Celebration Of Discipline By Richard Foster, Pt 1 The Great Christian Books podcast

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Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster, Pt 1

5年之前 50:09

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Although discipline may sound like a scary word, Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster is one of our all-time favorite books and seemed like a great choice to kick off the podcast. The book is divided into three parts: inward disciplines, outer disciplines, and corporate disciplines. Today, we tackle the inward disciplines.
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Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster, Pt 1

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