Whitney - Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
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1991, 2014 by Donald S. Whitney
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ISBN 978-1-61521-617-8
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Some of the anecdotal illustrations in this book are true to life and are included with the permission of the persons involved. All other illustrations are composites of real situations, and any resemblance to people living or dead is coincidental.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Whitney, Donald S.
Spiritual disciplines for the Christian life / Donald S. Whitney. Revised and Updated.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-61521-617-8
1. Spiritual life Christianity. 2. Discipline Religious aspects Christianity. I. Title.
BV4501.3.W4695 2014
248.4'861 dc23 2013050852
ISBN 978-1-61291-753-5 (ePub); ISBN 978-1-61291-754-2 (Kindle); ISBN 978-1-61291-755-9 (Apple)
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Thanks to all the pastors, teachers, Bible study leaders, the ministers to singles, college students, and youth, and all the other disciple-makers in all the local churches who used the first edition of this book.
Thanks to all the students who have taken a Personal Spiritual Disciplines class with me in seminary and read Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life as a part of the course study.
Thanks to all the students in colleges, universities, seminaries, and other educational institutions who have studied it as a textbook.
Thanks to those around the world who have read the book in one of the non-English versions.
Thanks to all those who have read a digital copy of the original edition.
Thanks to those who have listened to the audio version of the book.
And thanks to everyone who is reading or listening to this revised and updated edition.
Thanks to the many friends inside and outside of NavPress who helped with the original publication and revision of this book. You know who you are. Most important, so does the Lord (Hebrews 6:10).
Thanks to Caffy, who patiently endured so much that this book might be written, and to both Caffy and Laurelen (who wasnt born when the book was first written), who patiently endured so much that it might be revised.
I am humbled and honored by you all.
In all cases, may the Lord bring much lasting fruit in your life from this book.
I was asked to write a foreword for this book before I saw it. Having now gone through it, I would in any case have volunteered for the job, so that I can go on record as urging all Christians to read what Don Whitney has written; indeed, to read it three times over, with a months interval (certainly not less, and ideally, I think, not more) between each reading. This will not only make the book sink in, but will also give you a realistic picture of your seriousness, or lack of it, as Jesus disciple. Your first reading will show you several particular things that you should start doing. In your second and third readings (for each of which you should choose a date on the day you complete the previous reading) you shall find yourself reviewing what you have done and how you have fared in doing it. That will be very good for you, even if the discovery comes as a bit of a shock at first.
Ever since Richard Foster rang the bell with his Celebration of Discipline (1978), discussing the various spiritual disciplines has become a staple element of conservative Christian in-talk in North America. This is a happy thing. The doctrine of the disciplines (Latin disciplinae, meaning courses of learning and training) is really a restatement and extension of classical Protestant teaching on the means of grace (the Word of God, prayer, fellowship, the Lords Supper). Don Whitneys spiritual feet are blessedly cemented in the wisdom of the Bible, as spelled out by the Puritan and older evangelical masters, and he plots the path of discipline with a sure touch. The foundations he lays are evangelical, not legalistic. In other words, he calls us to pursue godliness through practicing the disciplines out of gratitude for the grace that has saved us, not as self-justifying or self-advancing effort. What he builds on these foundations is as beneficial as it is solid. He is in truth showing us the path of life.
If, then, as a Christian you want to be really real with your God, moving beyond the stage of playing games with yourself and Him, this book provides practical help. A century and a half ago the Scottish professor Rabbi Duncan sent his students off to read John Owen, the Puritan, on indwelling sin with the admonition, But, gentlemen, prepare for the knife. As I pass you over to Don Whitney, I would say to you, Now, friend, prepare for the workout. And you will find health for your soul.
J. I. Packer
Ours is an undisciplined age. The old disciplines are breaking down.... Above all, the discipline of divine grace is derided as legalism or is entirely unknown to a generation that is largely illiterate in the Scriptures. We need the rugged strength of Christian character that can come only from discipline.
V. R AYMOND E DMAN
Discipline without direction is drudgery.
Imagine six-year-old Kevin, whose parents have enrolled him in music lessons. After school every afternoon, prompted by his mother, he slouches into the living room and strums songs he must practice but doesnt like while watching his buddies play baseball in the park across the street. Thats discipline without direction. Its drudgery.
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