Celebration of Discipline
Title | Celebration of Discipline PDF eBook |
Author | Richard J. Foster |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 1988-10-05 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0060628391 |
In the twenty years since its publication, Celebration of Discipline has helped over a million seekers discover a richer spiritual life infused with joy, peace, and a deeper understanding of God. For this special twentieth anniversary edition, Richard J. Foster has added an introduction, in which he shares the story of how this beloved and enduring spiritual guidebook came to be. Hailed by many as the best modern book on Christian spirituality, Celebration of Discipline explores the "classic Disciplines," or central spiritual practices, of the Christian faith. Along the way, Foster shows that it is only by and through these practices that the true path to spiritual growth can be found. Dividing the Disciplines into three movements of the Spirit, Foster shows how each of these areas contribute to a balanced spiritual life. The inward Disciplines of meditation, prayer, fasting, and study, offer avenues of personal examination and change. The outward Disciplines of simplicity, solitude, submission, and service, help prepare us to make the world a better place. The corporate Disciplines of confession, worship, guidance, and celebration, bring us nearer to one another and to God. Foster provides a wealth of examples demonstrating how these Disciplines can become part of our daily activities-and how they can help us shed our superficial habits and "bring the abundance of God into our lives." He offers crucial new insights on simplicity, demonstrating how the biblical view of simplicity, properly understood and applied, brings joy and balance to our inward and outward lives and "sets us free to enjoy the provision of God as a gift that can be shared with others." The discussion of celebration, often the most neglected of the Disciplines, shows its critical importance, for it stands at the heart of the way to Christ. Celebration of Discipline will help motivate Christians everywhere to embark on a journey of prayer and spiritual growth.
Meditative Prayer
Title | Meditative Prayer PDF eBook |
Author | Richard J. Foster |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1983-09-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780877841975 |
Richard J. Foster teaches readers how to use the classical Christian techniques of meditation to enhance times of prayer.
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
Title | Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life PDF eBook |
Author | Donald S. Whitney (Professor) |
Publisher | Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1615216170 |
Drawn from a rich heritage, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life will guide you through a carefully selected array of disciplines. By illustrating why the disciplines are important, showing how each one will help you grow in godliness, and offering practical suggestions for cultivating them, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life will provide you with a refreshing opportunity to become more like Christ and grow in character and maturity. Now updated and revised to equip a new generation of readers, this anniversary edition features in-depth discussions on each of the key disciplines.
Celebrating the Disciplines
Title | Celebrating the Disciplines PDF eBook |
Author | Richard J. Foster |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 1992-12-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0060698675 |
For those who want to develop a deeper, more joyful inner life through the practice of Christian spiritual disciplines, this one-year journal-workbook helps readers find new ways to reflect on, experience, and integrate the disciplines into their lives.
Freedom of Simplicity
Title | Freedom of Simplicity PDF eBook |
Author | Richard J. Foster |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2005-08-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0060759712 |
A revised and updated edition of the manifesto that shows how simplicity is not merely having less stress and more leisure but an essential spiritual discipline for the health of our soul.
The Making of an Ordinary Saint
Title | The Making of an Ordinary Saint PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Foster |
Publisher | Monarch Books |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2014-10-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0857216538 |
Nathan Foster has lived with the spiritual disciplines all his life, but has had to find his own unique path. As he sought - sometimes rebelliously - to develop habits that would enable him to live more like Jesus, he encountered problems both personal and universal. Gradually he discovered creative new ways to practice disciplines such as fasting, meditation and simplicity, to live as Jesus lived. With a foreword from Nathan's father Richard, who provides a fresh introduction to each of the disciplines, The Making of an Ordinary Saint invites us to be formed into the likeness of Christ's character.
Spiritual Disciplines Handbook
Title | Spiritual Disciplines Handbook PDF eBook |
Author | Adele Ahlberg Calhoun |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 2015-11-19 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830899111 |
Adele Calhoun's Spiritual Disciplines Handbook has become a standard for those who want to expand their knowledge of spiritual practices. Now this beloved resource has been revised throughout and expanded to include thirteen new disciplines along with a new preface by the author, giving us practical guidance in our continuing journey toward intimacy with Christ.