The Magnificent Story

James Bryan Smith

James Bryan Smith
The Magnificent Story [EPUB ebook]
Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth

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We are story-making people. We love reading stories—and we love hearing the personal stories of others. We need stories, or narratives, to make sense of our world. And those stories shape our lives. What is the story you have been told about the gospel? About God? About the Christian life? About Jesus? About the cross? About yourself? About heaven?Your answers to these questions will form a story that will determine how your life will go. The answers reveal your ability to trust, to love, to hope—and even your capacity for joy. Any story worth giving the power to shape our lives must pass a simple test: Is it beautiful, good, and true? If it is, then it is a magnificent story—and that is where transformation takes place. From James Bryan Smith, author of the bestselling book The Good and Beautiful God, comes this spiritual formation resource meant to help both individuals and groups understand the magnificent story of Christ in their lives. The field-tested material within includes spiritual practices at the end of each chapter and a group discussion guide. Uncover the true story of beauty, goodness, and truth that will satisfy the ultimate longings of your heart.

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Table of Content

How to Get the Most Out of This Book
1. Longing for a Magnificent Story
Soul Training Exercise: Beauty
2. Falling for Shrunken Stories
Soul Training Exercise: Goodness
3. Participating in the Trinity
Soul Training Exercise: Truth
4. Bathing in Beauty
Soul Training Exercise: Sight
5. Embracing Our Goodness
Soul Training Exercise: Sound
6. Discovering the Truth
Soul Training Exercise: Smell
7. Destroying Sin, Abandonment, and Death
Soul Training Exercise: Touch
8. Making All Things New
Soul Training Exercise: Taste
9. Living in the Magnificent Way
Soul Training Exercise: Celebration
Acknowledgments
Study Guide
Notes

About the author

James Bryan Smith is a theology professor at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, as well as the director of the Christian Spiritual Formation Institute there. A writer and speaker in the area of Christian spiritual formation, Jim Smith is a founding board member of Renovar#233. Smith is an ordained United Methodist Church minister and has served in various capacities in local churches. He is also the author of A Spiritual Formation Workbook, Devotional Classics (with Richard Foster), Embracing the Love of God, Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven and Room of Marvels.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 192 ● ISBN 9780830889280 ● File size 11.2 MB ● Publisher IVP Formatio ● City Lisle ● Country US ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 9232465 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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