Forming is a fresh, life-giving approach to Christian growth and development that may be very different from what you have tried before. Instead of relying on your willpower and hard work to make changes in your life, Forming shows you how to engage with God in ways that will change you from the inside out. This book is also designed as a companion to Forming: Change by Grace, a curriculum in Christian Formation.

Forming: A Work of Grace

Religion & Spirituality

Takle MDiv, David

Christian Books & Bibles

Kingdom Formation Ministries

Have you ever wished you could have a conversation with God about your life? Have you ever wanted him to open the Scriptures to you and make the words come alive? In Whispers of my Abba, you will learn how to listen to the Spirit of God and develop a conversational prayer life that will change forever your relationship to God and your approach to the Christian life. "Clear and simple instructions on entering and abiding in real life interaction with God" -- Dallas Willard

Whispers of my Abba: From His Heart to Mine

Takle MDiv, Mr David

Have you ever thought ... if the truth can set me free, then why am I still carrying around all these problems that never seem to go away? Why has my spiritual growth slowed down after so many years of Bible study and listening to sermons? What am I missing? In Truth About Lies you will learn: 1. Why Christian education is not enough. 2. Why trying to live up to a moral standard won't work. 3. How truth changes lives. 4. What makes the difference between truth that changes us and truth that does not seem to help.

The Truth About Lies and Lies About Truth: A Fresh New Look at the Cunning of Evil and the Means for Our Transformation

Takle, Mr. David

A Multi-dimensional Model of Inner Healing and Transformation. God never intended for us to act more like Jesus. His goal is to transform us from the inside out to become more like Jesus! Sadly, much of the Christian world has lost sight of transformation as an on-going reality in the lives of believers. Instead, we are admonished over and over to try harder to live up to the standards we see in the New Testament. But anyone who has tried this for very long has probably watched their growth grind down to a halt. They may even dismiss transformation as purely visionary. The truth is: Transformation is highly accessible. Transformation can be fostered intentionally. God has given us multiple points of intervention. Life-long growth and change are really possible. We need to learn how to engage with God so He can do in us what we cannot do for ourselves. In Transformation by Design you will learn about: Six Primary Causes of transformation. Four Primary Aspects of participating in the process. Four Major Contexts needed to foster transformation.

Transformation by Design: How God Changes Lives

Separating our understanding of atonement from its original Jewish roots in the sin offering may well be one of the greatest theological errors in the history of the Christian Church.In Lamb of God you will rediscover what the New Testament authors all knew about the death of Christ and how it shaped their gospel and changed the ancient world. Contrary to modern voices, the New Testament writers had a very robust theology of atonement, and it is clearly evident all across the pages of Scripture.What's more, when viewed from the perspective of the Judaic sin offering, Christ's atonement presents a story of salvation far more wondrous and far more compelling than the popular renditions of the gospel today.You will never look at the cross of Christ the same way again.Table of ContentsPart 1 - A Cleansing Atonement to Rescue Us from SinIntroduction1. The Gospel According to Hebrews2. The Purification-of-Sin Offering3. Christus Victor4. A Multi-Faceted AtonementPart 2 - An Arrangement to Pardon Us from Guilt5. Securing a Pardon6. Origins of Punishment-Pardon Theory7. Law, Justice, Wrath, Punishment8. Misreading the Old Testament9. Pardon Theory's Intractable Problems10. Defending the IndefensiblePart 3 - Why This Matters So Much11. What is At Stake12. The Problem of Sin13. Major Biblical Themes14. Final AssessmentReview“Two chapters into this book I blurted out a single word, ‘Wow!’ I read a lot of books and that doesn't happen very often. David Takle has succeeded in changing my view of the atonement and explaining the theological foundations of the exchanged life more clearly than I have ever seen it done. I have been raised on the theory that Christ's atonement paid the penalty for my sin and calmed down an angry God. I now see more clearly how this misconception has undergirded a tendency toward legalism that needs to be eradicated from the church and my own way of thinking. Thanks for writing this book!”– Marcus Warner, D.Min., President of Deeper Walk International

Lamb of God: Rediscovering the Beauty of Atonement

Takle, David

An examination of our beliefs about obedience from a New Testament perspective.

The Trouble With Obedience: It's Not What You Think

This workbook is for use with the video course, Forming: Change by Grace. Forming is an approach to Christian growth that may be very different from what you have experienced before, because it does not depend on your willpower to make changes in your life. To use a metaphor, rather than trying to row against the current of our inner life in an effort to do what we think is right, Forming shows us how to align our sales with the wind, engaging with the Spirit of God to change the direction of our heart so we can go places we could never get to by rowing alone. If you are tired of "row harder" approaches to spiritual growth, then join us in learning how to align with God for the kind of change you always believed should be possible.\nForming consists of 12 sessions: 
1. Changing Our Minds About Change 
2. God is Relational 
3. Developing a Conversational Prayer Life (focusing and listening) 
4. Developing a Conversational Prayer Life (discerning and responding) 
5. Grace as a Means for Transformation 
6. Engaging with God for Change (balancing our part and God's part) 
7. Engaging with God for Change (what to expect) 
8. Engaging with God for Change (barriers to engaging) 
9. Renewing Our Mind 
10. Healing Our Identity and Self-Rejection 
11. Disarming Our Fear and Anxiety 
12. Two Kinds of Maturity

Forming: Change by Grace

This workbook is for use in facilitating the video course, Forming: Change by Grace. It includes everything that is in the participant workbook, plus dozens of pages to help guide the facilitator. Forming is an approach to Christian growth that may be very different from what you have experienced before, because it does not depend on your willpower to make changes in your life. To use a metaphor, rather than trying to row against the current of our inner life in an effort to do what we think is right, Forming shows us how to align our sales with the wind, engaging with the Spirit of God to change the direction of our heart so we can go places we could never get to by rowing alone. If you are tired of "row harder" approaches to spiritual growth, then join us in learning how to align with God for the kind of change you always believed should be possible.

Forming Workbook and Facilitator Guide: Change by Grace

1600 years ago the Western Church fell captive to a legal worldview from which it has never recovered. Nothing less than a Copernican-style Revolution will liberate us from this distorted view of reality and return us to the good news first preached by the apostles.Nearly every aspect of our practical theology has been altered or dismantled by a judicial framework that distorts our perceptions and derails our efforts to rediscover the life portrayed in Scripture. Piece by piece, Copernicus 2.0 unmasks the extensive damage brought about by this tragic deception, and recasts for us the amazing vision of God's love that originally took the world by storm.

Copernicus 2.0: A Call to Reformation

Forming Participant Workbook: Change by Grace

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