by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | SPIRITUAL HABITS
“Be killing sin or it will be killing you.” John Owen, The Mortification of Sin. “Do you mortify [i.e. kill sin]; do you make it your daily work; be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you.” ―...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | SPIRITUAL HABITS
How does one grow in each of our core values? For example, How do you grow your passion for God, relationships, authenticity, intentionality, servanthood, evangelism, and praise? For each of our core values, there are corresponding kingdom practices (spiritual...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | SPIRITUAL HABITS
Chapter 1. The Framework for Mortifying Sin is provided in Rom 8:13b, “But if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.” The thesis of John Owen’s entire book, Of the Mortification of Sins in Believers, comes from what Paul teaches...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | SPIRITUAL HABITS
One of the people I studied this week was Matthew Ricci (1552 to 1610) was a Jesuit missionary who, with his Jesuit colleagues, played a crucial role in starting the evangelization of China.[1] Ricci was born in 1552 in the city of Macerata in Italy. His father was a...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | SPIRITUAL HABITS
Augustine’s mother’s prayers for his salvation. Book 3, chapter 11 and 12 in The Confessions of St. Augustine of Hippo record his narration of how his mother, Monica, spent years crying praying to God in tears for his salvation. She continued to pray for his soul when...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | SPIRITUAL HABITS
The following article is adapted from a research paper I wrote as part of a doctorate program in Spiritual Formation at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Preaching and Spiritual Formation In both the Old and New Testaments, preaching occupies a central place...
