 until we
  all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the
  knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to
  the measure of the stature which belongs to the
  fulness of Christ.

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What is the Correlation between

• A Discipline

A Disciple
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1 Corinthians 924-25

• Do you not know that those who run in a race all
  run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such
  a way that you may win. 25 And everyone who
  competes in the games exercises self-control in
  all things. They then do it to receive a
  perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

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1 Corinthians 926-27

• Therefore I run in such a way, as not without
  aim I box in such a way, as not beating the air
  27 but I buffet my body and make it my slave,
  lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I
  myself should be disqualified.

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Spiritual Disciplines

• What is a spiritual discipline?

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Spiritual Discipline of Bible Reading
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2 Timothy 215

• Be diligent to present yourself approved to God
  as a workman who does not need to be ashamed,
  handling accurately the word of truth.

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2 Timothy 316-17

• All Scripture is
• inspired by God
• and
• profitable
• for teaching,
• for reproof,
• for correction,
• for training in righteousness
• 17 that the man of God may be
• adequate,
• equipped for every good work.

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Bible reading in the Roman Catholic versus
Protestant Tradition
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Thy word I have treasured in my heart, That I
may not sin against Thee. (Psalm 11911).

• Thy word is a lamp to my feet,
• And a light to my path. (Psalm 119105)

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Spiritual Disciplines

• What is a spiritual discipline?
• What are your strengths weaknesses regarding
  the spiritual discipline of Bible intake?
• Bible reading
• Bible study
• Bible memorization
• Bible application
• What is your plan to grow in these areas?

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