Information vs. Transformation
Posted in Blog, Spiritual Growth on 03. Feb, 2010
I can’t wait to begin reading the newest book in my library: Life With God by Richard Foster. Here is a quote from the jacket cover.
As we read Scripture, we should consider how exactly God is with us in each story and allow ourselves to be spiritually transformed. By opening our whole selves - mind, body, spirit, thoughts, behavior, and will- to the page before us, we begin to grasp all the Bible has to teach us about prayer, obedience, compassion, virtue, and grace and apply it to our everyday lives to achieve a deeper relationship with God. Life With God is an indispensable guide to approaching the Bible through the lens of Christian spiritual formation, revealing that reading the Bible for interior transformation is a far different endeavor than reading the Bible for historical knowledge, literary appreciation, or religious instruction.
Anyone care to join me? I’m sure I’ll be blogging about it. Would love to hear your thoughts.