Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

by Whitney, Donald S.

• ISBN13: 9781576830277
• ISBN10: 1576830276
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-12-01
• Publisher: NAVPRES

Summary

This guide shows how each spiritual discipline can help you develop spiritually, why it is important, and how to cultivate it. Disciplines featured include prayer, fasting, journaling, worship, and more.

Author Biography

DONALD S. WHITNEY is the associate professor of spiritual formation at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. He is the best-selling author of S piritual Disciplines for the Christian Life , Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health , and How Can I Be Sure I’m a Christian? (all NavPress). Don holds a doctor of ministry degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and is completing a doctor of theology degree with specialization in Christian spirituality from the University of South Africa. He is founder and president of the Center for Biblical Spirituality. Don lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with his wife and daughter. Don's website is www.BiblicalSpirituality.org.
EXTENDED BIO

Don Whitney has been Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation (the first such position in the six Southern Baptist seminaries) at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri since 1995.
Don grew up in Osceola, Arkansas, where he came to believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. He was active in sports throughout high school and college, and worked in the radio station his dad managed. After graduating from Arkansas State University, Don planned to finish law school and pursue a career in sportscasting. While at the University of Arkansas School of Law, he sensed God's call to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He then enrolled at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, graduating with a Master of Divinity degree in 1979. In 1987 he completed a Doctor of Ministry degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. Don is currently completing a Doctor of Theology degree in Christian Spirituality at the University of South Africa.
Before coming to Midwestern, Don was pastor of Glenfield Baptist Church in Glen Ellyn, Illinois (a Chicago suburb) for almost fifteen years.
He is the author of Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (NavPress, 1991), which has a companion discussion guide. He has also written How Can I Be Sure I'm A Christian (NavPress, 1994), Spiritual Disciplines Within the Church (Moody Press, 1996), Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health (NavPress, 2001), and Simplify Your Spiritual Life (NavPress, 2003).
Don's wife, Caffy, ministers from their home in Kansas City as a women's Bible study teacher, an artist, and a freelance illustrator. The Whitneys are parents of a daughter, Laurelen Christiana.
Don's website address is www.SpiritualDisciplines.org.

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(6)
The Spiritual Disciplines... For the Purpose of Godliness	15	(12)
Bible Intake (Part 1)	27	(14)
Bible Intake (Part 2)	41	(24)
Prayer	65	(20)
Worship	85	(14)
Evangelism	99	(16)
Serving	115	(16)
Stewardship	131	(28)
Fasting	159	(22)
Silence and Solitude	181	(24)
Journaling	205	(18)
Learning	223	(12)
Perseverance in the Disciplines	235

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