Me: How can we be true to the objective work of Christ on the cross and at the same time encourage people to take steps to spiritual growth?
Scot: Thanks for this. I'm note entirely sure I know what you are asking because our terms are in our way....
Any true spiritual growth is gospel growth. True spirituality is living in Christ in two primary modes: we die daily with Christ and we are raised daily with Christ. We live daily in his life and we hope daily in his exaltation and vindication.
What I find too often in spiritual formation is an absence of gospel realities and instead we find spiritual disciplines that are about interiority instead of gospel themes of life, death, burial and resurrection/exaltation/etc.. So that Christian living becomes rule-based instead of gospel-inspired.
What about you? In your experience, has spiritual growth been taught/explained in terms of your heart/mind rather than Jesus' life, death, and resurrection?
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