As Richard Foster reflected on what he was seeing and hearing from readers, he drew the same conclusion. People were mistaking the means for the end. They were centering on the Disciplines themselves as though they were the most important thing. Richard found himself repeatedly stressing, “When we look at the Bible, we don’t find a great amount of discussion about the spiritual Disciplines. Oh, it’s there, and it’s important—but the one thing that is overwhelmingly important in the Bible is hearing and obeying God. The Disciplines are only a way of helping us to do that; they are a way we set
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