Disciple-Making Workshop References (The Great Commandment & Compassion Cultivation)

Disciple-Making Workshop References (The Great Commandment & Compassion Cultivation)

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JESUS’S WORDS

57 Commandments of Jesus Christ

https://compassion-renaissance.blogspot.com/2022/06/57-commandments-of-jesus-christ.html

BRIEF READINGS

Alan Hirsch (excerpt), ”The Hebraic Mindset & the Proper Understanding of the Gospels”

https://compassion-renaissance.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-hebraic-mindset-proper.html

Dallas Willard, “Discipleship: For Super-Christians Only?” Christianity Today, Oct. 10, 1980; Reprinted in : Dallas Willard, The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship, 2006, Harper, pp. 3-17.

https://compassion-renaissance.blogspot.com/2022/10/dallas-willards-most-important-article.html

James R. Doty, M.D., (Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine; Director, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education), “The Science of Compassion: As human beings, we will inevitably encounter suffering at some point in our lives. However, we also have evolved very specific social mechanisms to relieve that pain: altruism and compassion,” Huffington Post, Jun 7, 2012,

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/science-of-compassion_b_1578284

Jill Ladwig, “Brain can be trained in compassion, study shows,” W-News (University of Wisconsin, Madison), May 22, 2013

https://news.wisc.edu/brain-can-be-trained-in-compassion-study-shows/

Compassion Cultivation, the Holy Spirit & Neuroplasticity - Notes from Rolf. R. Nolasco Jr.

https://compassion-renaissance.blogspot.com/2022/05/compassion-cultivation-holy-spirit.html

A KEY LONG TEXT

Tim Keller, (includes sermon, ”Neighbors”), Jesus’s Compassion Command : Excerpts from Timothy Keller

https://compassion-renaissance.blogspot.com/2022/03/jesuss-compassion-command-excerpts-from.html

QUOTATION COLLECTIONS

Godly Prayer vs. Magic Spells: Avoiding the Misuse of Intercessional Prayer

https://compassion-renaissance.blogspot.com/2023/08/godly-prayer-vs-magic-spells-avoiding.html

Christian Discipleship Quotations

https://compassion-renaissance.blogspot.com/2021/12/christian-discipleship-quotations.html

Compassion - Quotations: Classified

https://compassion-renaissance.blogspot.com/2021/12/compassion-quotations-classified.html

Christian Kingdom Quotations

https://compassion-renaissance.blogspot.com/2021/12/christian-kingdom-quotations.html

Dallas Willard Quotations: Annotated

https://compassion-renaissance.blogspot.com/2022/03/dallas-willard-quotations-annotated.html

Curt Thompson Quotations – On Neuroscience and Christian Practices

https://compassion-renaissance.blogspot.com/2023/02/curt-thompson-quotations-on.html

LONG TEXT

Richard Stephens, “The Compassion Renaissance”

https://compassion-renaissance.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-compassion-renaissance.html

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EXTRA

What Is “Ecclesia”? - Chuck Proudfit, “Citywide Marketplace Ministry as 21st Century Workplace Ekklesia”

https://compassion-renaissance.blogspot.com/2021/11/chuck-proudfit-citywide-marketplace.html

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The 3 BOOKS on CHRISTIAN COMPASSION PRACTICE

The Theology and Science - Rolf R. Nolasco Jr. & R. Vincent MacDonald, Andrew Dreitcer (Foreword), Compassionate Presence: A Radical Response to Human Suffering, Oct. 19, 2016, Wipf and Stock, Cascade Books (paperback), 124 pages.

The Practice - Frank Rogers Jr., Compassion in Practice: The Way of Jesus, Aug. 1, 2016, Upper Room Books, 167 pages.

The Christian History - Andrew Dreitcer, Living Compassion: Loving Like Jesus, Upper Room Books, 2017, 158 pages.

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