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Spiritual
Formation/Discipleship Books
Conformed to His Image:
Biblical and Practical Approaches to Spiritual Formation
 by
Kenneth Boa
Grand Rapids:
Zondervan, 2001
Conformed to His
Image
helps us build our lives on a fully biblical perspective. Exploring 12
approaches to Christian spirituality in depth, Dr. Boa corrects our
tendency to pick and compartmentalize. Pointing the way instead to an
integrative, whole-life approach, Dr. Boa shows how each spiritual
paradigm discussed is just one important facet in the gem of authentic
and powerful New Testament living.
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Invitation to a Journey:
A Road Map for Spiritual Formation
by M. Robert
Mulholland, Jr.
 Downers
Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1993
M. Robert Mulholland
defines spiritual formation: “The process of being conformed to the
image of Christ for the sake of others.” Not every personality is
suited to an early morning quiet time, so Mulholland frees different
personality types to express their piety differently. He reviews the
classical spiritual disciplines and demonstrates the importance of
undertaking our spiritual journey with (and for the sake of) others.
This road map for spiritual formation is profoundly biblical and down to
earth.
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Life
You’ve Always Wanted:
Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People
 by
John Ortberg
Grand Rapids:
Zondervan, 2002
With a new chapter and
study guide questions, this expanded edition presents readers with what
it means to live as Jesus would on a day-to-day basis with humor and
sparkling anecdotes. The disciplines are neither taskmasters nor an end
in themselves. Rather they are exercises that build strength and
endurance for the road of growth. The fruit of the Spirit: joy, peace,
kindness, etc., are the signposts along the way.
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Ordering Your Private World
by Gordon McDonald
 Nashville:
Thomas Nelson, 2003
Selling over 1 million
copies simce its original release in 1984, this book has updated
material. MacDonald invites readers to bring order by inviting God's
control over every segment of their lives. His premise is that if the
private world of a person is in order, it will be because they are
convinced that the inner world of the spiritual must govern the outer
world of activity. The book is divided into five categories:
motivation, use of time, wisdom and knowledge, spiritual strength, and
restoration.
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Spiritual
Disciplines
for the Christian Life
 by
Donald S. Whitney
Colorado Springs:
Navpress, 1991
Freedom is the reward
of discipline. The freedom to grow in godliness--to express Christ's
character through your own personality--is in large part dependent on a
deliberate cultivation of the spiritual disciplines found in God's Word.
Far from being legalistic, restrictive, or binding, as they are often
perceived, the spiritual disciplines are actually the means to
unparalleled spiritual liberty.
Whitney
will
guide you through a carefully selected array of disciplines including
Scripture reading, prayer, worship, Scripture meditation, evangelism,
serving, stewardship of time and money, Scripture application, fasting,
silence and solitude, journaling, and learning.
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The Purpose-Driven Life: What On Earth Am I Here For?
 by
Rick Warren
Grand Rapids:
Zondervan, 2007
This is one of the
most popular books on Christian development in the world. Warren writes
that "The purpose of your life fits into a much larger, cosmic purpose
that God has designed for eternity.” According to Warren, we exist for
the 5 main purposes of worship, ministry, evangelism, fellowship, and
discipleship.
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The
Pursuit of God:
The Human Thirst for the Divine
 by
A.W. Tozer
Camp Hill, PA: Wing
Spread Publishers, 2007
Whether you are
thirsting for more of God or do not yet know of the "mighty longing
after God" that so consumed Tozer, The Pursuit of God will draw
you into a deep, abiding relationship with the One who "nourishes the
soul." This spiritual masterpiece exposes the roadblocks that keep us
from fully knowing God, reveals our responsibility of the pursuit, and
ultimately leads us into the very presence of God himself.
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it at
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