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disciple

[dih-sahy-puhl] / dɪˈsaɪ pəl /


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Back home, Pulte’s circle included another Coe disciple, a Michigan business leader named Mike Timmis, who facilitated Fellowship mission work known as Cornerstone Development in Uganda.

From Salon Jun. 9, 2026

He is a disciple of lean management techniques developed in Japan that focus on collaboration and continuous improvement.

From Barron's May 7, 2026

The letter is a road map for helping Catholics grow as disciples and then become disciple makers themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

“It’s where I’ve always been raised, coming from the SEC, you’ve got to run that ball, and me being a Nick Saban disciple, that’s just my thought process, right?”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2025

In Florence, however, Galileo’s disciple Torricelli heard in 1643 of Berti’s experiments and realized that he could simplify matters by using a denser liquid.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

To Altman and the disciples of his work, chatbots are tools for empathy.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

In the Book of Mark, when Jesus sent his disciples out into the world, he told them to bring no food or money, because good people would take care of them.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

The 1,500-year-old Shaolin Temple - located on a mountain range - attracts thousands of disciples from China and elsewhere every year.

From BBC May 29, 2026

We are called to be missionary disciples who go out and make disciples.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

She asked him to read Jesus’ farewell discourse to his disciples, which begins at the end of the thirteenth chapter of John.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

“I mean, we’re being taught and discipled by so many other communities outside the church, that we’re being malformed in many ways.”

From Washington Times Sep. 2, 2021

“They’re often being discipled by the blogosphere and by the latest, greatest celebrity,” Prior told me.

From The New Yorker Jan. 8, 2019

We begin to talk also of many other things concerning the discipled natives.

From Life of William Carey by George Smith

The other is slower, slope-shouldered & discipled, backgrounded by a blandished brain.

From Unmanned by Stephen Oliver

He preached, he taught, he "discipled" in every form then reasonable and possible, and in the fullest sense of his Master's missionary charge.

From Life of William Carey by George Smith

“The church needs to do a better job in discipling these celebrities when they become interested in the teachings of Jesus Christ,” Fisher said.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 2022

About a third of Americans do freelance work, according to a study commissioned by the Freelancer’s Union, and rating systems are extremely effective at organizing and discipling them.

From The Verge Oct. 28, 2015

Hammered by defectors and opponents, the Boston Church admits some disciplers may have gone too far and says it will "readjust" its discipling practices.

From Time Magazine Archive

Who will tarry in Jerusalem awaiting the coming Spirit, and then, the Comforter having come, be ready to "Go into all the world, discipling all nations"?

From The Heart-Cry of Jesus by Byron J. (Byron Johnson) Rees

Love's discipling touch that seems at the moment like anger is only for a moment.

From Quiet Talks on Service by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon




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