Conformed to His Image, Revised Edition: Biblical, Practical Approaches to Spiritual Formation

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Zondervan Academic, Oct 6, 2020 - Religion - 608 pages

What does a real relationship with God look like? What is the biblical vision of true spiritual life? How do we grow in spiritual maturity? How we answer these questions influences the health, potency, and witness of Christians in an increasingly complex and hostile world.

Conformed to His Image, Revised Edition answers these questions with clarity and insight, offering a comprehensive, balanced, and applicable guide to spiritual growth. Designed for use in college and seminary courses but also highly appropriate for any serious Christian wanting to grow, this revised edition helps readers build their lives on a fully biblical foundation. It offers a corrective to our tendency to narrow and compartmentalize spiritual growth by exploring twelve facets of authentic Christian spirituality, which include:

  • Relational Spirituality: Loving God Completely, Ourselves Correctly, and Others Compassionately
  • Paradigm Spirituality: Cultivating an Eternal versus a Temporal Perspective
  • Disciplined Spirituality: Engaging in the Historical Disciplines
  • Exchanged Life Spirituality: Grasping Our True Identity in Christ
  • Motivated Spirituality: A Set of Biblical Incentives
  • Devotional Spirituality: Growing in Relationship with God
  • Holistic Spirituality: Every Component of Life under the Lordship of Christ
  • Process Spirituality: Process versus Product, Being versus Doing
  • Spirit-Filled Spirituality: Walking in the Power of the Spirit
  • Warfare Spirituality: The World, the Flesh, and the Devil
  • Nurturing Spirituality: A Lifestyle of Evangelism and Discipleship
  • Corporate Spirituality: Encouragement, Accountability, and Worship

With chapter overviews and objectives, questions for personal application, a glossary, a list of key terms, and helpful appendices, Conformed to His Image, Revised Edition provides a defining text for the student, pastor, and church leader of today and tomorrow. This revised edition includes new recommended resources throughout, more recent examples of subjects discussed, and updated wording to better reflect our postmodern context.

 

Contents

A Gem with Many Facets
1
Paradigm Spirituality
41
Disciplined Spirituality
61
Exchanged Life Spirituality
89
Motivated Spirituality
117
Love Gratitude and Rewards 12 Motivated Spirituality Identity Purpose and Hope
139
Devotional Spirituality
149
Holistic Spirituality
203
Warfare with the Devil and His Angels
357
The Weapons of Our Warfare
371
Nurturing Spirituality
385
The Process Product and Context
397
A Philosophy of Evangelism
409
Overcoming the Barriers to Evangelism
421
Corporate Spirituality
437
The Nature and Purpose of the Church
451

An Integrated Life
219
Relationships Work and Society
237
Stewardship and Purpose
251
Process Spirituality
263
Being versus Doing
277
Trust Gratitude and Contentment
289
Spirit Filled Spirituality
301
Warfare Spirituality
339
Soul Care Leadership Accountability
463
The Need for Diversity
495
The Richness of Our Heritage
509
Glossary
543
For Further Reading
549
Subject Index
559
Scripture Index
575
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About the author (2020)

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.

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