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Each of us has ties to family, friends, and strangers in our society, so our spiritual formation should touch not only ourselves but everyone we meet, including the most needy. The truest kind of transformation—the kind Jesus taught and modeled—prompts us to reach out to our neighbor instead of withdrawing into a self-absorbed, isolated, and risk-free spirituality.
For six years, a dozen spiritual formation leaders—including Dallas Willard, Bruce Demarest, and Bill Hull—have come together with their colleagues to create this collection of wisdom and honest personal revelation in the areas of discipleship and spiritual formation. The Kingdom Life aims to ground your transformation in the midst of your community through five key emphases: (1) a fresh approach to spiritual disciplines that connect you with God and His kingdom; (2) the pursuit of transformation through communities of grace; (3) exploration of the inner issues of woundedness, hiddenness, and legalism; (4) direct involvement in God’s mission in your world; and (5) practicing the broader vision of an integrated approach to transformation.
The Kingdom Life is for teachers, pastors, and lay leaders but also for every serious Christian seeking a more integrated approach to spiritual formation. This book has both a theological foundation and a “process” aspect in which the key principles are exhibited in practice.
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The Kingdom Life is for teachers, pastors, lay leaders, and every Christian seriously seeking a more integrated approach to spiritual formation.
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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.
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In just five minutes a day, you'll learn to build a deeper prayer life based on Jesus' instructions.
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Based on Jesus’ instructions, this topical Bible study for men on prayer provides a strategy for developing a lasting prayer life.
Using a prayer journal based on the Lord’s Prayer, learn how to start becoming a man of consistent and passionate prayer.
• Personal study between meetings
• 8 sessions
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“LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY.” After spending time with Jesus, the disciples had observed His consistent, honest prayers to the Father. Wanting to experience the same kind of meaningful prayer, the disciples asked, “Lord, teach us to pray.” Based on Jesus’ instructions, Becoming a Man of Prayer offers a fresh and workable approach to prayer. It examines typical problems surrounding prayer and provides a proven strategy for developing a lasting prayer life. Best-selling author Bob Beltz will show you how to develop a prayer notebook around the Lord’s Prayer where you can record prayer requests and answers. Using your prayer notebook and a seven-week model, Becoming a Man of Prayer helps you move from five minutes of prayer to an hour of time spent alone with God every day. If you long to be a man of prayer, but aren’t sure how or where to start, Becoming a Man of Prayer will show you how to pray consistently and with passion.
About the Author
There’s a reason why everyone from CEO’s of worldwide companies to heads of mission organizations to the newlyweds down the block want to have Bill Thrall as their mentor. His experience and wisdom prove true as he helps others establish trust in all their key relationships and nurtures grace-based communities.
As the Vice Chair, co-author and leadership mentor for Leadership Catalyst (LCI) since 1995, Bill’s genuine desire to see relational health in those he works with, has been vital in setting the tone of the organization. His eloquence and integrity have given him opportunities to teach LCI’s principles internationally. His wisdom has been penned throughout the entire series of The Ascent of a Leader, Beyond Your Best, and TrueFaced Experience books.
Prior to joining LCI, Bill founded and pastored the influential church, Open Door Fellowship, for over 20 years. While there, he developed an effective character development training program that nurtured visionaries such as Kit Danly, founder of Neighborhood Ministries in Phoenix, AZ. These training sessions became the basis for the TrueFaced message.
In his spare time, Bill can be found fishing, crafting furniture for his family in his wood shop or cultivating fruits, vegetables and herbs in his beautiful backyard garden. Bill and his wife, Grace have three grown children–– Wende, Bill, and Joy––and nine grandchildren
Dallas Willard is a professor and former director of the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin.
Dallas is the best-selling author of more than 30 publications, including The Divine Conspiracy, The Spirit of the Disciplines (both Harper San Francisco), and Hearing God (InterVarsity Press).DR. BRUCE DEMAREST was educated at Wheaton College and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He earned his doctorate in biblical and historical theology at the University of Manchester, where he was mentored by Professor F. F. Bruce. Bruce spent ten years working with evangelical missions organizations and also has taught at numerous evangelical seminaries throughout the United States, Canada, the Middle East, and Asia. A professor at Denver Seminary, he is the author of fifteen books and has written for national publications such as Christianity Today, Foundation, Reflections, and Criswell Theological Review. His book Satisfy Your Soul was named the 1999 Religion Book of the Year by ForeWord magazine.LCI wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the encouraging heart, discerning wisdom and intuition of co-founder and President, Bruce McNicol. His passion to come alongside leaders and help them resolve life issues and mature into the identity God has given them, has built the foundation of this organization.
With degrees in finance law, theology, leadership and organizational development, Bruce’s ability to write on a multitude of topics and to a diverse audience has proved true in the best-sellers he has co-authored: The Ascent of a Leader, TrueFaced and the High Trust Cultures™ and High Trust Leaders™ resources, (formerly, Leading From Strengths and Leading From Within) and the condensation of The Ascent of a Leader, entitled Beyond Your Best.
In addition to presiding over LCI and writing, Bruce’s keen ability to speak into the lives of others, in public arenas, small groups or one-on-one, continues to draw audiences around the world and gives him the opportunity of mentoring leaders in business, government, sports and the church.
Living in Oregon, California, Chicago, and now Arizona, Bruce has gained a variety of interests over the years. He enjoys the beach, reading, sports and observing culture through stand-up comedians, tele-evangelists, urban youth, and politicians. His constant interest is his wife Janet, who is a homemaker, nurse and mentor. Together, they absolutely enjoy their three children, Nicole, Chad and Ryan.
Bill Hull's efforts as a pastor and writer have been focused on being a disciple and making disciples. He has written several groundbreaking books for leaders and churches. Bill and his wife, Jane, have been married since 1969 and are the parents of two grown sons.Alan Andrews and his wife, Becky, joined the Navigator ministry in 1970 while attending Marshall University in West Virginia. They went on to lead Collegiate and Community ministries in Illinois from 1970 to 1976 before moving to Toronto, Ontario, to direct the Canadian national work.
From 1990 to 1995, Alan directed Navigator ministries in the established countries of Asia. In September 1995, he became national field leader with the U.S. National Leadership Team, and in 1997 he was selected as president of the U.S. Navigators.