Why Digital Discipleship Matters to Accomplish Our Mission

When I first started going to church as a 17-year-old, I thought being a disciple meant completing the six-week discipleship class my church held twice a year. 

 

If I finished the class and got a good grade, then that meant I was a disciple … right?

 

I think the reason I thought that was because the Hebrew word we translate as “disciple” in the Bible is “talmid” ( דימלת pronounced “tal-meed”). This is usually translates to “student.” 

 

But an orthodox rabbi friend of mine once taught me that,...