Discovering Our Spiritual Identity: Practices for God's Beloved

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InterVarsity Press, Mar 17, 2011 - Religion - 197 pages

Each chapter in this workbook by Trevor Hudson is peppered with "holy experiments," simple practices that bring us into God's presence and help us experience life as his beloved. At the end of each chapter is a set of questions which are ideal for discussion with one or two spiritual friends or a small group. This practical and winsome book covers topics such as

  • hearing and speaking with God
  • growing in spiritual friendship
  • practicing stewardship of our work and play
  • learning discernment
  • approaching our death and the world beyond
  • living now in the kingdom of God

Wherever you may find yourself along the Way, a real and vital spirituality awaits you in these pages.

 

Contents

Foreword
7
Introduction
9
Drawing a Picture of God
13
Discovering Who We Are
22
Developing a Christian Memory
35
4 Receiving the Kingdom
46
Belonging to the Family of God
54
Becoming Holy Becoming Ourselves
62
Witnessing to the Good News
124
Stewarding Faithfully What We Possess
137
Speaking Words of Life and Power
150
Looking to the Life Beyond
163
Growing into Christlikeness
176
Conclusion
186
Acknowledgments
190
Further Reading
192

Loving Those Closest to Us
73
Discovering Gods Call for Our Lives
82
Practicing the Presence of God
90
Opening Our Hearts to God
101
Overcoming Evil Within and Around Us
111
Notes
193
Renovaré
197
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198
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About the author (2011)

Dallas Willard (1935-2013) was a professor in the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles for over forty years. A highly influential author and teacher, Willard was as celebrated for his enduring writings on spiritual formation as he was for his scholarship. His books include The Divine Conspiracy (Christianity Today?s Book of the Year in 1998), The Spirit of the Disciplines, Hearing God, Renovation of the Heart and others. His books have received numerous Christianity Today Annual Book Awards and other recognitions. Willard served on the boards of the C. S. Lewis Foundation and Biola University, and was a member of numerous evaluation committees for the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. He received bachelor?s degrees from both Tennessee Temple College and Baylor University and a graduate degree at Baylor University, as well as a PhD from the University of Wisconsin in Philosophy and the History of Science.


Trevor Hudson has been in the Methodist ministry for the past thirty odd years, spending most of this time in and around Johannesburg, South Africa. Presently he is part of the pastoral team at Northfield Methodist Church in Benoni where he preaches and teaches on a weekly basis. He has written nine books, including A Mile in My Shoes and Listening to the Groans, which have recently been published in the U.S. Much of his ministry has been shaped by two passions: helping ordinary people experience the transforming presence and power of Jesus in their everyday lives and helping people build the kind of local faith community which seeks to take seriously the suffering of those around them. His interests include watching sports, walking and running, discovering new places, reading and writing.

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