Thursday, November 10, 2011

Spiritual Disciplines and the Gospel

"Spiritual disciplines must be accompanied by a deep saturation in the gospel. The gospel changes the desires and cravings of the heart. The whole purpose of the disciplines, in fact, is to give you opportunity to think about, and meditate on, and move within the gospel. Spiritual disciplines are like wires that connect us to the power of the gospel. They have no power in themselves, but they connect us to the place from which the power flows. They are gateways to the gospel, but not the gospel itself."

-- J.D. Greear,  "Gospel: Recovering the Power that Made Christianity Revolutionary" (p. 196). B&H Publishing Group.

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