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Book Review: Invitation to a Journey

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In his book Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation M. Robert Mulholland, Jr. presents an extensive look at what Christian spiritual formation is [...]

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Stop Trying, Start Training Series: Discipline of Simplicity

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“No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.” - Luke 16:13
“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance [...]

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Sermon: A Fresh Vision for the Great Commission

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Here’s the audio for the sermon from 3/25/07 pm service

Here are a few relevant books I recommend:
The Great Omission - Dallas Willard

Growing True Disciples - George Barna
Intentional Disciplemaking: Cultivating Spiritual Maturity in the Local Church - Ron Bennett
Becoming a Healthy Disciple: Ten Traits of a Vital Christian - Stephen Macchia
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Do You Like to Read?

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If you like to read, check out our library of books.
If you live locally and would like to borrow a book, just e-mail us.

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A “Golden Triangle” of Spiritual Formation

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I am currently reading The Great Omission by Dallas Willard and I came across something that I thought could be very helpful. He calls it the “Golden Triangle” of Spiritual Formation.

Side 1. The faithful acceptance of everyday problems. This is where we learn to do what the book of James teaches (and [...]

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Book Review: Off Road Disciplines

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As the title indicates, Earl Creps‘ first book, Off-Road Disciplines: Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders, is about the Spiritual Disciplines that help to shape “missional leaders.” In it, Creps takes the classic teaching of spiritual disciplines, brought to the forefront by Christians such as Richard Foster and Dallas Willard, and takes them “off-road”. [...]

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Recommended: Spiritual Formation Bible

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If you are in the market for a new Bible (and even if you aren’t) I highly recommended the Renovare’ Spiritual Formation Bible.  Here’s a description from the publishers: Five years in the making, the Renovaré Spiritual Formation Bible seeks to recover the dynamics of Scripture for the spiritual trans^formation of [...]

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Recommended: The Imitation of Christ

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The Imitation of Christ, written by 15th century monk Thomas a Kempis, has long been considered one of the most important books on the Christian life and is the second most distributed book (the Bible is number one).
During the month of August you can download the free audio book from Christianaudio.com here
Also, you can download [...]

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