Seeing Is Believing Experience Jesus Through Imaginative Prayer

Name: Seeing Is Believing Experience Jesus Through Imaginative Prayer
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ISBN: 9780801065026

ISBN-10: 080106502X

ISBN-13: 9780801065026

Edition: 2004

Authors: Gregory A. Boyd

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One of the most common problems with Christians in our modern secularized world is that they don't feel the reality of Jesus. Sure, they believe in him and love him, but he somehow doesn't seem to enter their daily lives in a real sense. Some might say, "You ought to pray more." Others would advise, "You ought to witness more." While this may be true, we don't get closer to God just because we "ought to." Boyd believes that the way to true spiritual transformation and feeling the presence of God in your life comes from a little R and R: rest and reality. Boyd encourages readers to stop striving and learn to rest in an experience of Jesus as real. The best way to do this, he says, is through…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Baker Books
Publication date: 4/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 222
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Gregory A. Boyd (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is a pastor at Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Previously a professor of theology at Bethel University, several of his many books include Letters from a Skeptic , Repenting of Religion , Myth of a Christian Nation , God at War, and Satan and the Problem of Evil .



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Foundation: Growing by Resting



The Futility of the "Try Harder" Solution



The Pattern of This World



Four Aspects of the Flesh



Overcoming the Flesh



Experiencing Jesus



The Power of Imagination



Imaginative Prayer in Scripture and Church Tradition



Resting in Christ



Healing Memories



But What About ...?



From One Degree of Glory to Another



You Become What You See: Growing in the Fruit of Love



Jesus Throws a Party: Growing in the Fruit of Joy



Jesus Closes the Terrified Eyes: Growing in the Fruit of Peace



But Is It for You? Answering Questions about Imaginative Prayer


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