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dc.contributor.author | Nel, Malan![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-20T12:58:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-11-20T12:58:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-10-25 | |
dc.description | This article is part of the research project of Prof Malan Nel, Extraordinary Professor, Department of Practical Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria. | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | Discipleship has almost vanished from normal church conversations. I will argue in this article that this is for more than one reason, but may be, because we have for some or other illogical reason, equated confrontational evangelism with disciple making. Or maybe even closer to the Afrikaans-speaking home: It is just too radical for denominations that, even more than 20 years into a democratic society, still prefer the ‘convenience’ of a culturally constituted and dominated local church. This article will dare to move even further by not only taking the rediscovery of this costly concept and ministry as happening, but also searching for what it means for disciples to ‘seek the Kingdom and his righteousness’ (Mt 6:33). The background to my research problem and question is that ‘we’ can just not afford that people, because of the church, not being serious about herself, turn away from the church – but turn to God: ‘Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God’ (Lenny Bruce †1966). This is just not normal. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Practical Theology | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2017 | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.hts.org.za | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Nel, M., 2017, Discipleship: The priority of the ‘Kingdom and his righteousness’’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 73(4), a4583. https://DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v73i4.4583. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 0259-9422 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2072-8050 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.4102/hts.v73i4.4583 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63237 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | AOSIS Open Journals | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2017. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Discipleship | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Church | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Evangelism | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Democratic society | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Evangelism | |
dc.subject | God | |
dc.subject | Kingdom | |
dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-01 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-01: No poverty | |
dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-03 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-03: Good health and well-being | |
dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-04 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-04: Quality education | |
dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-16 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions | |
dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-17 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals | |
dc.title | Discipleship : the priority of the ‘Kingdom and his righteousness’ | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |