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| Authentic Spirituality, Part 1 | | Date Created: Dec 13, 2004, 07:52 PM |
Spirituality is a topic of great interest these days. At the end of the summer [2002] I met for lunch with John Armstrong, the editor of Reformation and Revival Journal. He was in town to speak at Covenant Seminary's commencement service and meet with the faculty. John is a man with his finger on the pulse of the Evangelical & Reformed church world in America. When asked by the seminary faculty about what is going on out there? What are people in evangelical church interested in? What's the latest hot topic? The latest concern? Without hesitation he responded "spirituality." The search for authentic Christian spirituality. Cultivating spirituality.
When he said that I was a bit puzzled. What is spirituality? What do people mean when they say they want to cultivate their spirituality or their spiritual lives?
What do people mean when they talk about "spiritual" things. Or "being spiritual"? What does an author mean, for example, when he writes this:These new spiritualities are attractive to those Christians who feel that their spiritual lives are impoverished. . . What does it mean that your spiritual life is impoverished? Is it a part or dimension of your life? Is there a part of our lives that we should call "spiritual" as opposed to other parts that are not? When someone asks, "How is your spiritual life?" I want to ask, "What is my spiritual life? To what are you referring? Am I being asked about my devotional habits? My consistency in Bible reading? Or maybe my prayer life?"
You can listen to the entire sermon here. . . |
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