Our evangelical churches stress the importance of discipleship. It is good and necessary. But discipleship is often discussed in the context of intellectual learning; a fact-finding mission. However, there is more to discipleship than data.
Discipleship in the Bible is also the cultivation of bodily postures. The Bible trains us to move and live and to have our being in God. True discipleship must include learning to kneel, raise hands, eat, sing, show affection, speak gently, receive, give, sit, and stand in the presence of God and others.
When we formulate a discipleship curriculum without incorporating common biblical rituals we are secularizing biblical formation and turning it into an encyclopedic course and a data-gathering mission.
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