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| Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard J. Foster
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (120 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2194
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 248
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 0060628391
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.4896
EAN: 9780060628390
ASIN: 0060628391
Publication Date: October 1, 1998
Release Date: October 5, 1988
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| Customer Reviews:
 Nothing like pressure August 31, 2007
Hopefully, readers won't come away from this discouraged about the fact that they're undisciplined sluggards. :) This motivated me to try harder to exercise various elements of discipline, and learning self control is never a bad thing. If you've always thought that fasting sounds interesting but have never been motivated enough to try it, read this.
A Christian Classic August 29, 2007
For some reason, some Christians today assume that anything that deals with spiritual formation and uses terms like "meditation" is automatically "new age mysticism." This guilt-by-false-association leads some reviewers to dismiss great works such as Celebration of Discipline. Foster, in the historic Christian tradition, offers a biblical path to spiritual growth through the spiritual disciplines.
Discipline is Misunderstood August 10, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
In today's culture, discipline is seen as a dirty word. Not so for Richard Foster. In Celebration of Discipline, Foster reminds us that discipline is a gift that helps us to enjoy our freedom.
In this book, Foster does a wonderful job of making spirituality accessible to the average person and illustrates beautifully that Christianity is a spiritual path. This message is much needed in an age when so many Christian leaders present Christianity as a set of doctrines and rules to abide by. Foster shows that spiritual discipline comes first,helping us to put ourselves right with God so that our love of neighbor has a firm and sound foundation.
Foster helps us to see that discipline is not restrictive but actually frees us to do more. This makes perfect sense. If you want to enjoy the game of tennis or golf, you need the discipline to learn the skills that will allow you to enjoy the game more deeply. Foster teaches us that the same is true of spiritual discipline. We do not discipline ourselves just for the sake of discipline or to make ourselves miserable but rather to enjoy the freedom to live more fully in God.
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Great Book to enhance life August 5, 2007
This book was recommended by a person I highly admire. I would recommend it to any one who is searching for a closer relationship with God. It is very well written and a person does not have to have a deep knowledge of the Bible to understand what the author is talking about. But it does require action on the readers part to get the full effect of what the author is trying to do.
Obedience resulting in transformation... June 26, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
"The Disciplines allow us to place ourselves before God so that he can transform us." With this line, Foster correctly positions this book as a tool for all Christians to use as part of their spiritual journey. I read this book almost ten years ago and still find it to be one of the most useful, practical and challenging books I've ever read. Celebration of Discipline is a treasure for the Christian who wants to draw closer to God.
Foster breaks down the spiritual disciplines into three categories: (1) The Inward Disciplines: Meditation, Prayer, Fasting and Study; (2) The Outward Disciplines: Simplicity, Solitude, Submission and Service; (3) The Corporate Disciplines: Confession, Worship, Guidance and Celebration.
At just over 200 pages, the book is a pretty easy read - about a 5 on the difficulty scale of 1-10. I would suggest that this book as a great gift for a student as young as eighth grade - and there is no upper age limit for this great resource. I have the HarperSanFrancisco 20th Anniversary Edition - and there is now a 25th Anniversary Edition as well - this book has been blessing generations of Christians for over 25 years! You should be able to purchase this book online or in any Christian or mainstream bookstore for $15 - $20. It will be one of your most treasured resources and makes an excellent gift to another brother or sister in Christ.
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