by Steve Thomason | Dec 17, 2012 | Books - Discipleship, Books - Spirituality, Spiritual Formation
Boa, Kenneth. Conformed to His Image: Biblical and Practical Approaches to Spiritual Formation. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2001. Author: Kenneth Boa Boa outlines twelve distinct types of Christian spiritualities. He describes them each as facets to the diamond that...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 17, 2012 | Bible, Spiritual Formation
My rereading of Dallas Willard’s Renovation of the Heart sparked many questions for me. One of them has to do with the role of our individual will as it relates to the work of the Holy Spirit. In search of conversation partners, I first turned to Stanley...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 17, 2012 | Books - Discipleship, Books - Spirituality, Spiritual Formation
Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ by Dallas Willard I must confess my bias and internal struggle before I begin a review of this book. God used this book to move me from the mega-church experience to the house church experience in 2002. I...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 12, 2012 | Books - Spirituality, Books - Trinity, Spiritual Formation, The Trinity
Spirituality and Theology by Philip Sheldrake This book is a gold mine for my research. Sheldrake connects the contemporary study of Christian Spirituality directly to the Social Trinity. He also provides an excellent historical summary of why spirituality and...