Willard, Dallas. The Spirit of the Disciplines

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of the book : The Spirit of Disciplines By Dallas Willard

Chapter 1 : The Secret of the Easy Yoke (Pages Read : 1-5 25minutes

This chapter of the book refers to the different beneficial results of Christian submission to the Christian rules that are most applicable to the lives of almost every hopeful Christian who aims to particularly reach the standards of a rightful Christian living . Great lessons on the positive outlook of Christians towards the suggested living by the Bible are presented within this introductory section of Willard 's book p

Chapter 2 : Making theology of the disciplines practical (pages read 14-15 20 minutes

Within the society today , people may not have an easy acceptance that living with the progressive principles of the Bible with regards the benefits of rightful Christian living could still be considered practical in the present times . As for a fact , it could be noted that living within the boundaries of the Christian principles actually results to more progressive and mire fruitful ways of being able to live life . People who are able to recognize this are mostly the ones who are able to progress in their lives and are most likely the ones who are less unprotected from the machinations brought about by the different influences of the worldly values of the society

Chapter 3 : Salvation is a life (pages read : 17-18 16 minutes

Keeping in mind the salvation that the ransom sacrifice of Christ 's life has primarily been referred to in the Bible as the main reason why people could still have hope on the salvation that would actually help a Christian live a life that is inline with God 's goals and purposes for the human society . Keeping strong hold upon this salvation shall serve as a guide in a man 's life in accordance with the Lord 's ways

Chapter 4 : Little Less than a God (Pages read : 20-22 27 minutes

Following God is more often referred to as a way by which a person becomes into the likeness of God himself . This of course does not mean that a person is perfectly capable of not committing mistakes like that of God . However , if a person strongly pushes himself in attaining a personality that is God-like then he becomes at least a little-less than a God himself

Chapter 5 : The Nature of Life (Pages Read : 25 ,26 12 minutes

The nature of human living in today 's system of things is indeed filled with sorrows and aches that are brought about by the pressures of the world . On the other hand , it is through this chapter that the author particularly refers to the discipline of the Godly principles as the major protection of people from actually being strongly influenced by the ways and the pressures of the world

Chapter 6 : The Spiritual Life : The Body 's Fulfillment (pages read :27-29 15 minutes

Spiritual living is referred in this chapter as a primary factor that affects a particular human 's life . Particularly...