Description
Book SynopsisA talented teacher unpacks the riches of traditional Christian spirituality for Christians burdened by the guilt and anxiety of introspective, in-my-heart spiritual techniques. Phillip Cary explains that knowing God is a gradual, long-term process that comes through the gospel experienced in Christian community. The first edition has sold over 17,000 copies. The expanded edition includes a new afterword that offers further insights since the first edition was published over ten years ago.
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction: Why Trying to Be Christian Makes Us Anxious
1. Why You Don't Have to Hear God's Voice in Your Heart
Or, How God Really Speaks Today
2. Why You Don't Have to Believe Your Intuitions Are the Holy Spirit
Or, How the Spirit Shapes Our Hearts
3. Why You Don't Have to "Let God Take Control"
Or, How Obedience Is for Responsible Adults
4. Why You Don't Have to "Find God's Will for Your Life"
Or, How Faith Seeks Wisdom
5. Why You Don't Have to Be Sure You Have the Right Motivations
Or, How Love Seeks the Good
6. Why You Don't Have to Worry about Splitting Head from Heart
Or, How Thinking Welcomes Feeling
7. Why You Don't Have to Keep Getting Transformed All the Time
Or, How Virtues Make a Lasting Change in Us
8. Why You Don't Always Have to Experience Joy
Or, How God Vindicates the Afflicted
9. Why "Applying It to Your Life" Is Boring
Or, How the Gospel Is Beautiful
10. Why Basing Faith on Experience Leads to a Post-Christian Future
Or, How Christian Faith Needs Christian Teaching
Conclusion: How the Gospel of Christ Is Good for Us
Afterword to the Second Edition
