• The goal of the Christian life 
• Our goal: Christ formed in us 
• Why were you born?
• Learning to be like Christ, part 1: Our relationship with God
• Learning to be like Christ, part 2: The family of God
• Learning to be like Christ, part 3: Learning by living
• Our need for spiritual training
• Four-point plan for spiritual growth
• Spiritual formation small group studies

• As Ugly as Sin
• Don't just go — leave a legacy
• Just a nobody?
• A miracle in torn blue jeans
• Three basics of Christian life
• Our greatest needs: prayer and study
• Fellowship with God: our greatest need
• Prayer: a cry for help 
• Prayer: When you don't know what to say

• Talking with God

• Paul's pastoral prayers

• Acts 4: How shall we pray?  
• Insights into solitude 
• The importance of Scripture 
• Articles on the Bible and Bible study 
  

• The greatest commandment

• Five basic principles of worship

• Worship looks back, looks forward 
• What is worship? 
• True Worship
• Color crazy, or do days matter? 
• Worship days 
• In search of an acceptable worship 
• Why our worship style is changing
  
• What is faith? 
• Another look at faith 
• Helping our unbelief
• Getting real with God 
• Our relationship with Christ
• Dying and rising with Christ 
• On death and dying daily 
• Our resurrection life with Christ 
• Do you have the Holy Spirit? 
• Can you trust the Holy Spirit to save you? 
  
• A new life
• God is building us
• God knows each of his children 
• Disciples who didn't understand 
• Opening the eyes, one step at a time 
• Our upward, inward and outward responsibilities
• Love, the greatest commandment 
• Being thankful for eternal blessings 
• Give thanks with a grateful heart 
• Stewardship involves all of life
  
• Introduction to moral development
• Word studies in "soul" and "spirit" 
• Leading in spiritual formation

Articles about trials and suffering 

Articles about spiritual gifts 

"...until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ" (Eph. 4:13).

Spiritual Formation 
Small Group Studies

1. Introduction to Spiritual Disciplines
2. Discipline and Grace
3. Prayer
4. Silence and Solitude
5. Study
6. Fasting
7. Meditation
8. Submission
9. Service
10. Guidance
11. Confession
12. Worship
13. Celebration
14. Stewardship
15. Lifestyle