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5 Weeks in Spiritual Formation
I just stumbled upon a 5-part spiritual formation lecture series from Dr. John Coe (from Biola University’s Institute for Spiritual Formation). I’ve already listened to the first lecture and I have to say it’s great stuff! So, what I’d like to do is invite anyone who is interested to go and download the series (along with the outlines and prayer projects) and we’ll use this space for a 5 week long discussion. Each week we’ll listen to one lecture, do the corresponding prayer project, and come here to discuss what we are learning. If you are interested, go here to … Continue reading
How do you define spiritual maturity?
An interesting study by the Barna Group recently found that a large amount of “churchgoers” were unable to give a clear answer as to what their church expects in terms of spiritual maturity. On top of that, many of those surveyed were unable to give a clear definition of their own as to what spiritual maturity looks like. Curious George rip So, I’d like to open up some discussion here. How do you define spiritual maturity? And a second question: Are you content with your level of spiritual maturity? And why not a third: How do you grow in spiritual … Continue reading
The Role of the Bible part 4
Leading to Life Kind Hearts and Coronets download George Mueller wrote that the “vigor of our spiritual life is in direct proportion to the place we hold the Bible in our thoughts.” The ultimate goal of the shaping and transforming is to lead a person into the “life that really is life”. Like other spiritual disciplines, reading Scripture is a means to an end. The “end game” of Scripture is the cultivation of a life that is lived in the Kingdom of God as an, as R. Paul Stevens and Michael Green put it, “ Abba Worshipper”, “Disciple of Jesus”, … Continue reading
The Role of the Bible part 3
To Shape and Transform The Station Agent Spiritual formation is primarily concerned with the transformation of a person into the image and character of Christ. This transformation process involves the progressive change of a human being becoming like Jesus in their “being” and “doing”; their understanding of identity and the way they live out that identity. Pluto and the Gopher release The Shaggy Dog dvdrip As stated earlier, I believe the primary role of Scripture is to shape and transform the reader in Christ-likeness. Both in terms of personal spirituality as well as leadership, God’s desire is to use the … Continue reading
Streams: The Prayer-filled Life
People have a lot of role models today. Jesus was a role model for his disciples. He modeled the life with God to them. Part of that life was prayer – really central to that life was prayer. This is why the disciples said to him in Luke 11 after they saw him praying – “Lord, teach us to pray”. Surely they were familiar with the traditional Jewish forms of prayer, but they something different in their role model. Jesus is our role model as well and tonight we want to learn from him the prayer filled life. What is … Continue reading
Book Review: Life With God
Submitted by Steve Ryan Most Christians believe that the Bible is the word of God. Most Christians also believe that the Bible is a source of wisdom, knowledge and inspiration. For them, the Bible not only records the beginning of creation, but the end of time as well. All Christians, regardless of their beliefs, generally agree that the Bible is a special book. I think that Richard Foster would agree with this assessment. The first sentence of his book, Life With God: Reading the Bible for Spiritual Transformation, reads:” God has given us a written revelation of who God is … Continue reading
