Spiritual Formation: An Invitation to Drawing Near Spiritual Formation Beyond Pragmatism
11 snips
Apr 8, 2024 Kyle delves into the historic evangelical vision of spiritual formation, promoting a balanced, word-centered and Spirit-empowered approach. He highlights the importance of doctrine in shaping spiritual practices and encourages a focus on genuine engagement with prayer. The discussion covers the theoretical, practical, and existential dimensions of spiritual formation, addressing personal struggles like wandering minds and shame. Ultimately, listeners are invited to reflect on their own spiritual journeys and draw nearer to God.
AI Snips
Chapters
Books
Transcript
Episode notes
Evangelical Vision Of Spiritual Formation
- Spiritual formation is a word-centered, Spirit-empowered, whole-life vision grounded in historic evangelical belief.
- Kyle Strobel argues doctrine must shape practice to avoid secularized or self-help Christianity.
Why Strobel And Coe Wrote Their Prayer Book
- Kyle Strobel and John Coe wrote a book on prayer after finding existing books lacked balance across theory, practice, and existential care.
- They intentionally designed their book to cover all three aspects for faithful spiritual formation.
Teach Theory, Practice, And Existential Reality
- Include three elements when teaching spiritual practices: theoretical, practical, and existential guidance.
- Ground practices in gospel doctrine, give concrete steps, and address lived experience to avoid performative religion.
