Spiritual Disciplines
Table below provides list of terms generally associated with spiritual disciplines - and then provides a list of well-respected thought leaders and indicates whether the term appears in their teachings or books concerning spiritual discipline.
Discipline | Classic | Dallas Willard | Charles R. Swindoll | Richard J. Foster | John Ortberg |
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So, You Want…* | Celebration of…* | Life You've…* | |||
Celebration | X | X | X | X | |
Chastity | X | ||||
Confession | X | X | X | X | |
Fasting | X | X | X | ||
Fellowship | X | X | |||
Frugality | X | ||||
Guidance | X | ||||
Humility | X | ||||
Intimacy | X | ||||
Meditation | X | ||||
Prayer | X | X | X | X | X |
Reflection | X | ||||
Sacrifice | X | X | X | ||
Secrecy | X | X | |||
Self-Control | X | ||||
Servanthood | X | ||||
Service | X | X | X | ||
Silence | X | X | X | ||
Simplicity | X | X | |||
Slowing | X | ||||
Solitude | X | X | X | X | |
Study | X | X | X | ||
Submission | X | X | X | ||
Surrender | X | ||||
Worship | X | X | X |
- Charles R. Swindoll - So, You Want to be Like Christ, Thomas Nelson, Nashville, TN. 2005.
- Richard J. Foster - Celebration of Discipline, Harper, San Francisco, CA. 1978.
- John Ortberg - The Life You've Always Wanted, Zondervan, 1997.
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