Contents
Introduction ix
Apprenticed to Jesus
11. Discipleship 3
For Super Chris tians Only?
12. Why Bother with Discipleship? 13
13. Who Is Your Teacher? 18
14. Looking Like Jesus 23
Divine Resources for a Changed Life Are Always Available
15. The Key to the Keys to the Kingdom 32
Spiritual Formation and the Development of Character
16. Spiritual Formation in Christ Is for the
Whole Life and the Whole Person 43
17. Spiritual Formation in Christ 68
A Perspective on What It Is and How It Might Be Done
18. The Spirit Is Willing, But . . . 80
The Body as a Tool for Spiritual Growth
19. Living in the Vision of God 91
10. Idaho Springs Inquiries Concerning
Spiritual Formation 103
11. Personal Soul Care 122
For Ministers . . . And Others
Discipleship of the Soul and the Mind
12. Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Formation,
and the Restoration of the Soul 137
13. Christ-Centered Piety 159
The Heart of the Evangelical
14. Why? 171
15. Jesus the Logician 180
Books on Spiritual Living: Visions and Practices
16. Letters by a Modern Mystic by Frank C. Laubach 199
17. The Interior Castle of Teresa of Avila 206
18. Invitation to Solitude and Silence by Ruth Haley Barton 210
19. When God Moves In: My Experience with
Deeper Experiences of Famous Chris tians 214
20. A Room of Marvels by James B. Smith 221
A Parting Word: As You Go . . . 225
Notes 231
Credits and Permissions 235