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'Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then calling all his brothers and sisters to share the find, Richard Foster has 'found' the spiritual disciplines that the modern world stored away and forgot ... the instruments of joy, the way into mature Christian spirituality and abundant life.' (Eugene Peterson )
'This is a book I'd love to have written ... exciting, stimulating and joyful.' (Joyce Huggett )
'The best modern book on Christian spirituality.' (Ronald Sider )
'This is a book I'd love to have written ... exciting, stimulating and joyful.' (Joyce Huggett )
'The best modern book on Christian spirituality.' (Ronald Sider )
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Arguably the most established contemporary spiritual classic by our most profound living religious writer. This timeless classic has helped well over a million people discover a richer spiritual life infused with joy, peace and a deeper understanding of God.
The book explores the 'classic disciplines' of Christian faith: the inward disciplines of meditation, prayer, fasting, and study; the outward disciplines of simplicity, solitude, submission and service and the corporate disciplines of confession, worship, guidance and celebration.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Christianity is about relationship - God meeting our fundamental need to be in personal, intimate relationship with him. I should have read this book when I was a much younger Christian. I've been following Jesus for nearly a decade, and I've enjoyed my walk so far. However, as I have approached the decade milestone, I have felt a growing dissatisfaction with my walk. I had this nagging sense that at the ten-year point, I really should know him better. After all, Jesus is supposed to be my best friend. And, I wasn't sure why. This book is more than simply a devotional. It goes beyond the 'why' of the disciplines, but gives some practical advice on 'how'. How many of us understand how to "meditate", "fast" or "pray" without simply mouthing the words from time to time? How do you practice "submission" without feeling inferior to someone or practice "solitude" without feeling lonely? The disciplines are like a farmer, preparing the soil for seed. The farmer cannot force the seed to grow, but he can provide an environment that is good for its growth - tilling the soil, providing water, fertilizer, planting seeds, removing weeds. But, only God causes the growth. Similarly, the disciplines prepare you for growth that only God can (and does) provide. The contents of this book, applied and practiced, have been revitalizing my walk in ways I hadn't thought possible. I'm learning things about this personal relationship that were completely unexpected, and tremendously enriching. I encourage you to get this book if you claim the name of Jesus and be prepared to experience a deeper, personal, life-changing experience with your loving Lord. Expect to change - for to spend time in the presence of the eternal, living God is to be changed!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I stumbled upon this book through divine intervention. I was awe struck by the power and simplicity of Richard Foster's words. His gift of expression and his depth of knowledge surrounding the Christian life are profound. This book will not only make Christians better Christians, but will make Jews better Jews and Muslims better Muslims. Full of incredible hope and joy in our insane culture.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although I feel this book has some merit, I found it rather disappointing. This are plenty of ideas about how Christians should live and how they can deepen their faith. However, I found myself thinking on rather a lot of occasions that the author must have a very ordered, secure and frankly cosy life. That is of course not a criticism in itself.The problem is that the author doesn't seem to have any real concept that lots of people have lives that are not well ordered, secure or in any way cosy. For them, for us, our faith isn't about structuring our lives in a certain way and doing certain things in a very disciplined way. Faith might be more about about our trust in God to take us through the ongoing challenge of simply dealing with problems we face. Problems which might be ugly or messy or chaotic, and which won't really allow retreats, or highly structured schedules of various things!
Similarly, and I know many Christians would not agree with me, I found the author's underlying conformism unhelpful. Although he (rightly)criticises materialism, and occasionally acknowledges the existence of poverty and social injustice, he does not seem to feel that this might call for Christians to be more challenging of the status quo to any great extent. I know that is not the purpose of the book, but I do not really buy the idea of working on one's own spiritualiy in such isolation from our sisters and brothers in vastly different life situations.
So the book can tell us lots of things about deepening our Christian faith, but somehow it feels as if something important is missing
Similarly, and I know many Christians would not agree with me, I found the author's underlying conformism unhelpful. Although he (rightly)criticises materialism, and occasionally acknowledges the existence of poverty and social injustice, he does not seem to feel that this might call for Christians to be more challenging of the status quo to any great extent. I know that is not the purpose of the book, but I do not really buy the idea of working on one's own spiritualiy in such isolation from our sisters and brothers in vastly different life situations.
So the book can tell us lots of things about deepening our Christian faith, but somehow it feels as if something important is missing
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this is the perfect study manual for mystics and occultists.
Although a professing evangelical, Richard Foster is a Quaker by tradition and his writing is tainted with Eastern mystical sequences and jargon that are rooted in occultism. Read more
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