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When will we ever learn? Author Mike Smith begins Growing in Faith with the question we’ve asked ourselves countless times. “After so many years as a Christian, shouldn’t I be spiritually mature enough to be motivated by love for others?” This group discussion guide offers hope and help to become the kind of godly people we all long to be-growing in faith and spiritually mature. Through eight practical sessions, discover how you can develop the virtues of goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, kindness, and in a ways that will withstand any test of your character and maturity. Through personal assignments, prayer-time suggestions, and space for recording what you’ve learned, Growing in Faith will help you become the strong, “grown-up” believer God intends you to be.
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Prepare your mind to worship God. J.P. Moreland and Mark Matlock sound a wake-up call to young believers to sharpen their intellect and understand the reasons behind their faith in Christ.
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Become a more well-rounded, intellectual disciple--someone who can clearly elucidate the finer points of the Christian faith. Learn to embrace the mind's role in spiritual formation and acquire new spiritual disciplines.
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Dr. J. P. Moreland and Mark Matlock enable you to grasp the theological and philosophical foundations of faith.
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Prepare your mind. Smart Faith challenges you to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to "love God with all your mind." Full of relevant examples and analogies, Dr. J. P. Moreland and Mark Matlock enable you to grasp the theological and philosophical foundations of faith. Learn to: ·Identify fallacies of logic-your own and others' ·Embrace the mind's role in spiritual formation ·Acquire new spiritual disciplines Become a more well-rounded, intellectual disciple-someone who can clearly elucidate the finer points of the Christian faith. Take back your mind and be smart about your faith.
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Growing in Faith is a straightforward approach to nurturing trust in God that is not prescriptive and will appeal to anyone looking for biblically sound ways to enhance their reliance on God.
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Through personal assignments, prayer-time suggestions, and space for recording what you’ve learned, this Bible study will help you become the strong believer God intends you to be.
• Personal study between meetings
• 8 sessions
About the Author
J. P. Moreland is Distinguished Professor of philosophy at Biola University in La Mirada, California and Director of The Eidos Christian Center. Dr. Moreland has 4 earned degrees: a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Missouri, a Th. M. in theology from Dallas Seminary, an M. A. in philosophy from the University of California-Riverside, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Southern California. Dr. Moreland has authored, edited, or contributed papers to 35 books with publishers ranging from Oxford University Press, Blackwell, Routledge, Wadsworth, and Prometheus to InterVarsity and Zondervan. Among his books are Christianity and the Nature of Science, Does God Exist? (with Kai Nielsen), The Creation Hypothesis, Philosophical Naturalism: A Critical Analysis, The Kingdom Triangle, The Lost Virtue of Happiness and Body and Soul. He has also published over 100 magazine articles in such publications as Christianity Today and Christian Research Journal, and over 60 journal articles in venues such as Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, American Philosophical Quarterly, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, MetaPhilosophy, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Southern Journal of Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Faith and Philosophy. Dr. Moreland served for eight years as a bioethicist for PersonaCare Nursing Homes, Inc. headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. His research interests lie in analytic ontology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind, and in the interface between Christian thought and spiritual formation.. He has also planted two churches, served with Campus Crusade for Christ for ten years, spoken and debated on two hundred college campuses and hundreds of churches, and appeared numerous times on radio and television as a spokesperson for a Christian worldview.Mark Matlock is the author or several books, including Dirty Faith (coauthored with Audio Adrenaline), and the founder of PlanetWisdom.com and the nationally syndicated WisdomWorks radio segments. An ordained minister, he speaks at conferences across the country. Mark and his family live in Irving, Texas.