The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
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Rating | : | 4.97 (551 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0060694424 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-08-06 |
Language | : | English |
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How to Live as Jesus LivedDallas Willard, one of today's most brilliant Christian thinkers and author of The Divine Conspiracy (Christianity Today's 1999 Book of the Year), presents a way of living that enables ordinary men and women to enjoy the fruit of the Christian life. The Spirit of the Disciplines is for everyone who strives to be a disciple of Jesus in thought and action as well as intention.. He reveals how the key to self-transformation resides in the practice of the spiritual disciplines, and how their practice affirms human life to the fullest
Dallas Willard was a professor at the University of Southern California's School of Philosophy until his death in 2013. His groundbreaking books The Divine Conspiracy, The Great Omission, Knowing Christ Today, Hearing God, The Spirit of the Disciplines, Renovation of the Heart, and The Divine Conspiracy Continued forever changed the way thousands of Christians experience their faith.
D. S. Bornus said A Prescription for the Anemic Church. In this book, Dallas Willard describes Christ's "easy yoke" of discipleship and corrects some erroneous beliefs as to what a life of discipleship entails. This does not replace the Gospel but is rather a fuller understanding of how to access the benefits available to us in our salvation.Just as an athlete. Spiritual Impact of Dallas Willard's book Tom W This is an excellent book for all followers of Jesus Christ or someone who wants to know what a true follower should be doing as a disciple of Jesus. If you want to grow and strengthen yourself in your walk with Christ, this book is an excellent guide. Just like a high caliber athlete practices and trains. Very good book for all who are looking to be a WMEUROCELT Very good book for all who are looking to be a more faithful and successful disciple of Jesus. Wanders off the topic a little, but still very excellent.
I would urge every serious minded Christian to read it at your own risk" -- Bill Hybels, author of "Honest to God?""A profound call to discipleship based on spiritual disciplines that awakens us to a forgotten truth, that the transformation to Christlikeness is realized through taking on the easy yoke' of the disciplines" -- Sue Monk Kidd, author of "God's Joyful Surprise, When the Heart Waits," and "The Dance of the Dissident Daughter" . "Essential guidance for spiritual growth."-- Richard J. Foster, author of "Streams Of Living Water""A fresh examination o