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Redeeming Weakness: The Critical Role of Weakness in Effective Discipleship to Jesus
This dissertation investigates whether weakness plays a critical role in the formation of disciples of Jesus.
It is argued that the discipleship deficit in the Church is at least partly the result of a failure to embrace a theology of weakness as the foundation of the Christian life, turning instead to discipleship endeavors predicated upon a faulty theology of strength. The Church must rediscover the centrality of the theology of weakness to discipleship so that discipleship interventions emphasize dependence upon the Holy Spirit’s empowerment rather than human effort alone.
It is argued that the discipleship deficit in the Church is at least partly the result of a failure to embrace a theology of weakness as the foundation of the Christian life, turning instead to discipleship endeavors predicated upon a faulty theology of strength. The Church must rediscover the centrality of the theology of weakness to discipleship so that discipleship interventions emphasize dependence upon the Holy Spirit’s empowerment rather than human effort alone.
246 pages, Unbound
Published January 1, 2016
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September 14, 2017
Burns outlines the necessity of weakness in discipleship towards mature faith and provides recommendations for how to incorporate a redeemed theology of weakness in current discipleship. Highly recommended.
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