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by Mike Farley
The Eucharist contributes to spiritual formation not only by nurturing the growth of virtues but also by embodying practices that train us in the ways of Christ and conform us to His image.  It is ritualized practice of life in the kingdom of God.
In their works on spiritual disciplines, Dallas Willard and Richard [...]

by Mike Farley
Eucharist contributes to spiritual formation by cultivating virtues that conform us to the image of Christ.  Faithful participation in the Lord’s Supper ought to instill a particular set of dispositions toward God, other people, and the whole created order that reflect God’s purposes for us.
The Supper trains us to be humble.  It does [...]

by Mike Farley
In recent years, American evangelicals have shown increasing interest in viewing the Christian life as a process of “spiritual formation,” and they have sought instruction and literature and practices to pursue spiritual formation from an increasingly broad range of Christian traditions—Protestant, Orthodox, and Catholic.  Authors like Richard Foster and Dallas Willard have led [...]

by Jamison Galt
[Editors' note: One of the things we'd like to do on this forum is to regularly feature posts that attempt to apply aspects of our Reformed theology and practice to mission in our modern world; posts that do more than reference tradition or polemicize against other Christian practices. Here's one person's stab at [...]

In this post we interview the final Denominational Renewal speaker we’ve yet to hear from here on PCA Conversations. Bill Boyd gave a lecture in St. Louis entitled “Renewing Worship: Moving from the Lecture Hall to the Banquet Hall.”  In this, our third podcast, we talk to Bill about real and perceived trends in worship [...]