Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 Kingdom Possibilities 9
2 No Unsolvable Puzzle 12
3 Change Me on the Inside 15
4 Trying to Be Good 18
5 Who We Are, Not How We Act 21
6 The Heart of Me 24
7 Interplay of Will, Thoughts, and Feelings 27
8 The Loudest Voice Within Me 30
9 Possessing the Land 32
10 Ruined Souls 34
11 God Being God 37
12 The Soul's Lostness 40
13 Wanting That Different Kind of Life 43
14 Foundation for Spiritual Formation 46
15 What "Death to Self" Looks Like 49
16 Standing for the Right Without Egotism 52
17 What Is Our Plan? 55
18 VIM: Vision of Life in the Kingdom 57
19 VIM: Intention 60
20 VIM: Means 63
21 Our First Freedom 66
22 Ideas: From Dark to Light 68
23 Images: Ideas Pictured 71
24 Information and the Ability to Think 74
25 Crucial Role of Good Thinking 77
26 God's Thoughts in You 80
27 Mastered by Feelings 83
28 Hidden Dynamics of Feelings 86
29 The Power of the "Mood" 88
30 Feelings of the Spiritually Transformed Person 90
31 A Person of Joy and Peace 93
32 Next Steps Toward Love, Joy, and Peace 96
33 Changing the Character 99
34 The Splintered Will 102
35 The Vivid and Eternal Drama of God 104
36 How Disciplines Help 107
37 The Body's Role in Spiritual Formation 110
38 Retraining the Body 113
39 Releasing the Body to God 116
40 Misuses of the Body 118
41 Sabbath Moments 120
42 Formation Is Not Private 122
43 Reciprocal Rootedness in Others 124
44 How Lovelessness Works 127
45 Letting Go of Attack and Withdrawal 130
46 Steps Toward Genuine Love 133
47 Integrating the Dimensions of the Self 136
48 The Depths of Our Being 139
49 The Cries of the Soul 142
50 Abandoning Outcomes 145
51 The Sweetness of the Law 148
52 Children of Light 151
53 What Children of Light Are Like 153
54 Progression of Spiritual Growth 156
55 To Be Children of Light Now 159
56 The Distracted Church 162
57 The Costs of Nondiscipleship 164
58 God's Plan for Spiritual Formation 167
59 Stage One: Making Apprentices 170
60 Arranging for Transformation 173
61 Moving Forward 176
Retreating 179
Notes 183
About the Authors 185
