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Conformed to His Image
Kenneth Boa

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Conformed to His Image: Biblical and Practical Approaches to Spiritual Formation
by Kenneth Boa
Zondervan (2001); 465 pages

Conformed to His Image celebrates the ways in which the diversity of human personalities affects spiritual formation. Boa identifies twelve types of spirituality, or twelve facets on the gem of faith; that is, there are (at least) twelve ways people conceive of their relationship with God. Each facet represents a different personality type and the style of formation each is most attracted to. Thus, Boa acknowledges that spiritual formation is not a cookie-cutter process. Instead, the perceived goals of spiritual formation differ from one personality type to the next.

This book will be very useful for the preacher sensitive to his or her audience. For example, the highly relational pastor may articulate the goals and means of spiritual formation in a way that sounds unintelligible or irrelevant to the listener more concerned with bringing his private life into order. The book has two helpful appendices as well. The first identifies and catalogues the different concerns and interests people of different personality types will have in spiritual formation. The second appendix provides a thorough introduction to classic literature on the subject of spiritual formation.

Facet 1–Relational Spirituality: Loving God Completely, Ourselves Correctly, and Others Compassionately

Facet 2–Paradigm Spirituality: Cultivating an Eternal versus a Temporal Perspective

Facet 3–Disciplined Spirituality: Engaging in Historical Disciplines

Facet 4–Exchanged Life Spirituality: Grasping Our True Identity in Christ

Facet 5–Motivated Spirituality: A Set of Biblical Incentives

Facet 6–Devotional Spirituality: Falling in Love with God

Facet 7–Holistic Spirituality: Every Component of Life Under the Lordship of Christ

Facet 8–Process Spirituality: Process versus Product, Being versus Doing

Facet 9–Spirit-Filled Spirituality: Walking in the Power of the Spirit

Facet 10–Warfare Spirituality: The World, the Flesh, the Devil

Facet 11–Nurturing Spirituality: A Lifestyle of Evangelism and Discipleship

Facet 12–Corporate Spirituality: Encouragement, Accountability, and Worship

Ken Boa (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary; PhD, New York University; DPhil, University of Oxford) is president of Reflection Ministries and Trinity House Publishers, both of which are dedicated to equipping Christians for being transformed into the image of Christ.

Related Books by Ken Boa:
Augustine to Freud: What Theologians and Psychologists Tell Us About Human Nature (And Why It Matters) (Broadman and Holman, 2004)
Face to Face: Praying the Scriptures for Intimate Worship (Zondervan, 1997)
Face to Face: Praying the Scriptures for Spiritual Growth (Zondervan, 1997)

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