Spiritual Disciplines

Connections List
 * Death to Sin
 * Church Stuff
 * Quiet Times
 * Lordship
 * Giving
 * 1 Corinthians 9
 * Baptism
 * Communion
 * Catholic Sacrements
 * Sanctification
 * Repent
 * Study the Bible
 * Evil, Sin
 * Perseverance
 * Lists of Good/Bad actions/attributes in Bible
 * Forgiveness
 * HS Gifts
 * Virtues
 * Discipleship
 * Rely on God, he helps
 * Works, fruit
 * Testing
 * Community
 * Obedience
 * Christianity
 * Sabbath
 * Bread of life
 * Evangelism
 * Christ follower

Scope
 * Specific behaviors used for sanctification
 * See "discipleship" parent page for discipleship in general, which as fewer connections.
 * See "death to sin" for more practical, behavior modification

Topics
 * Mech, philosophy
 * Nathan's primary list, xref catholic sacraments
 * Nathan's secondary interpretive list

Mech/philosophy
 * C.S. Lewis, Problem of Pain, on fasting. "Ascetic practices, which in themselves strengthen the will, are only useful in so far as they enable the will to put its own house (the passions) in order, as a preparation for offering the whole man to God. They are necessary as a means; as an end, they would be abominable, for in substituting will for appetite and there stopping, they would merely exchange the animal self for the diabolical self."

Nathan's Primary list*Catholic equivalent (sacrements =! disciplines) Questionable
 * Baptism (is one-time)*Baptism
 * Communion**Eucharist
 * Repent/Confession**Reconciliation (conversion, confession, celebration)
 * Bible - preaching, timothy
 * Fast - as method for special occassions
 * Prayer - daniel, Jc e.g.
 * Worship - david dance, sons of Korah, commands
 * Evangelism - call Peter, passive fx
 * Church - do not give up meeting
 * Sabbath - 10 commandments
 * Giving (/Tithing) - leviticus tithe, pauls instructions
 * Baptism of HS (=! discipline)*Confirmation
 * Marriage
 * Holy Orders (becoming a priest)
 * Extreme Unction (anoint sick, last rites)

Nathans secondary interpretive list
 * Breathe, mental discipline
 * Quiet Times (combines prayer and reading, JC practiced as just prayer I think)
 * Perseverance
 * Discipleship chains
 * Reliance on God

1 Cor 9:26-27a "Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave..."