Tag: Sanctification

Evaluating “Spiritual Formation”: Is it a better term than “Making Disciples?”

December 4, 2011

Musing on Saturday.  (3 minute read) Why Spiritual Formation is a Bad Substitute for Discipleship Here’s my take on why the substitution of the term “spiritual formation” for “discipleship,” is not an improvement and actually exacerbates a problem the Church in America already has with the term discipleship. If we were to survey most American … More Evaluating “Spiritual Formation”: Is it a better term than “Making Disciples?”

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Is Meditation a Key to Spiritual Formation?

November 24, 2011

Thursday is for Discipleship “Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.” (Hebrews 12:3, ESV) Meditation on the life of Christ, specifically on the suffering of Christ seems to be a key ingredient to the writer of Hebrews’ disciple-growing strategy. Do you know what … More Is Meditation a Key to Spiritual Formation?

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Spiritual Formation: When Am I Going to be Holy?

November 6, 2011

Monday Discussion Peter K Nelson is a friend and now the pastor of a wonderful church in Goshen, Pennsylvania outside Philadelphia (my favorite and hometown city!). In 2010 he published a book on Spiritual Formation that I have found helpful and which breathes a great spirit of pastoral care. I asked Peter if he would … More Spiritual Formation: When Am I Going to be Holy?

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