![]() A reader may initially think that, in suggesting this emphasis on actions, the authors are promoting works-based salvation or something of the like. This focus on actions is the central theme of both books on discipline. ![]() The difference between understanding Christian discipline and practicing Christian disciplines can be evidenced by Foster’s remarks on the subject when he states that “the Spiritual Disciplines are things that we do,” they are “actions, not merely states of mind” (Foster, 105). After having read both Richard Foster’s Celebration of Discipline and Dallas Willard’s The Spirit of the Disciplines, one ought to be confident in the fact that he has truly developed a better understanding of not only discipline in the Christian life, but also of practicing specific disciplines in his own Christian life. ![]()
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