Archive for April, 2008

The Disappearance of Discipline

For centuries, believers practiced a plethora of spiritual disciplines designed to focus attention on the things of the Lord and promote prayer and true repentance. Fasting, monasticism, meditation, pilgrimage, and even self-flagellation were fairly common to the life of the church. By the 16th century, however, the reformers proclaimed (in most cases, very correctly) that such external practices […]

Posted by Justin Lonas on April 9th, 2008
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