Date of Award
6-1-1955
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Divinity (B.Div)
Department
Exegetical Theology
First Advisor
Martin Franzmann
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Luke 2:34; John 3:19; Luke 11:6; Matthew 3: 10-12; Matthew 8:10-12; Matthew 11:20-24; Matthew 9:1-8; Matthew 9:10-14; Matthew 10:16-39; Matthew 10:1-6; John 8:46; Luke 23:16; Mark 3:1-4; Mark 12:1-8; Matthew 21:23-27; Matthew 9:11; Matthew 9:2; Mark 2:7; John 10:19-21; Matthew 9:6; Matthew 20:28; Mark 14:61; John 10:36; Matthew 16:16-17; John 8:54; John 5:18; John 10:33; John 1:41; John 1:49; Matthew 9:27-28; Matthew 15:22, 24; Matthew 21:33-43; Matthew 9:15; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 13:41;
Abstract
This research paper is the outgrowth of a personal struggle. The problem posed has in the past very sincerely disturbed the writer; this research has helped him personally in arriving at an answer. The writer's early background gave rise to the problem. His father had at an early age impressed him with the fact that scripture cannot but confront its reader. It is God's message. His mother was reared in a rather legalistic pietism, and this tended to influence him in a pietistic Way. The passages which caused the most mental anguish were those concerning renunciation, passages which, upon first appearance, tended toward asceticism. The temptation was to apply these legalistically. Hence no insurance, savings and the like without a questioning conscience.
Recommended Citation
Meyer, A Paul, "A Study of the Words of Jesus: Let a Man Deny Himself and Follow Me--The Relationship of Renunciation to Discipleship in the Synoptics" (1955). Bachelor of Divinity. 444.
https://scholar.csl.edu/bdiv/444
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