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Ed Stetzer Live
April 11, 2026
Cultivating a Closer Relationship with God
Scripture calls Christians toward obedience and maturity, but many modern approaches to spiritual formation are less than biblical. Ed Stetzer talks with Phoenix Seminary's Matthew Bingham about his book, A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation and how we can use meditation, prayer and self-examination to balance our faith and salvation, with a responsibility for our spiritual growth. By doing this, we can cultivate a closer relationship with God on Ed Stetzer Live.
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Matthew Bingham
Matthew Bingham is vice president of academic affairs and associate professor of church history at Phoenix Seminary and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He’s the author of A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation, Orthodox Radicals: Baptist Identity in the English Revolution, and numerous articles in peer-reviewed academic journals.
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Ed Stetzer
Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., is Dean of the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches; trained pastors and church planters on six continents; earned two master’s degrees and two doctorates; and he has written hundreds of articles and a dozen books. He is Regional Director for Lausanne North America, is the Editor-in-Chief of Outreach Magazine, and regularly writes for news outlets such as USA Today and CNN. He serves at his local church, Mariners Church, as a teaching pastor. Ed and his wife Donna have been married for more than 35 years and are the parents of three daughters.
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