Authentic Spirituality

by Josh Moody

Overview

Josh Moody describes the world in which we live, and then leads the reader to a rediscovery of real biblical faith. A previous version of this manuscript was published over twenty years ago in the UK. This version is updated with a whole new section brings into light the importance of community and church to live out this authentic spirituality in practical daily life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781619583382
Publisher:	CLC Publications
Publication date:	11/29/2022
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.95(h) x 0.55(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Josh Moody (Ph.D., University of Cambridge) is the senior pastor of College Church in Wheaton. He is a pastor, author, conference speaker (Moody Founders Week, Basics Conference), and college campus speaker (Yale University, University of Illinois, Durham University, Cambridge University, Oxford University, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Southern Theological Seminary, Moody Bible Institute, Gordon Conwell Seminary, Union University, Criswell University). He is the president and founder of God Centered Life Ministries. His books include 7 Days to Change Your Life (Abingdon Press 2017), How Church Can Change Your Life (Christian Focus 2015), Preaching to the Affections (Christian Focus 2014), Journey to Joy (Crossway 2013), Jonathan Edwards and Justification (Crossway 2012), No Other Gospel (Crossway 2011), and The God-Centered Life (Regent 2007; IVP UK 2006). He was an associate fellow of Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University (2007-2011), and his Cambridge University doctorate in Theology was published in 2005. Pastor Josh grew up south of London in England, became a follower of Jesus in the Church of England, was an undergraduate at Cambridge University where he was president of the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union. He is married to Rochelle and they have four children.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Section 1 A Changing World

1 How Can We Be So Arrogant? 11

2 A Map of the World We Live In 13

3 The Origin of Our Changing World 21

4 A Solution Offered 31

Section 2 The Existence of God

5 It's About Faith 39

6 Knowing in the Bible 41

7 Lessons from History on Knowing 49

8 Knowing the Existence of God 59

Section 3 The Salvation of Christ

9 It's About Revelation 69

10 Religious Fashion 73

11 Recognizing the Reality of Sin 81

12 Recognizing the Reality of the Incarnation 89

13 The Cross Shows Us Jesus' Supremacy 103

Section 4 The Experience of the Spirit

14 It's About Godliness 113

15 Testing Spirituality: Any Old God Will Not Do 115

16 Jonathan Edwards: What Is Spiritual Experience Like? 121

17 Biblical Models of Spirituality 129

Section 5 The Community of Faith

18 It's All About Christ 145

19 A Real Church 147

20 A Healthy Church 157

21 Pathway of a Church 173

22 You and Church 179

Conclusion: The Key to Knowledge

23 It's All About God 187