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Here are 80 corollaries about Christian spiritual formation
- Christian
spiritual formation is continually developing a relationship with the
Triune God.
- Christian
spiritual formation is the process of partaking in the perichoresis of God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy
Spirit.
- Christian
spiritual formation is the continual process of allowing the Holy Spirit
to install updates and synchronising with Christ’s character in the
operating system (OS) of our spiritual life
- Christian
spiritual formation is relational inclusive of developing and deepening
relationship with God, with other people and with our self (Mk. 12:29-31).
- Christian
spiritual formation is the interaction of the overwhelming love of the
Father, the sacrificial work of the Son on the Cross, the empowerment of
the Holy Spirit, and the willingness of a person to be formed and
transformed.
- Christian
spiritual formation develops within the framework of the revelation of God
through his word (Bible) as illuminated by the Holy Spirit in our hearts
- Christian
spiritual formation starts in the depth of the self but continues and is
nurtured by the Christian faith community
- Christian
spiritual formation is the process of growing into the character of Christ
(Christ-likeness)
- Christian
spiritual formation perfects the intrinsic ongoing spiritual formation
which forms, deforms and transforms us from conception to the grave.
- Christian
spiritual formation is will of God for the people of God
- Christian
spiritual formation is filling up of the empty cisterns of our souls with
living water
- Christian
spiritual formation is primed and supported by the exercise of spiritual
disciplines
- Christian
spiritual formation is a process of becoming
- Christian
spiritual formation is intentional
- Christian
spiritual formation is a journey and a process
- Christian
spiritual formation is life in the Kingdom of God
- Christian
spiritual formation is removing the idols that sit on the thrones of our
beings
- Christian
spiritual formation is saying “yes” to Jesus
- Christian
spiritual formation is saying “no” to our egos by taking up the cross
- Christian
spiritual formation is living to serve others (servanthood)
- Christian
spiritual formation is the process of “being saved” for the “saved”
- Christian
spiritual formation is living the fullness of life in the shadow of death
- Christian
spiritual formation is not New Age
- Christian
spiritual formation is submitting to the Lordship of Christ
- Christian
spiritual formation is moving from prayers in the mind to prayers of the
heart
- Christian
spiritual formation is praying unceasingly
- Christian
spiritual formation is learning to love and serve the poor, the blind, the
hungry, the weeping and the persecuted
- Christian
spiritual formation is personal but not individualistic
- Christian
spiritual formation is communal
- Christian
spiritual formation utilises the Wesleyan Quadrilateral
- Christian
spiritual formation is a universal particular in Christian spirituality
- Christian
spiritual formation is the process of embracing the Mystery of the Divine
- Christian
spiritual formation involves spiritual friendship and mutual encouragement
- Christian
spiritual formation counteracts the negative but embraces the positive
aspects of our cultural heritage
- Christian
spiritual formation is enhanced by the matrix of a Christian faith
community that nurtures
- Christian
spiritual formation is not an intellectual exercise but engages the heart
- Christian
spiritual formation is missional
- Christian
spiritual formation draws its strength from memories of God’s love and
providence
- Christian
spiritual formation is more than Christian education but not less
- Christian
spiritual formation is not a program
- Christian
spiritual formation is not indoctrination
- Christian
spiritual formation is tuning into God’s grace
- Christian
spiritual formation is developing shalom with God
- Christian
spiritual formation is developing our spiritual gifts for the edification
of the church by the empowerment of the Holy Spirit
- Christian
spiritual formation nourishes our souls to bear the fruit of the Spirit
- Christian
spiritual formation slows us down to listen to God
- Christian
spiritual formation slows us down to listen to our souls
- Christian
spiritual formation is about personal wholeness, justice and peace
- Christian
spiritual formation rejects the world’s ethos to lord over others but
encourages to be a slave to all (Mk. 10: 42-45)
- Christian
spiritual formation partakes of the sufferings of Christ
- Christian
spiritual formation is the process of healing our brokenness and woundedness
- Christian
spiritual formation is not works righteousness
- Christian
spiritual formation is a love affair with God, our Beloved
- Christian
spiritual formation is taking off our old natures and putting on new ones
- Christian
spiritual formation is laying the groundwork for the Holy Spirit to affect
spiritual transformation
- Christian
spiritual formation commences after justification but is not justification
- Christian
spiritual formation is sanctification
- Christian
spiritual formation is enhanced by solitude, meditation on Scriptures and
theological reflection
- Christian
spiritual formation is developing a life of obedience which becomes a life
of faith
- Christian
spiritual formation is renovation of the heart (Dallas Willard)
- Christian
spiritual formation is growing in Christ through community (James Wilhoit)
- Christian
spiritual formation is living in a Christian faith community that
receives, remembers, responds and relates (James Wilhoit)
- Christian
spiritual formation affirms the Jesus Creed (Scot McKnight)
- Christian
spiritual formation is a long obedience in the same direction (Eugene
Peterson)
- Christian
spiritual formation is enhanced by transforming moments (James Loder)
- Christian
spiritual formation is conforming to His image (Kenneth Boa)
- Christian
spiritual formation is the imitation of Christ (Thomas â Kempis)
- Christian
spiritual formation is how faith matures (Carl Ellis Nelson)
- Christian
spiritual formation flows with sacred rhythms (Ruth Haley Barton)
- Christian
spiritual formation is life together (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
- Christian
spiritual formation is the pursuit of holiness (Jerry White)
- Christian
spiritual formation is learning the knowledge of the Holy (A.W. Tozer)
- Christian
spiritual formation focuses on the centrality of the Gospel (Timothy
Keller)
- Christian
spiritual formation is inner growth, outer change (John H. Westerhoff III)
- Christian
spiritual formation is growing in the life of the faith (Dysktra)
- Christian
spiritual formation draws its strength from intergenerational faith
communities (Allan Harkness)
- Christian
spiritual formation is enhanced by interactions in small groups (Jennifer
Turner)
- Christian
spiritual formation is a celebration of discipline (Richard Foster)
- Christian
spiritual formation is facilitated by the person and work of the Holy
Spirit (Torrey)
- Christian
spiritual formation will be consumed in God at his parousia
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr Alex Tang |
