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Conformed to His Image offers a comprehensive, balanced, and applicable approach to what it really means to know Christ by presenting a variety of pathways for spiritual life and showing how each of these pathways can contribute to the dynamic process of spiritual growth.
List of contents
Annotated Contents
Preface
Introduction: A Gem with Many Facets
Facet 1: Relational Spirituality
1. Relational Spirituality: Loving God Completely
2. Relational Spirituality: Loving Ourselves Correctly
3. Relational Spirituality: Loving Others Compassionately
Facet 2: Paradigm Spirituality
4. Paradigm Spirituality: Life Is a Journey, but Where Are We Going?
5. Paradigm Spirituality: Can We Trust God?
Facet 3: Disciplined Spirituality
6. Discliplined Spirituality: Dependence and Discipline
7. Disciplined Spirituality: What Are the Spiritual Disciplines?
Facet 4: Exchanged Life Spirituality
8. Exchanged Life Spirituality: Grasping Our True Identity in Christ
9. Exchanged Life Spirituality: God’s Plan to Meet Our Needs
Facet 5: Motivated Spirituality
10. Motivated Spirituality: Why Do We Do What We Do?
11. Motivated Spirituality: Love, Gratitude, and Rewards
12. Motivated Spirituality: Identity, Purpose and Hope, and Longing for God
Facet 6: Devotional Spirituality
13. Devotional Spirituality: Our Image of God
14. Devotional Spirituality: The Contemplative Way
15. Devotional Spirituality: The Practice of Sacred Reading
16. Devotional Spirituality: Falling in Love with God
Facet 7: Holistic Spirituality
17. Holistic Spirituality: The Centrality of Christ
18. Holistic Spirituality: An Integrated Life
19. Holistic Spirituality: Relationships, Work, and Society
20. Holistic Spirituality: Stewardship and Purpose
Facet 8: Process Spirituality
21. Process Spirituality: Process versus Product
22. Process Spirituality: Being versus Doing
23. Process Spirituality: Trust, Gratitude, and Contentment
Facet 9: Spirit-Filled Spirituality
24. Spirit-Filled Spirituality: Walking in the Power of the Spirit
25. Spirit-Filled Spirituality: The Gifts of the Spirit
26. Spirit-Filled Spirituality: Openness and Discernment: A Balance
Facet 10: Warfare Spirituality
27. Warfare Spirituality: Warfare with the Flesh and the World
28. Warfare Spirituality: Warfare with the Devil and His Angels
29. Warfare Spirituality: The Weapons of Our Warfare
Facet 11: Nurturing Spirituality
30. Nurturing Spirituality: A Philosophy of Discipleship
31. Nurturing Spirituality: The Process, Product, and Context of Discipleship
32. Nurturing Spirituality: A Philosophy of Evangelism
33. Nurturing Spirituality: Overcoming the Barriers to Evangelism
Facet 12: Corporate Spirituality
34. Corporate Spirituality: The Need for Community
35. Corporate Spirituality: The Nature and Purpose of the Church
36. Corporate Spirituality: Soul Care, Leadership, Accountability, and Renewall
Conclusion
Appendix A: The Need for Diversity
Appendix B: The Richness of Our Heritage
Glossary
Works Cited
Subject Index
Scripture Index
About the author
Ken Boa (PhD, New York University; DPhil, University of Oxford) is the president of Reflections Ministries and Trinity House Publishers. His recent publications include Conformed to His Image, Face to Face, Pursuing Wisdom, The Art of Living Well, Wisdom at Work, Living What You Believe, and Sacred Readings.
Summary
Conformed to His Image offers a comprehensive, balanced, and applicable approach to what it really means to know Christ by presenting a variety of pathways for spiritual life and showing how each of these pathways can contribute to the dynamic process of spiritual growth.
