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  Teaching Of The 12

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  What did the original apostles have to say about the ways that Christians should worship, live, and care for each other? Explore the answers to these questions and more in Tony Jones’ new book written for all Christians who desire to understand what it means to be Christian and worship and live in community with others.

  Tony introduces readers to the Didache, a first century Christian treatise written to give instructions to the fledging churches. This enigmatic text was considered canonical by some of the early Church Fathers (i.e. John of Damascus), but was believed to be unworthy of the canon although recommended reading by others (i.e. Athanasius). Tony takes it apart, section by section, and explains its meaning while making application to the ways and problems and solutions most relevant for Christian churches today.

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  New Christians : Dispatches From The Emergent Frontier

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  Following on the questions raised by Brian McLaren in A New Kind of Christian, Tony Jones has written an engaging exploration of what this new kind of Christianity looks like. Writing “dispatches” about the thinking and practices of adventurous Emergent Christians across the country, he offers an in-depth view of this new “third way” of faith-its origins, its theology, and its views of truth, scripture and interpretation, and the Emergent movement’s hopeful and life-giving sense of community. With the depth of theological expertise and broad perspective he has gained as a pastor, writer, and leader of the movement, Jones initiates readers into the Emergent conversation and offers a new way forward for Christians in a post-Christian world. With journalistic narrative as well as authoritative reflection, he draws upon on-site research to provide fascinating examples and firsthand stories of who is doing what, where, and why it matters.

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  Community Called Atonement

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  Over the centuries the church developed a number of metaphors, such as penal substitution or the ransom theory, to speak about Christ’s death on the cross and the theological concept of the atonement. Yet too often, says Scot McKnight, Christians have held to the supremacy of one metaphor over against the others, to their detriment. He argues instead that to plumb the rich theological depths of the atonement, we must consider all the metaphors of atonement and ask whether they each serve a larger purpose.

  A Community Called Atonement is a constructive theology that not only values the church’s atonement metaphors but also asserts that the atonement fundamentally shapes the life of the Christian and of the church. That is, Christ identifies with humans to call us into a community that reflects God’s love (the church)–but that community then has the responsibility to offer God’s love to others through missional practices of justice and fellowship, living out its life together as the story of God’s reconciliation. Scot McKnight thus offers an accessible, thought-provoking theology of atonement that engages the concerns of those in the emerging church conversation and will be of interest to all those in the church and academy who are listening in.

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  Emergents Sacred Way

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  Part I: Introduction ………………………………………………..11

  1. The Quest For God ………………………………………………13

  2. What Is Spirituality And How Do You Practice It? ….25

  Part II: Via Contemplativa: Contemplative

  Approaches To Spirituality …………………………………………33

  3. Silence And Solitude …………………………………………….37

  4. Sacred Reading …………………………………………………..47

  5. The Jesus Prayer ………………………………………………..59

  6. Centering Prayer …………………………………………………69

  7. Meditation ………………………………………………………….77

  8. The Ignatian Examen …………………………………………..87

  9. Icons …………………………………………………………………..97

  10. Spiritual Direction ……………………………………………107

  11. The Daily Offi Ce ……………………………………………….117

  Part III: Via Activa: Bodily Approaches To

  Spirituality ………………………………………………………………….125

  12. The Labyrinth ………………………………………………….127

  13. Stations Of The Cross …………………………………………135

  14. Pilgrimage ………………………………………………………..149

  15. Fasting …………………………………………………………….159

  16. The Sign Of The Cross And Other Bodily Prayers …..169

  17. Sabbath ……………………………………………………………179

  18. Service ……………………………………………………………..189

  Epilogue: Developing A Rule Of Life ………………..195

  Notes ………………………………………………………………………..201

  Resources ……………………………………………………………..213

  1. Book Resources …………………………………………………214

  2. Web Resources ………………………………………………….218

  3. A Short List Of Christian Spiritual Classics ………….220

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  Broaden your spiritual horizons.How has spirituality changed in the last 500, 1,000, or even 2,000 years? How can ancient approaches to faith help my relationship with God today?In The Sacred Way, popular author and speaker Tony Jones mines the rich history of 16 spiritual disciplines that have flourished throughout the ages and offers practical tips for implementing them in your daily life. Find encouragement and challenge through time-tested disciplines such as:*Silence and solitude *The Jesus prayer*Meditation*PilgrimageExplore these proven approaches to deepening your faith. As you do, your way of living your spiritual life will never be the same.

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