Table of Contents
Introduction vii
I Spiritual Transformation 1
1 Transformation of the Mind 3
2 Living a Transformed Life 11
3 Flesh and Spirit 54
4 Beyond Pornography 66
5 Measuring Spiritual Formation 83
6 Spirituality for Smarties 92
7 When God Moves In 105
8 Apologetics in the Manner of Jesus 112
9 A History of Asceticism and the Formation of a Christlike Character 115
10 How to Love Your Neighbor as Yourself 129
II Interviews 135
11 Reflections on Renovation of the Heart 137
12 A New Age of Ancient Christian Spirituality 146
13 What Makes Spirituality Christian? 154
14 Gray Matter and the Soul 158
15 Going Deeper 161
16 Spiritual Disciplines in a Postmodern World 172
17 Getting the Elephant Out of the Sanctuary 191
18 The Gospel of the Kingdom 212
19 Kingdom Living 228
III Discipleship 235
20 Your Place in This World 237
21 The Evolution of Discipleship 246
22 Discipleship How-To 261
23 How to Live One Day with Jesus 275
24 Discipleship as Apprenticeship 280
25 The Disciple's Solidarity with the Poor 285
IV Theology 299
26 Spiritual Formation as a Natural Part of Salvation 301
27 The Faith of Unbelief 320
28 Lessons from the Life of Jesus 325
29 The Foundations of Moral Realization 336
30 The Problem of Evil 353
31 Christian Thought for the Everyday Practitioner 358
32 Truth in the Fire 361
33 Postmodernism and the Christian Faith 385
34 The Failure of Evangelical Politics 390
35 Hermeneutical Occasionalism 411
V Leadership 419
36 The Roles of Women in Ministry Leadership 421
37 A Cup Running Over 425
38 Rules for Religious Leadership 429
39 Principles on Teaching Discipleship for Church Leaders 437
40 The Price and the Glory of Intellectual Excellence in the Christian University 443
41 Leading the Teachers of the Nations 457
Notes 479
Permissions 493
Scripture Index 497
Subject Index 503