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Gospel-Centered Spiritual Formation

April 26, 2012 by Phil Auxier

Being devoted to centering my life in the Gospel and seeking to be defined by nothing less has been an amazing journey for me over the past few years.  It probably began when I became a Senior Pastor, preaching each week, trying to shepherd a hurting church through some difficult days and I kept coming back to the message of first importance.  I attended the first Together For the Gospel in 2006 and something resonated with me.  It was at this point I set out to preach through Mark’s Gospel, then Colossians and am currently in Hebrews.  Through these expositions, I’ve come to love and appreciate the core truth of my faith, the Gospel, more than ever.  Whether it’s the pure words of Jesus explaining who He is and what He came to do or the Apostle Paul demonstrating how Jesus’ supremacy looms large in all of life or the writer of Hebrews showing that in all the Bible there is none quite as majestic as the Divine Son, Jesus has become the point of my preaching and ministry.

In light of this truth, I often press home the fact that God’s not impressed with our religious devotion.  It’s not our practice of spiritual disciplines that determines our spiritual status, that is reserved for the Gospel alone.  I’ve been really helped in recent days, then, by Tim Brister (there might not be a more Gospel-centered writer on in the internet) and his musings on Gospel-Centered Spiritual Formation.

Here’s the graphic he’s posted to whet your appetite:

This understanding flows from Triperspectivalism (the three fold offices of Christ, prophet, priest and king). So far, the posts include:
A Little Background
The Triperspectival Framework
The Gospel Forms
I dare you, therefore, to wade out into the Gospel and watch it fire your devotion to our God Himself.

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Yeah, that's right. My one, consuming passion is Jesus Christ, my Lord. I'm totally gripped by one message: the Gospel - the good news that God came after me when I was far from Him. So, the life I live, I live by faith in Him: He loved me and gave Himself for me.

From One Degree To Another is the change that He's accomplishing in me by grace. Growing downward in humility, upward into Him, outward toward others, and inward with renewal characterize my existence.

This site is where I flesh all of these types of things out, including my life as a slave to Jesus, husband, father, coffee-enjoyer, and pastor. I hope it encourages you.

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