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Dwell - Life with God for the World (Paperback)
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Dwell - Life with God for the World (Paperback)
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Loot Price R353
Discovery Miles 3 530
You Save R80 (18%)
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Popular notions of Christian spirituality today tend to focus on
getting us out of the world or getting the world out of us. Many
are looking to spirituality as a means of disengaging from this
life--to experience the transcendent or discover personal
wholeness. On the other hand, much of popular Christian thought
seems to be about avoiding the corruption of the world by being
pious and following the rules. But Jesus offers a radical model for
living. As the Incarnate One who dwelt among us to accomplish the
mission of God, he teaches us how to dwell in the world for the
sake of the world. If we are to become like him, we must learn what
it means to live out this missional spirituality in the places we
dwell. What does a Christian life deeply rooted in the logic of the
Incarnation look like? Missional teacher and pastor Barry Jones
shares his vision for authentic Christian spirituality focused on
becoming more like Jesus. We dwell in a specific place and time in
history, with unique bodies and in a world for which God has great
purposes of redemption. This presence in the world should lead us
to pattern our lives after the life of Jesus who was a boundary
breaker, a shalom-maker, a people-keeper, and a wounded-healer.
"Jesus' life shows us what it looks like to be fully human, to be
whole and holy . . . to be in the world and not of the world, to
live passionately for the world and not protectively withdrawn from
it, " says Jones. "Allowing the logic of the Incarnation to inform
our vision of the spiritual life corrects the tendency toward a
self-oriented pursuit of transcendence or a negative spirituality
of behavior modification and disengagement from the world."
Including practical suggestions for real-life application and
questions for discussion, Jones describes living a missional life
from a place of deep connection with and dependence on God. Not
only must we have a clear and compelling vision of the life we want
to live, but we must also cultivate the spiritual disciplines
necessary to live out our vision in the specific contexts of
day-to-day life. We need a renewed vision of Christian spirituality
that leads us to be conformed into the image of Christ who
dweltwith us for us.
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