![]() Blind Spot of the Spiritual Formation Movement Today, I am on the blacklist of certain pastors and church leadersīecause of my association with spiritual formation. Meet the same objections from some pastors and church leaders. In my teaching and researching of spiritual formation, I continually Written an apologetic for spiritual formation. Showing that Christians especially Evangelicals have nothing to fearįrom spiritual formation. Steve Porter addresses each one of these objections systematically, (8) Spiritual formation neglects mission/evangelism (7) Spiritual formation is overly experiential (6) Spiritual formation encourages works righteousness (5) What ever happened to old-fashioned obedience? (4) Spiritual formation is contrary to the sufficiency of Scripture The eight general objections to spiritual formation from Hoped that enough will be said here to relieve much of the anxiety More must be said in response to each of these objections, it is Recognizing any needed corrective and defusing the objection. Spiritual formation are presented with the twofold aim of Talbot School of Theology (Biola University)Ībstract: This article is meant to be an apologetic for spiritualįormation to those within the evangelical tradition who find 2, 129–148,Įvangelical Anxieties Over Spiritual Formation Spiritual Formation & Soul Care, 2008, Vol. To hear the expressed and implied meaning of the message? Really implement anything they teach if I don’t quiet myself long enough Know they, the pastors and church staff, mean well. ![]() “entertainment” which what so many evangelical churches have become. Instead we tend towards the side of annoyance, disparaged by the halt in To digest what we’ve seen, heard, and emotionally felt. Silence, of stillness offer us the opportunity to reflect, to consider, The unexpected interruption of a blockbuster movie at the theater. The idea of prolong stretches of silence in a church service equates to Trading what benefits us for what feels better, what is more enticing. The trend to become more free-spirited in our religious pursuits, Which has prompted me to find the reasonįor disappearance of these disciplines. What strikes me, is the fact that journaling is too a lost It’s the first such journal I have consistently Scott Rogers discovered his centredness when reading Henri Nouwen's Burer)ĭiscovering Who We Are Together (Center for Christian Leadership, Dallasįoster on Spiritual Formation (Christianity Today Sept 2008)Ĭhristian Formation in and for Sabbath Rest (Dorothy Bass, January Spiritual Formation, with Special Reference to the New Testamentĭefinition of Spiritual Formation: Romans 12: 1-2 (Michael H. Jesus as Lord, Jesus as Servant (Diogenes Allen) What is the Focus of Spiritual Life? (Scott McKnight) Spirituality for Smarties (Dallas Willard)įormation in Christ: A Perspective on What it is and How it Might be Doneįormation: What it is, and How it is Done (Dallas Willard)ĭisciplines, Spiritual Formation and the Restoration of the Soul (Dallas Springs Inquiries Concerning Spiritual Formation (Dallas Willard) Spiritual Formation based Congregations IIįormation: What it is, ad how it is done (Dallas Willard) Spiritual Formation based Congregations I (Richard Foster) ![]() Spiritual Formation Groups Common Disciplinesįoundations of Christian Spiritual Formation (Richard Averbeck)ĭescriptors of Spiritual Formation (TACT) Thomas Merton's three epiphanies (Gary Commins, (Gordon Lewis, Journal of Evangelical Theological Society 2003) Is propositional revelation essential to Evangelical spiritual formation? (Philip Hefner, Currents in Theology andĬhristian Spiritual Formation (Richard Foster) Spiritual transformation and nonviolent action: interpreting Mahatma GandhiĪnd Martin Luther King Jr. Notes and references on Spiritual Formation ![]() Random Spirituality from a Doctor's Chair
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