The Kingdom Life: A Practical Theology of Discipleship and Spiritual Formation

by Dallas Willard, Keith Meyer, Bruce McNicol, Keith Matthews, Bill Hull

Overview

For six years, spiritual formation leaders such as Dallas Willard, Bruce Demarest, and Bill Hull came together with other colleagues to create a collection of wisdom and honest personal revelation in the areas of discipleship and spiritual formation. The result is The Kingdom Life, a book that offers a fresh approach to the spiritual disciplines through a three-pronged focus on transformation, community, and outreach. Connect in a unique way with God and His kingdom by understanding how He sees grace and doctrine, brokenness and obedience, outreach and justice.

Includes seven highly practical “process” chapters as well as three theological chapters on the Trinity, the Scriptures, and the Holy Spirit.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617472497
Publisher:	The Navigators
Publication date:	02/27/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Alan Andrews, former U.S. director for The Navigators, is general editor. Other authors are Dallas Willard, Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol, Keith J. Matthews, Bill Hull, Keith Meyer, Peggy Reynoso, Paula Fuller, Bruce Demarest, Michael Glerup, Richard E. Averbeck, and Christopher Morton.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Journey of TACT Alan Andrews Christopher Morton 7

Part I Process Elements of Spiritual Formation

Chapter 1 The Gospel of the Kingdom and Spiritual Formation Dallas Willard 27

Chapter 2 Communities of Grace Bill Thrall Bruce McNicol 59

Chapter 3 The Transformational Process Keith J. Matthews 83

Chapter 4 Spiritual Formation from the Inside Out Bill Hull 105

Chapter 5 Whole-Life Transformation Keith Meyer 137

Chapter 6 Formed Through Suffering Peggy Reynoso 163

Chapter 7 Participating in God's Mission Paula Fuller 193

Part 2 Theological Elements of Spiritual Formation

Chapter 8 The Trinity as Foundation for Spiritual Formation Bruce Demarest 223

Chapter 9 The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Formation Michael Glerup 249

Chapter 10 The Bible in Spiritual Formation Richard E. Averbeck 273

Epilogue Alan Andrews Christopher Morton 301

Notes 313

About the Contributors 327