Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster

Hailed by Christianity Today as one of the ten best books of the twentieth century and voted by the readers of that magazine as the third most influential book after the Bible, Celebration of Discipline has blown the doors off evangelicals’ understanding of spirituality. Foster published Celebration of Discipline, the Path to Spiritual Growth. As Gilley points out:Ĭlassical mysticism was virtually unknown in Evangelical circles until 1978 when Quaker minister Richard J. Contemplative/Centering Prayer (CCP), all of which flowered in the antibiblical monastic traditions of apostate Roman Catholicism. Foster, a Quaker mystic, is hands down the leading proponent of the spiritually corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mystiicism movement-aka so-called “Christian” mysticism-currently crippling the evangelical community through the spurious Spiritual Formation as taught by Foster along with his spiritual twin Dallas Willard.įoster also happens to be author of Celebration of Discipline (CoD), which is the definitive textbook for the “spiritual disciplines,” e.g. In his excellent series called Mysticism Gary Gilley, whom I’m pleased to call a friend, discusses Living Spiritual Teacher and “Christian” Roshi Richard Foster. Spiritual Guru Richard Foster Restores What The Church Lost You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? (Galatians 3:1-3, NASB)

Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster