Beginning Well Christian Conversion and Authentic Transformation

Name: Beginning Well Christian Conversion and Authentic Transformation
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ISBN: 9780830822973

ISBN-10: 0830822976

ISBN-13: 9780830822973

Edition: 2001

Authors: Gordon T. Smith

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"Saints are made by good conversions."In this challenging and provocative book, Gordon T. Smith contends that a chief cause of spiritual immaturity in the evangelical church is an inadequate theology of conversion. Conversion, he says, involves more than a release from the consequences of sin--the goal is spiritual transformation. But there is little transformation without a complete and authentic conversion. The key is beginning well.In this age of false starts and stunted growth, maturing Christians need help reflecting on and interpreting their own religious experience. Christian leaders need to rethink the way that conversions happen. Beginning Well is a catalyst toward this end.…

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 8/17/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 239
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface



Thinking About Conversion



The Community of Faith and the Language of Conversion



Autobiography: The Church's Experience of Conversion



The Evangelical Experience: A Historical Perspective



Models of Conversion in the New Testament



Elements of a Christian Conversion



Four Internal Actions of the Christian Convert: Intellectual, Penitential, Affective and Volitional



Three Elements That Support and Enable: The Sacramental, the Charismatic and the Communal



Growing Up Christian: Conversion and Second-Generation Christians



The Rhythms of Grace


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