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		<title>Genuine Biblical Spirituality</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a quote on biblical spirituality from the book Hearing God&#8217;s Words: Exploring Biblical Spirituality written by Peter Adams, and Anglican biblical scholar from Ridley College in Melbourne Australia. For the Bible is a great God-given resource and guide &#8230; <a href="http://www.peaceburlington.org/archives/214">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>Here is a quote on biblical spirituality from the book <a href="http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=2617" target="_blank">Hearing God&#8217;s Words: Exploring Biblical Spirituality</a> written by <a href="http://www.ridley.unimelb.edu.au/study/index.php?option=displaypage&amp;Itemid=260&amp;op=page" target="_blank">Peter Adams</a>, and Anglican biblical scholar from <a href="http://www.ridley.unimelb.edu.au/study/index.php" target="_blank">Ridley College</a> in Melbourne Australia.</p>
<p>For the Bible is a great God-given resource and guide to true Christian spirituality. Its common neglect results in confusion about spirituality&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>Using another image, we can think of spirituality as being a kind of spiritual diet, in which the various resources provide necessary elements of that diet. Here are some examples: (1) A good dose of the creation reminds us of God&#8217;s eternal power and greatness. (2) Christian fellowship provides personal encouragement, support, rebuke and correction. (3) The Bible gives us God&#8217;s point of view on every area of our lives, and is the means God uses to speak to us.</p>
<p>It is easy to see what will happen if any of these three examples is missing from our spiritual diet: (1) If we neglect the great world God has made, which he sustains every moment, we may become over pressured by humanity, its needs and achievements, and forget God&#8217;s greatness and that he does not need us or our achievements. (2) If we neglect fellowship, we may easily become erratic, unloving, unrealistic, self centered or hardened by the deceitfulness of sin: close Christian fellowship is a gracious provision of God to help us live in reality! (3) If we neglect the Bible as a spiritual resource, we will easily slip into confusion, error, imbalance, idolatry, lack of spiritual discernment, and be seduced away from the worship of Christ. We will not make the right use of the varied spiritual resources God has given us. To find God in fellowship but to neglect the Bible will leave us vulnerable to the pressures of the people around us, to be too concerned about the approval of other people rather than the approval of God, and subject to the spirit of our age and friendship group.</p>
<p>So I am not claiming that the Bible should be our only spiritual resource, because the Bible itself encourages the use of many other resources, including reflecting on God&#8217;s creation, enjoying Christian fellowship and taking part in the Lord&#8217;s Supper. If the Bible is not used, our spirituality will easily and quickly lose its moorings. (pp. 19-20)</p>
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