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In recent decades Christian spirituality, spiritual formation, and spiritual theology have become important concepts in the global evangelical community. Consequently, an accessible and reliable academic resource is needed on these topics—one that will offer a discerning orientation to the wealth of ecumenical resources available while still highlighting the distinct heritage and affirming the...

Fourth, God not only must reveal himself for people to know him, but God by his Holy Spirit must do a work in the human heart for people even to “receive” his Word and work. According to Paul, the unregenerate do not accept the things of God revealed, but the believer possesses “the mind of Christ” through the illumination of the Holy Spirit, who influences hearts to receive and wills to follow the Word of God (1 Cor. 2:14–16). While it is true
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