The Magnificent Story: Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (686 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1683667557 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 374 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. We need stories, or narratives, to make sense of our world. 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 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. We love reading stories—and we love hearing the personal stories of others. Soon to be followed by The Magnificent Journey: Living Deep in the Kingdom (Fall 2018) and The Magnificent Mission: Called and Sent by the Storyteller (Fall 2019), the field-tested material within includes spiritual practices at the end of each chapter.Uncover the true story of beauty, goodness, and truth that will satisfy the ultimate longings of your heart.. The answers reveal your ability to trust, to love, to hope—and even your capacity for joy. We are story-making people
I consider The Magnificent Story to be a long leap into the deep graces of spiritual formation, not just for individuals but for small groups and churches." (Scot McKnight, Julius R. Spiritual formation teachers have rarely known the power of story, but none has it so central as James Bryan Smith. "The distinctive contribution of The Magnificent Story is its attentiveness to the power of stories to destroy us, diminish us, and deprive us, or to free us, redeem us, and empower us. Mantey Professor of New Testament, Northern Seminary)
Foster's spiritual renewal ministry, Renovaré, Smith is an ordained United Methodist Church minister and has served in various capacities in local churches. He earned his MDiv at Yale and his DMin at Fuller and is a theology professor at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. Smith is also the editor of A Spiritual Formation Workbook, Devotional Classics (with R