{"id":267,"date":"2005-08-03T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-03T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2005\/08\/top-ten-books-spiritual-format.html"},"modified":"2005-08-03T11:52:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-03T11:52:00","slug":"top-ten-books-spiritual-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2005\/08\/top-ten-books-spiritual-format.html","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Books: Spiritual Formation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In this series of blogs I want to look at a variety of categories and the top ten books for each category. Today we will look at Spiritual Formation.<\/p>\n

By way of preface, there are four books that look at spiritual formation in a comprehensive, text-book fashion. I will avoid “linking” to Amazon on each of these.<\/p>\n

Introductions:<\/p>\n

M. Thompson, Soul Feast<\/font>.
R. Foster, Streams of Living Water<\/font>.
J. Ortberg, The Life You’ve Always Wanted<\/font>.
T. Jones, The Sacred Way<\/font>.<\/p>\n

My Top Ten Spiritual Formation Books<\/p>\n

1. St. Augustine, The Confessions<\/font>.
2. John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress<\/font>.
3. J. Edwards, Religious Affections<\/font>.
4. D. Bonhoeffer, Life Together<\/font>.
5. T. a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ<\/font>.
6. C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity<\/font> <\/font><\/font>
7. The Way of a Pilgrim<\/font>
8. Teresa of Avila, A Life of Prayer<\/font>
9. A. Schmemann, For the Life of the World<\/font>
10. H. Nouwen, Reaching Out<\/p>\n

<\/font>Others:<\/p>\n

R. Foster, Celebration of Discipline<\/font>
J. Wesley, The Journal of John Wesley<\/font>
J. Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion<\/font>, Book 3.
M. Luther, The Freedom of the Christian<\/font><\/font>
Br. Lawrence, Practicing the Presence of God<\/font>
The Rule of St. Benedict<\/font>
D. Taylor, The Myth of Certainty<\/font>
The Little Flowers of St. Francis<\/font>
T. Merton, The Inner Experience<\/font>
W. Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life<\/font>
The Journal of John Woolman<\/font>
D. von Hildebrand, Transformation in Christ<\/font><\/p>\n

There are so many more<\/p>\n

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