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Spiritual Disciplines

Love the Lord with All Your Voice

Singing is a forgotten—but essential—spiritual discipline.

You Can't Think Your Way to God

Christian formation means shaping our loves, says Jamie Smith, not just educating our minds.

Dallas Willard, a Man from Another 'Time Zone'

He wrote and taught like no one else on the 'with-God life.'

You Probably Won't Be Sold Into Slavery…  Subscriber access only

But one way or another, God will point you to the place where your gifts can serve his people.

What Classic Spiritual Discipline Needs the Most Renewal Among American Christians?

Three leading Christians on growing in Christ.

How Rick Warren Harnessed the Power of Social Habits

And why—after plunging into depression—Saddleback's pastor now pushes spiritual habits through 'The Power of Habit' concept.

What Neuroscience Tells Us about Lenten Disciplines  Subscriber access only

Don't fast for a cause, but to shape your soul.

The 'Above All' Commandment of the Sabbath

The one divine 'law' that tells us to stop striving for transformation.

Giving Up Self-Discipline for Lent

There is really only one 'lesson' I've learned in the penitential season.

Learning to Read the Gospel Again

How to address our anxiety about losing the next generation.

Making Disciples Today: Christianity Today's New Global Gospel Project

Introducing the magazine's new five-year teaching venture.

How to Read the Bible

New strategies for interpreting Scripture turn out to be not so new—and deepen our life in Christ.

Apologetics Makes a Comeback Among Youth

Youth ministry sees the return of reasons.

Mark Hatfield's Personal Use of the Bible

The governor of Oregon explains how he regards the Scriptures.

Changing Forever How You Think

Recovering the lost art of Scripture memorization.

The Underrated Spiritual Secret

Gratefulness is not exotic or sophisticated, but it can change your life.

The Beauty of Fasting

It's a tangible, bodily thing.

My Personal Use of the Bible

"If ever I get to the place where the Bible becomes to me a book without meaning, without power, and without the ability to reprove and rebuke my own heart, then my ministry will be over."

Our Uniquely Undisciplined Moment

Formal accountability has been a core part of church life from its earliest days.

Disorderly Disciplines  Subscriber access only

When I entered motherhood, my traditional spiritual life became impossible.

Rigorous Joy  Subscriber access only

The Lost Virtue of Happiness says happiness comes from pursuing goodness, not pleasure.

When You're Sick of Prayer  Subscriber access only

Two books that make a delightful difference.

Into the Silent Land  Subscriber access only

A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation

Grappling with God

Prayer sometimes feels like a hug and a stranglehold at the same time.

Seeking Biblical Principles to Inform Immigration Policy

Scripture provides more than easy slogans and soft platitudes about welcoming foreigners.

Dr. Willard's Diagnosis

Why we need to really die before we can really live.

The Power of Hospitality  Subscriber access only

How to win over enemies and influence people.

Spiritual Fast Food  Subscriber access only

Reading God's Word need not take an eternity, say publishers of speedy Bibles.

For God's Sake  Subscriber access only

What 147 elk taught me about prayer.

Spiritual Formation for Dummies  Subscriber access only

Many people want more than knowledge about God—they want transformation, says Adele Ahlberg Calhoun. But they don't know where to start.

We Are What We Behold  Subscriber access only

How to resist the demons that accompany influence and savvy.

Schedule, Interrupted  Subscriber access only

Discovering God's time-management.

Our Missing Moral Compass  Subscriber access only

Christianity is more than an event, an experience, or a set of beliefs.

Not a Hallmark Bible

Richard Foster and Dallas Willard on the newly  published Renovare Spiritual Formation Bible.

Remonking the Church

Would a Protestant form of monasticism help liberate evangelicalism from its cultural captivity?

Changed Lives: Luther  Subscriber access only

The daily gift of new life

It's All About Jesus  Subscriber access only

A convert to Orthodoxy reconsiders evangelicalism.

The Strength of Solitude  Subscriber access only

Learning to be with God in solitude allows us to be Godly in community.

Deeper into Chastity  Subscriber access only

It was the failures of my sexual history that brought me to see it as sin.

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