The spiritual life directs us away from illusions of competence and causes us to confront our utter helplessness and dependence on our gracious God. When we recognize our weakness, then Christ’s strength can work through us (2 Cor. 12:10). Balancing Christian theology, psychology, and spiritual formation is important in a time when so many conflicting and confusing messages bombard us. If we drift away from Christian theology, we find ourselves in the strange world of spiritualism.14 Many writers
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