Spiritual Formation Is...

Spiritual Formation Is...

Author: Rod Dempsey

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2018-08-01

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1462776760

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Rod Dempsey and Dave Earley draw on years of experience as pastors, church planters, professors, and transformed believers to equip readers to grow in their spiritual walk with Christ. Spiritual Formation Is… challenges believers to grow upward, inward, and outward in their spiritual formation by loving God, loving one another, and loving our neighbors. Written in a down-to-earth, approachable style that invites readers to come as they are, Spiritual Formation Is… introduces the principles, philosophy, and practice of sanctification.


Spiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered

Spiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered

Author: James C. Wilhoit

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2022-03-29

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1493435167

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Most books on spiritual formation focus on the individual. But spiritual formation is at the heart of the church's whole purpose for existence. It must be a central task for the church to carry out Christ's mission in the world. This book offers an introduction to spiritual formation set squarely in the local church. The first edition has been well received and widely used as a textbook. The second edition has been updated throughout, incorporates findings from positive psychology, and reflects an Augustinian formation perspective. Foreword by Dallas Willard.


Spiritual Formation

Spiritual Formation

Author: Henri J. M. Nouwen

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-08-31

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 0061995509

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“Henri Nouwen was one of the great spiritual masters of the modern age. His beloved writings have helped millions understand that no matter where we are, God can meet us there. Read this brand-new compilation of his writings and conferences, and let Henri Nouwen accompany you—with his trademark wisdom, acuity, common sense, erudition and, most of all, compassion—and help you encounter God more fully in your daily life.” — James Martin, SJ, author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything Led by the writing of beloved, bestselling author Henri Nouwen (With Open Hands, Reaching Out, The Wounded Healer, Making All Things New), the authors of Spiritual Direction, return with the second work in this popular spirituality series on how to live out the five classical stages of spiritual development.


Christian Spiritual Formation

Christian Spiritual Formation

Author: Diane J. Chandler

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2014-04-04

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 0830880240

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This comprehensive theory and practice of Christian spiritual formation weaves together biblical and theological foundations with interdisciplinary scholarship, real-world examples, personal vignettes, and practical tools to assist readers in becoming whole persons in relationship with God and others.


Life with God

Life with God

Author: Richard J. Foster

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2010-05-04

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0061671746

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Too often, our study of the Bible focuses on searching for specific information or some formula that will solve our pressing needs of the moment. But what if we approached the Bible differently, and instead of transforming the text to meet our needs, allowed it to transform us? That's exactly the idea behind Life with God, Richard J. Foster's much-anticipated book on the Bible. Foster, bestselling author of Celebration of Discipline and general editor of The RenovarÉ Spiritual Formation Bible, claims that God has superintended the writing of Scripture so that it serves as the most reliable guide for Christian spiritual formation. According to Foster, the Bible is all about human life "with God." As we read Scripture, we should consider how exactly God is with us in each story and allow ourselves to be spiritually transformed. By opening our whole selves—mind, body, spirit, thoughts, behavior, and will—to the page before us, we begin to grasp all the Bible has to teach about prayer, obedience, compassion, virtue, and grace and apply it to our everyday lives to achieve a deeper relationship with God. With a wealth of examples and simple yet crucial insights, Life with God is an indispensable guide to approaching the Bible through the lens of Christian spiritual formation, revealing that reading the Bible for interior transformation is a far different endeavor than reading the Bible for historical knowledge, literary appreciation, or religious instruction.


Life in the Spirit

Life in the Spirit

Author: Jeffrey P. Greenman

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2015-07-10

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0830893946

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Including essays from 2009 Wheaton Theology Conference keynote speakers Dallas Willard and Gordon Fee as well as contributing essays by noted presenters such as Chris Hall, David Gushee, Linda Cannell, Cherith Fee Nordling and Lawrece Cunningham, this book offers a stimulating exploration of the historical, biblical and theological dimensions of spiritual formation.


A Guide to Christian Spiritual Formation

A Guide to Christian Spiritual Formation

Author: Evan B. Howard

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2018-01-16

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 149341139X

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Evan Howard, a noted authority on Christian spirituality, provides a holistic, accessible, and informed introduction to Christian spiritual formation written from a broadly evangelical perspective. Howard joins Scripture with themes of community, spirit, formation, and mission in a single integrative guide. The book includes helpful features such as figures, charts, chapter overviews, and formation-focused questions. Its evangelical-ecumenical and global perspectives will appeal to a wide audience. Resources for professors and students are available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.


Disciple Making Is . . .

Disciple Making Is . . .

Author: Dave Earley

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2013-08

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1433677067

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Dozens of brief yet powerful chapters about what it really means to live out the Great Commission in practical terms, written by two men with more than sixty years of combined discipleship experience.


Foundations of Spiritual Formation

Foundations of Spiritual Formation

Author: Paul Pettit

Publisher: Kregel Academic

Published:

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0825495482

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This textbook for introductory spiritual formation courses presents the fundamentals and practices of the discipline. This collection includes presentations by several well-known evangelical scholars including Gordon Johnston, Darrell Bock, Richard Averbeck, Klaus Issler, and others.


Invitation to a Journey

Invitation to a Journey

Author: Mulholland Jr., M. Robert

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2016-04-21

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0830893733

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M. Robert Mulholland Jr. fleshes out a carefully worded definition of spiritual formation that encompasses the dynamics of a vital Christian life and counters our culture's tendency to trivialize, methodize and privatize spirituality. Now revised and expanded by Ruth Haley Barton with a new foreword, practices and study guide.