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Conformed to His Image, Revised Edition

Author : Kenneth D. Boa

Publisher : Zondervan Academic

Page : 604 pages

File Size : 27,32 MB

Release : 2020-10-06

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0310109833

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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.



Life in the Presence of God

Author : Kenneth Boa

Publisher : InterVarsity Press

Page : 284 pages

File Size : 23,66 MB

Release : 2017-11-07

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0830888985

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It's hard to discern God's presence amid the hubbub of modern life. But experiencing God is not just for the super-spiritual—every Christian can learn to cultivate a greater awareness of God in the everyday. Sharing dozens of practical exercises and disciplines, Ken Boa offers a contemporary guide to practicing the presence of God, revealing how we can deepen our walk with God and abide in his presence.



In His Image

Author : Jen Wilkin

Publisher : Crossway

Page : 166 pages

File Size : 19,27 MB

Release : 2018-04-16

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1433549905

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Sometimes we ask What is God’s will for my life? when we should really be asking Who should I be? The Bible has an answer: Be like the very image of God. By exploring ten characteristics of who God is—holy, loving, just, good, merciful, gracious, faithful, patient, truthful, and wise—this book helps us understand who God intends for us to be. Through Christ, the perfect reflection of the image of God, we will discover how God’s own attributes impact how we live, leading to freedom and purpose as we follow his will and are conformed to his image.



Conformed to His Image / The Servant as His Lord

Author : Oswald Chambers

Publisher : Our Daily Bread Publishing

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 30,27 MB

Release : 1996

Category : Christian life

ISBN : 9781572930209

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Book Description

This two-in-one volume guides you out of spiritual failure, frustration, and listlessness and into an authentic Christian life.



Dignity and Destiny

Author : John F. Kilner

Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Page : 414 pages

File Size : 13,95 MB

Release : 2015-01-08

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0802867642

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Misunderstandings about what it means for humans to be created in God's image have wreaked devastation throughout history -- for example, slavery in the U. S., genocide in Nazi Germany, and the demeaning of women everywhere. In Dignity and Destiny John Kilner explores what the Bible itself teaches about humanity being in God's image. He discusses in detail all of the biblical references to the image of God, interacts extensively with other work on the topic, and documents how misunderstandings of it have been so problematic. People made according to God's image, Kilner says, have a special connection with God and are intended to be a meaningful reflection of him. Because of sin, they don't actually reflect him very well, but Kilner shows why the popular idea that sin has damaged the image of God is mistaken. He also clarifies the biblical difference between being God's image (which Christ is) and being in God's image (which humans are). He explains how humanity's creation and renewal in God's image are central, respectively, to human dignity and destiny. Locating Christ at the center of what God's image means, Kilner charts a constructive way forward and reflects on the tremendously liberating impact that a sound understanding of the image of God can have in the world today.



Being Conformed to Christ in Community

Author : James G. Samra

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 278 pages

File Size : 46,75 MB

Release : 2008-09-15

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0567364666

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This work explores Paul's conception of maturity, paying special attention to the maturation process and the role of the local church in facilitating this process. Although central to Paul's theology, maturity is often overlooked in Pauline studies. An exegetical-theological study of the seven generally accepted epistles, this work makes heuristic use of three studies for the purpose of illuminating Paul's thoughts regarding maturity: a survey of modern psychology, and analyses of the communities of Qumran and of the Therapeutae. Samra argues that Paul understood his apostolic commission to involve delivering mature believers on the day of Christ. Samra suggests that the central motif of Pauline maturity is conformity of believers to the image of Christ and that believers' attitudes and actions become aligned with those exhibited by Christ, who provides the defining standard of maturity for Paul. For Paul there are five means used by the Spirit to conform believers to the image of Christ, which Samra presents and analyzes as components of the maturation process, namely: identifying with Christ, enduring suffering, experiencing the presence of God, receiving and living out wisdom from God, and imitating a godly example. Samra concludes by arguing that Paul expected the local church to facilitate maturation so that believers' participation in a local assembly would result in their being conformed to Christ. The church does this by facilitating the five components of the maturation process.



I'm Glad You Asked

Author : Kenneth Boa

Publisher : David C Cook

Page : 290 pages

File Size : 28,69 MB

Release : 1995-03

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9781564763877

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Book Description

How does one effectively deal with the tough questions which arise when one is asked to defend Christianity? How do we learn to speak the truth effectively? This bestselling book, published in 1982, will not only help believers understand the strength of their position, but will ultimately help those who are searching to discover Christ.



New Creation Image

Author : A. L. Gill

Publisher : Powerhouse Publishing (Fawnskin, CA)

Page : 109 pages

File Size : 42,88 MB

Release : 1995

Category : Christian life

ISBN : 9780941975322

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Book Description

A.L. and Joyce Gill invite us to discover who we were created to be. A powerful revelation of righteousness releases believers from defeating thoughts of guilt, condemnation, inferiority, and inadequacy so they can be conformed to His image.



Changed Into His Image

Author : Jim Berg

Publisher : BJU Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 24,76 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Christian life

ISBN : 9781579242053

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Trying to grow spiritually without understanding God's plan for transforming your life is like trying to put together a jigsaw puzzle without looking at the picture on the box. Does Christian growth seem confusing and elusive to you? Have you ever wondered whether you will ever be able to get off the ground spiritually? Changed into His Image by Jim Berg offers clear biblical teaching and practical advice for understanding biblical change in the Christian life. Believers can build an intimate and completely satisfying relationship with God by experiencing God's plan for transforming their lives. Through clear biblical teaching and practical examples, Jim Berg teaches you how to build an intimate and satisfying relationship with God -- the "missing piece" in the experience of many believers. - Publisher