The Good and Beautiful God

The Good and Beautiful God
Author: James Bryan Smith
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2009-12-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830878343

Turning to the Gospels, James Bryan Smith invites you to compare your ideas about God with what Jesus himself reveals about his Father. In this Good and Beautiful Series book, Smith leads you through a process of spiritual formation that includes activities aimed at making these new narratives real in your body and soul as well as your mind.

The Good and Beautiful Life

The Good and Beautiful Life
Author: James Bryan Smith
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2009-12-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830878769

James Bryan Smith believes we have bought into false notions of happiness and success. In this Good and Beautiful Series book, Smith traces through the Sermon on the Mount and helps us replace our false beliefs with Jesus' narratives about life in the kingdom of God.

The Good and Beautiful Community

The Good and Beautiful Community
Author: James Bryan Smith
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2010-07-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830861254

In this Good and Beautiful Series book, James Bryan Smith helps you to live in relationship with others as apprentices of Jesus. He shows how to bring spiritual formation and community engagement together, and he offers spiritual practices that root new, true narratives about God and the world in your soul.

The Good and Beautiful Series

The Good and Beautiful Series
Author: James Bryan Smith
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-01-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830835409

James Bryan Smith believes the gospel is about change in our lives today, not just our eternal destiny. In The Good and Beautiful Series he aims to help Christians develop a robust discipleship by helping them understand who God is, what it means to be a Christian and what it means to live in community as a part of God's kingdom. Throughout the series, which includes The Good and Beautiful God, The Good and Beautful Life and The Good and Beautiful Community, Smith encourages you to read, journal, pray, discuss and participate in weekly spiritual exercises to help you engage with the text. As you work through the books individually (or more ideally in a group setting) you'll discover your heart being shaped by the truth of Christ—and your life being changed. Get to know the God Jesus knew and the Kingdom he proclaimed. The transformation you seek will come as a direct result of spending focused time with him and his people. A Renovaré Resource.

Hidden in Christ

Hidden in Christ
Author: James Bryan Smith
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2013-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830895450

In this unique introduction to the hidden life in Christ, James Bryan Smith walks readers through a thirty-day immersion in Colossians 3:1-17. Each of the thirty short chapters hones in on a single word or phrase from this life-changing passage, followed by a simple daily practice, a prompt for reflection and small group follow-up questions.

Rich Mullins

Rich Mullins
Author: James Bryan Smith
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2002-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0805426353

A devotional biography giving insight to the life of musician Rich Mullins ("Awesome God"), featuring his never before published spiritual writings.

Room of Marvels

Room of Marvels
Author: James Bryan Smith
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2020-11-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0830846891

Three deaths in three years. His mother. His best friend. And now, his two-year-old daughter. In this moving story a Christian author goes to a retreat center to grieve and face the hard questions about God that he is asking in the wake of these losses. This expanded edition of the beloved book is a masterful, dream-like tale that speaks to the eternal in the midst of our most painful earthly losses.

The Good and Beautiful You

The Good and Beautiful You
Author: James Bryan Smith
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2022-05-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830846956

Christian faith is about more than belief and practices—it is also about the kind of people we become. This Good and Beautiful Series book addresses the toxic self-narratives that hinder spiritual growth, reminding us how Scripture reveals the beauty of our own souls and serving as a companion as you discover who you truly are in Christ.

The Magnificent Journey

The Magnificent Journey
Author: James Bryan Smith
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2018-11-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830889299

There is a road to life in the unshakeable kingdom of God, but it's not an easy journey. In this book James Bryan Smith shows us the better road, the road less travelled, but the road full of riches. Along the way he introduces us to new spiritual practices that will provide the sustenance we need for the deepest, most joy-filled journey of our lives—the journey into the heart of God.