Renovation of the heart in daily practice :experiments in spiritual transformation /Dallas Willard and Jan Johnson.
Description
Kingdom possibilities -- No unsolvable puzzle -- Change me on the inside -- Trying to be good -- Who we are, not how we act -- The heart of me -- Interplay of will, thoughts, and feelings -- The loudest voice within me -- Possessing the land -- Ruined souls -- God being God -- The soul's lostness -- Wanting that different kind of life -- Foundation for spiritual formation -- What "death to self" looks like -- Standing for the right without egotism -- What is our plan? -- VIM : vision of life in the kingdom -- VIM : intention -- VIM : means -- Our first freedom -- Ideas : from dark to light -- Images : ideas pictured -- Information and the ability to think -- Crucial role of good thinking -- God's thoughts in you -- Mastered by feelings -- Hidden dynamics of feelings -- The power of the "mood" -- Feelings of the spiritually transformed person -- A person of joy and peace -- Next steps toward love, joy, and peace -- Changing the character -- The splintered will -- The vivid and eternal drama of God -- How disciplines help -- The body's role in spiritual formation -- Retraining the body -- Releasing the body to God -- Misuses of the body -- Sabbath moments -- Formation is not private -- Reciprocal rootedness in others -- How lovelessness works -- Letting go of attack and withdrawal -- Steps toward genuine love -- Integrating the dimensions of the self -- The depths of our being -- The cries of the soul -- Abandoning outcomes -- The sweetness of the law -- Children of light -- What children of light are like -- Progression of spiritual growth -- To be children of light now -- The distracted church -- The costs of nondiscipleship -- God's plan for spiritual formation -- Stage one : making apprentices -- Arranging for transformation -- Moving forward -- Retreating.
185 pages ;21 cm