Spiritual Disciplines

Bible Study Tools: A Study Bible

Through his careful research and later book, The Shape of Faith To Come, Brad Waggoner and his research team identified daily Bible study as the number one indicator of Christian maturity.  If you want to grow in Christ, it seems, the best way to do that is to spend time with him in his Word.  Paul admonished …

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What’s Your Scorecard?

I’ve been asked to review Transformational Churches by Ed Stetzer and Thom Rainer.  It’s laying on my desk, and I plan to work through it this morning, but before I do, I’ve been struck by the subtitle: Creating a New Scorecard for Congregations. I’ve got some ideas about what Stetzer and Rainer may recommend, but …

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Book Review: Spiritual Leadership

I’d like to think that reading is truly a spiritual discipline. We certainly know that’s the truth when we think of the Bible. As preachers and teachers of God’s Word, we should constantly be reading, studying, and applying the Bible to our lives and within our ministries. But, we don’t just read the Bible, do …

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Book Review: Celebration of Discipline

In 1978 Richard Foster penned Celebration of Discipline, which has become somewhat of a classic book in the field of Spiritual Disciplines.  After thirty years, Celebration contines to be a widely read text on the discipline of the spiritual life.  I personally found myself reading it as an assignment for a study group I am …

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