Tag Archives: Disciple

Accountable Discipleship Groups

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Tom Bolton

I am nearing the conclusion of a 6-week study of Accountable Discipleship: Living in God’s Household, by Steven Manskar, with four cohorts. This is my third time reading the book, which I think is excellent. Last night we discussed Chapter … Continue reading →

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Discipleship Pondering

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Tom Bolton

I have been going back to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship lately. We sometimes lose the focus in our discipleship. How can we Christian’s lose our focus on Jesus?  And yet we do!  Bonhoeffer wrote: “Costly grace is the … Continue reading →

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Disciples

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Tom Bolton

BECOMING DISCIPLES THROUGH BIBLE STUDY Participating in Disciple Bible Study in 1998 was one of the major life changing activities of my life. I am forever thankful that Jim Marsh led our class and took us down many great paths … Continue reading →

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Class Meetings Anyone?

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Tom Bolton

Paragraph 256.1b in the UMC Book of Discipline is a wonderful direction, it seems to me. It provides important guidance to the Wesleyan way of Christian formation and seems to encourage the use of classes and class leaders even today: Accountable … Continue reading →

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Disciples Act

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Tom Bolton

We’ve studied the Bible for 19 weeks now in our Disciple Bible class at First United Methodist Church of West Allis.  Truly, it is a marvelous curriculum, and I am with a wonderful group.  I have thought about how the … Continue reading →

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