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The Disciples of Whole Theology & Practice Following the Diversity of Reformation or the Wholeness of Transformation |
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Note: page numbers correspond with pdf version of study
Ch 1 The Discipleship Manifesto of the Gospel.....................................1
The Identity of God 3 Undertaking the Hermeneutic (Interpretation) Challenge 6Good News versus Fake News 11 The Epistemological, Hermeneutic and Ontological Work of the Holy Spirit 15 Distinguishing the Discipleship Manifesto Unfolding from the Gospel 18
Ch 2 The Intrusive Gospel of God’s Face............................................ 23
The Improbable Theological Trajectory and Intrusive Relational Path of the Gospel 24 The Primacy of Relationship Face to Face 26Nonnegotiable Terms for Reciprocal Relationship Together 28 Integrating the Whole Person from Inner Out or Reconfiguring the Person from Outer In 29 Clarifying and Correcting Our Theological Anthropology 31 The Intrusive Relational Path of Jesus 36
Ch 3 Called to Be Whole....................................................................... 41
Either Chosen or Called, or Both 42 1. God’s Call Emerges 43 2. Jesus’ Call Unfolds 44 3. Jesus’ Call Converges 50 4. The Relational Outcome of Jesus’ Call 51 A Defining Narrative for Whole Disciples and Discipleship 52 Disciples and Discipleship from the Gospel’s Outcome 62
Ch 4 The Essential Relational Progression........................................... 65
The Relational Progression of God’s Face 67 Believing the Relational Progression Essential to Jesus’ Face 69 Relational Progression of Jesus’ Disciples 73 Strategic Shift 74 Tactical Shift 74 Functional Shift 78Progression or Regression? 83
Ch 5 The Uncommon Identity of Whole-ly Disciples........................... 89
Bias For or Against the Common 90 The Distinguishing Bias With and In the Uncommon 93 Changing to the New and the Uncommon 96 The Integral Integrity of Our Identity 103 The Belonging Identity of Culture 107 Jesus Intruding Culture in the Surrounding Context 108His Purpose: Shedding Light on Reductionism and the Whole of Creation 108 His Approach: Three Qualifying Issues 110 His Practice: Triangulation and Reciprocating Contextualization (RC) 111 Identity Composed in the New Relational Order 118 Belonging Based on the New Relational Order 120 The New Relational Order of Church Identity 125 The Church’s Whole-ly Identity as Equalizer 131 First Key Dynamic 133 Second Key Dynamic 135 Third Key Dynamic 136 Fourth Key Dynamic 139 The Uncommon Whole for All Disciples 144
Ch 6 Sent by Jesus’ Whole-ly Commission......................................... 147 Clarifying and Correcting Our Commission 148Continuity and/or Discontinuity into the World 150 Illuminated Continuity 153 Illuminated Discontinuity 154 The Ethics of Wholeness and the Morality of the Uncommon 156 His Definitive Terms for Ethics 161 First Functional Key: Matthew 5:21-48 163 Second Functional Key: Matthew 6:1-34 170 Third Functional Key: Matthew 7:1-27 176 The Paradox of Jesus’ Sword and Making Peace 183 Changing the Human Condition into Nothing Less and No Substitutes 188
Ch 7 Normalizing, Reforming or Transforming................................. 191
The Integrity of the Word 191 Normalizing Our Faith, Reforming Our Theology and Practice 193 The General Relativity of the Gospel 195 Vetting Disciples and Discipleship 196 The Integrated Measures for Whole-ly Disciples 198 Whole-ly Leadership 199 Whole-ly Disciples for the Reduced and the Common 202
Appendix: Songs for Who to Worship and What to Celebrate........... 207
Glossary of Key Terms......................................................................... 215Scripture Index (Primary Source).......................................................... 221 Bibliography (Secondary Source)...........................................................224
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