Tag: tradition
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Lost Liturgical Traditions & Why We Ought to Revive Them
This is the final post in a series that highlights five ways the contemporary evangelical church can learn from church history about spiritual formation. This post focuses on liturgical traditions. For more on this topic, see my previous article: Tired of Church? How to Rediscover the Joys of the Christian Tradition. Contemporary evangelicalism has rejected… Read more
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Spiritual Formation Was Historically a Team Sport – What Happened?
This is the fourth post in a series that will highlight five ways the contemporary evangelical church can learn from church history about spiritual formation. This post focuses on communal rhythms. The individualized regimen of solo Scripture-reading and personal prayer is a modern invention. Unfortunately, it is the predominant spiritual growth plan in the twenty-first… Read more
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The Missing Center of Spiritual Formation: the Eucharist
This is the third post in a series that will highlight five ways the contemporary evangelical church can learn from church history about spiritual formation. This post focuses on the Eucharist (a.k.a., the Lord’s Supper or communion). Whereas the initiating sacrament of baptism and the corresponding catechesis have traditionally served as the onboarding process of new… Read more
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Tired of Church? How to Rediscover the Joys of the Christian Tradition
Are you tired of church? I have felt that way often the past few years. Simultaneously, I have rediscovered several joys of the Christian tradition: the church calendar, spiritual disciplines, and the sacraments, to name a few. I went through a period of my Christian life where I thought all man-made traditions were religious nonsense.… Read more