A Helpful Chart

I thought this chart might be helpful...since the question came up on Wednesday night...I believe that Donald Whitney would fit into the "Classic" column.

Spiritual Disciplines

Table below provides list of terms generally associated with spiritual disciplines - and then provides a list of well-respected thought leaders and indicates whether the term appears in their teachings or books concerning spiritual discipline.

Discipline	Classic	Dallas Willard	Charles R. Swindoll	Richard J. Foster	John Ortberg
			So, You Want…*	Celebration of…*	Life You've…*
Celebration	X	X		X	X
Chastity		X
Confession	X	X		X	X
Fasting	X	X		X
Fellowship	X	X
Frugality		X
Guidance				X
Humility			X
Intimacy			X
Meditation				X
Prayer	X	X	X	X	X
Reflection					X
Sacrifice	X	X	X
Secrecy		X			X
Self-Control			X
Servanthood					X
Service	X	X		X
Silence	X	X	X
Simplicity			X	X
Slowing					X
Solitude	X	X	X	X
Study	X	X		X
Submission	X	X		X
Surrender			X
Worship	X	X		X

• Charles R. Swindoll - So, You Want to be Like Christ, Thomas Nelson, Nashville, TN. 2005.
• Richard J. Foster - Celebration of Discipline, Harper, San Francisco, CA. 1978

• John Ortberg - The Life You've Always Wanted, Zondervan, 1997.

This is where I got this info from: http://sanctification.wikidot.com/spiritual-disciplines