discipled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: From whence it is argued, that the Infants of notorious ungodly Parents being Members of a Discipled Nation, may therefore be baptized as such Members.
ref: 1658, Richard Baxter, Certain Disputations of Right to Sacraments, and the True Nature of Visible Christianity..., page 267:
text: The bibliography at the end is simply the best general bibliography I know of toward the development of a discipled mind.
ref: 1990, James W. Sire, Discipleship of the Mind, page 26:
text: Christ set her free, and she is quick to proclaim that she is "drug free, debt free, and spiritually free." Now she serves others as a discipled warrior in a healthy church.
ref: 2002, Charles E. Lawless, Discipled Warriors, page 17:
text: Soon missionaries coming out of discipled circles will provide most of the force required by new opportunities.
ref: 2011, Vern Middleton ·, Donald McGavran, His Early Life and Ministry:
text: For worship leaders and teams to effectively build a congregation as a discipled community over time, that team must value their personal lives with God over and above the opportunity to express their personal musical gift on a stage.
ref: 2013, Dan Wilt, How To Lead Worship Without Being A Rock Star, page 32:
text: See prayer as not just an element of worship but as a powerful tool to shape a discipled character in people.
ref: 2023, Paul A. Hansen, Thematic Expressions for the Lord's Supper:
glosses: Having been converted or trained as a disciple or a group of disciples.
examples: text: These demands have been properly tethered to renewed and repeated scriptural discernment, with the result that scriptural reality resolves exile in different ways: exile, for instance, may refer to a discipled participation in the Cross; or to an ascetic denial and yearning; or to some transtemporal pneumatic embrace; or an agonistic resistance to evil; to penitence; to the long practice of prayer.
ref: 2016, Radner, Time and the Word, page 33:
text: If we accept a selfish gospel then we have no great motivation to engage with a discipled, sacrificial lifestyle.
ref: 2017, Freddie Pimm, The Selfish Gospel: Be Transformed by Giving It All:
text: But an over-stressed insistence on a discipled suffering may impose too much upon those who struggle with sickness, misfortune, guilt and bereavement.
ref: 2018, David Fergusson, The Providence of God: A Polyphonic Approach, page 339:
text: These, I believe, are primary qualifications for a discipled reading.
ref: 2023, Caroline Batchelder, Charged with the Glory of God:
glosses: Appropriate for a disciple; as a disciple.
examples: text: Liu Shao-Chi in How To Be A Good Communist which was kept in print for a time in this country, emphasized that the good Communists must be thoroughly discipled in their philosophy of life; whole-heartedly dedicated even unto death; and he must be willing to participate in any phase of the revolutionary activity – all activity is considered to be revolutionary activity.
ref: 1966, James D. Bales, The Phoenix Papers: If Not Treason, What?, page 75:
text: Nanak and his discipled were given a respectful fare well by Baber.
ref: 1990, H. Revanasiddappa, Alexander to Zia-ul-Haq, an Astrological Interpretation of History, page 56:
text: A discipled person was an apprentice who learned a trade or teaching from a mentor or rabbi .
ref: 2012, Michael J. Svigel, RetroChristianity: Reclaiming the Forgotten Faith, page 263:
text: According to him, if we are truly his discipled followers, at the end of the day he will acknowledge us before his Father and grant all that we need not only in this world but also in the world to come.
ref: 2024, Fr. Benjamin A Vima, ON THIS DAY Heavenly Food for Spiritual Hunger:
glosses: Serving as a student or follower of a mentor or spiritual teacher.
Derived terms: undiscipled