Spirituality and experience

The romance of Christian faith

Emotion is an important part of the the Christian life. The author looks at the proper and improper function of emotions and feelings. He also looks at the emotions of holy men in Scripture as examples to us today.

The Church and the New Spirituality

Lewis reflects upon what he calls the new spirituality found in many Western societies and churches. It is a spirituality build on vision and experience rather than a specific doctrine or belief system. He explores its roots, meaning, and impact before comparing and contrasting it with Christian spirituality.

True Spirituality: The Transforming Power of the Gospel

True spirituality cannot be found in intellectualism, emotionalism, and moralism. From Mark 1:14-15 this article shows that true spirituality can only be found in understanding the gospel message and its transforming power.

Spiritually Reformed

This article looks at the five solas – sola gratia, sola Scriptura, sola fide, solo Christo, and soli Deo gloria – through the eyes of Martin Bucer, and uses them to show how they form true spirituality that is grounded in God's work in the life of the believer.

Faith and Our Feelings: The Extent of Our Response

This article looks at the relationship between faith and emotions/feelings. What is the nature of faith and the role of the Spirit in giving life to the believer?

How long, o Lord?

This article is about the lament and the complaint of the Christian. The author also looks at our sorrow, our faith experience, and Jesus Christ as the man of sorrow.

Does a Christian Experience his Faith?

This article is about the relation of experience and faith, and of reason and emotion.

Experience Comes with Faith

This article about faith experience, also looks at the relation of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, subjectivism, and the work of the Holy Spirit in our experience.

Seven Marks of True Revival

This article shows that revival is the work of God and arises through faithful preaching, resulting in true conviction of sin which leads to pursuing God’s glory through the spiritual graces. This article shows that revival can sometimes lead to excess in emotions, as well as divisions.

The Acid Test of Our Profession

Is there any one test that's better than the rest in determining whether someone is a true Christian? Martyn Lloyd-Jones believed there was, and suggested that it is the hope of glory in the face of death.

Experience

What is the place of experience in the Christian life? Experience should be subjected to the truth of God's Word; it cannot have a guiding or teaching function.

Evangelical Spirituality: A Biblical Scholar's Perspective

What is Christian spirituality? Waltke notes different aspects of spirituality and godliness: a God-centred life, a kingdom-centred life, and the dynamics of a godly life,

Knowing, Feeling and Doing

The church is paralyzed when it fails to see the relationship between knowing, feeling, and doing. This article shows the relationship between doctrine, piety, and reform. It shows that to lose one is to lose all, which impoverishes the Christian life.

This article is about the emphasis on personal experience and faith experience we find today, rather than the building of our lives on the truth and promises of God’s Word. This subjective believing has been used in the past to reject infant baptism and to support rebaptism and believer’s baptism.

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