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Title: The Disciplined Life by Richard S. Taylor ISBN: 0-8341-0272-2 Publisher: Beacon Hill Press Pub. Date: January, 1962 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Need conviction on Discipline? Look here.
Comment: Most people want to be disciplined, but cannot find the motivation. That motivation must come from a deep personal conviction. This book does a great job of teaching the reasons behind the principles. It starts with the ideas and moves to the practicals.
This is a must read for anyone wishing true discipline.
Rating: 4
Summary: Well writen, but a little out dated
Comment: This book has very good points and examples. However, for myself, there were many things to relate to. This is probably becuase of the difference of when it was written and when I was born. But even with the large time difference, there were many things that I could easily grasp and relate to how I live my life. More importantly than that, how I should/can live it.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Valuable Guide to Christian Discipline
Comment: Richard Taylor writes from the Nazarene perspective which is rooted in Wesleyan Arminianism and the Holiness Movement. I have yet to find one book by Mr. Taylor that I haven't enjoyed and learned from. He has a style of writing that I like. Taylor's book is divided into two parts: 1) The Place of Discipline in Christian Living, and 2) The Path to Discipline in Christian Living. The first part contains five chapters the first of which covers the value of discipline in general for the attainment of power, national as well as personal. Chapter two discusses the marks of maturity in one's appetites, emotions, moods, speech, and priorities, and shows how we can adjust to authority. Chapter three covers the perils of discipline such as the danger of extremes and unchristian asceticism. Also included is an interesting discussion of "undisciplined discipline". Chapter four properly distinguishes and relates discipline and holiness and chapter five provides a defense of, and valuable insights into, imposed discipline. Part Two is the whole of chapter six which tells us "How to Become a Disciplined Person" and provides many words of wisdom. If I had to highlight one bit of wisdom from the book that sticks in my mind, it would be the importance of selection as the law of life (pg. 36). Taylor says, in effect, that we cannot join everything, we cannot participate in every good cause, we cannot give to everything, we cannot go to every interesting concert or lecture or meeting, we cannot read everything,... therefore, we must select! That last part about reading really hit home, especially since I LOVE to read and don't have alot of time to do it. Taylor expounds on this principle of selection as it relates to priorities and makes his points stick.
Other popular books on discipleship and the spiritual disciplines include the following: Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster, The Spirit of the Disciplines by Dallas Willard, The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson, The Complete Green Letters by Miles Stanford, and, for those who like workbooks, the Navpress Colossians 2:7 Series on discipleship.
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Title: The Disciplined Life: The Mark of Christian Maturity by Richard Taylor ISBN: 0764225979 Publisher: Bethany House Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth, 25th Anniversary Edition by Richard J. Foster ISBN: 0060628391 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 19 October, 1988 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul by John Eldredge ISBN: 0785268839 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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