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Where God Looks Our Hidden Life of Devotion is the Index of Our Spirituality

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  • Sinclair B. Ferguson

This article explains that who we are behind closed doors reveals the true index of our spirituality. It reflects on the importance of duty, and it stresses the importance of living with the sense that your life is fully visible to God.

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Practice True Spirituality

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  • Donald S. Whitney

This article defines what true spirituality is: the pursuit of God and the things of God, through Christ, by the Spirit, in accordance with the Word. It takes its cue from Colossians 2 and 3.

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Entertaining Angels: Their Place in Contemporary Theology

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  • Lawrence Osborn

With the resurgence of spirituality has come a renewed popular interest in angels. Thus, angels figure far more extensively in New Age thought than they have done in Christianity over the last two or three centuries. This essay explores the role angelology could potentially play in contemporary orthodox theology.

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Spirit and Spirituality in Luther

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  • A. Skevington Wood

The Holy Spirit and spirituality are two key aspects frequently noted in theological discussions. Wood finds it profitable to reconsider the approach of Martin Luther to these two themes in theology. He indicates the importance of the Holy Spirit in Luther's theology and the role of the Spirit in Luther's piety and experience of faith.

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The Dead Letter? Psalm 119 and the Spirituality of the Bible in the Local Church

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  • Benjamin Sargent

How does the Bible function in Christian spirituality and spiritual exercises? The article argues that the Bible's potential to facilitate an encounter with God is underestimated. The author reflects on the way Psalm 119 relates to the believer. The psalm is acknowledged as acting upon the reader and is not seen merely as a passive object of study. The article argues for a more central place for the Bible in spiritual practice and makes suggestions for how to put this into practice.

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Yearning for God: The Potential and Poverty of the Catholic Spirituality of Francis de Sales

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  • Glen G. Scorgie

This essay is about spiritual formation, spirituality, or personal transformation in the presence of God. Scorgie understands spirituality to be about experiencing the Triune God in a personally transforming way. He argues that intimacy with the holy God is necessarily purging and sanctifying.

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When Is Spirituality Spiritual? Reflections on Some Problems of Definition

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  • D. A. Carson

What is spirituality? In general, spirituality has become an ill-defined entity. Carson reviews some current definitions and reflects on the current use of the term, and finally define some priorities for Christians.

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Evangelical Spirituality: A Church Historian's Perspective

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  • Richard F. Lovelace

Are spirituality, godliness, and the experience of faith neglected topics among Christian scholars? This article looks at the needs and values of evangelical and Reformed spirituality from a historical perspective.

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Scholarship and Spirituality

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  • Walter M. Dunnett

Is scholarship in competition with spirituality and godliness? Is it possible to be a scholar and be godly? This paper considers the function of scholarship and the nature of spirituality.

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Christianity and the Piety of Pre-Destruction Hebraic Judaism

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  • Richard N. Longenecker

In this study the author compares and contrasts the spirituality of New Testament Christianity with that of the Judaism that existed before the destruction of the temple in AD 70. The major focus is on an analysis of the piety of pre-destruction Hebraic Judaism.

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Theology Has Consequences

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  • Tabletalk Magazine

The author of this article claims that our theological beliefs have consequences for our future. The author notes that Unitarianism, which is opposed to recognizing God as Trinity, has led to the decline in spirituality, especially in the United States.

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True Spirituality: The Transforming Power of the Gospel

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  • Steven L. Childers

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.

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Spirituality in the Heidelberg Catechism

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  • W. van Vlastuin

Looking for spirituality in the Heidelberg Catechism, this article shows that it is rooted in an understanding of the work of the Triune God in the death and resurrection of Christ, the daily renewal of the Spirit, and a life characterized by personal sacrifice to the glory of the Father.

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Spiritually Reformed

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  • J. Hoek

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.

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Pentecost and True Spirituality

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  • Richard B. Gaffin Jr.

What is true spirituality? True spirituality can only be found by listening to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit speaks through His word, the Bible. Therefore, true spirituality should not be sought through a repetition of Pentecost. Pentecost should be understood in line with Christ's work; it cannot be repeated.

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Supervising Preaching: Edifying Congregations (3)

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  • Barrett L. Gritters

This trilogy of articles discusses the task of the elder in working with the pastor for the improvement of the preaching. This article discusses how sermons must have an aspect of spirituality.

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Affect and Effect The Significance of a Biblical Spirituality for Christian Ethics in a Secular Age

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  • A. L. Th. de Bruijne

Secularism and its contribution toward making religion subjective has resulted in emotionalism. This article addresses the restoration of balance between ethics, spirituality and emotion. The author looks at biblical teaching on the relationship between these three things.

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Evangelical Spirituality

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  • Michael A. G. Haykin

This article looks at Christian spirituality as described by Jonathan Edwards. The author looks at the following aspects of spirituality: conversion, being Christ's likeness, desiring to please God, longing for God, being zealous for good works, and producing good fruit.

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What God Has Joined Together

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  • Paul E. G. Cook

This article makes a distinction between spirituality and holiness. The modern emphasis on spirituality has undermined holiness. As a result, worldliness has been accepted in God's church.

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Rightly Defining the Spirituality of the Church

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  • Matthew J. Tuininga

Spirituality of the church doctrine can be better understood when one studies the link between the two kingdoms in Calvin's theology - the spiritual kingdom and the political kingdom.Should the church address social and political issues?

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John Calvin, Practical Theologian: The Reformer's Spirituality

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  • James Edward McGoldrick

This article looks at John Calvin's view on spirituality. The author looks at his view of the work of the Spirit, the Christian life, union with Christ, spirituality and the church, and spirituality and the future. 

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John Calvin, Practical Theologian: The Reformer’s Spirituality

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  • James Edward McGoldrick

This article looks at John Calvin's view of spirituality. The author looks at his view of the work of the Spirit, the Christian life, union with Christ, spirituality and the church, and spirituality and the future. 

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Mere Spirituality

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  • John Rogers

This article is about the new spirituality of our day and the New Age movement, which tend to focus on emotions. Christian spirituality offers so much more!

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The Fear of God as a Central Part of Reformed Spirituality

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  • P. J. (Flip) Buys

This article looks at what the fear of the Lord means, and what the effect is of the fear of God in our lives and spirituality.

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In Search of Spirituality

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  • Frederika G. Oosterhoff

This article looks at the modern pursuit of happiness and spirituality, and how this compares to the spirituality of the Middle Ages. The author also looks at monasteries and mysticism.

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Discipleship

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  • D. Macleod

This article is about discipleship, and different aspects of discipleship is discussed: spirituality, self-denial, teachings of Christ, example of Christ and cost of discipleship.

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Of Houses and Hotels

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  • Rob A. Schouten

This article is about spirituality and the important part Scripture plays in spirituality.

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Pagan Spirituality

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  • Peter Jones

This article is about revolution in the 1960's and its effect on the church afterwards, even into the new millennium. The author specifically discusses authority, spirituality and sexuality.

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Why Spirituality Comes First

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  • Maurice Roberts

This article is about spirituality and why it is the first priority of a Christian. Self-discipline in spirituality is also discussed.

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Biblical Reformed Piety

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  • Joseph A. Pipa

This article discusses the purpose and the practice of spirituality (piety).

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Spirituality, History and the Church

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  • Elizabeth A. Culling

This article is about spirituality - what is it, and do we need it? The author maintains that we need an applicable biblical spirituality, and discusses how we can grow in this.

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When World Denial becomes Worldliness

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  • A. Maben

This article on Gnosticism is about a wrong dualism of body and spirit, and creation and spirituality. The author also looks at the Christian and culture.

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