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For a wise articulation of this point, see Michael Horton, Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014).
James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
A New Kind of Apologist: *Adopting Fresh Strategies *Addressing the Latest Issues *Engaging the Culture
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Sometimes doubting your doubts is the beginning of wisdom.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture): Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church
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You might think of Augustine as offering a hitchhiker’s guide to the cosmos for wandering hearts.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
That doesn’t mean there’s no room for faithful innovation in worship; it just means that creativity and novelty in worship are not goods in and of themselves. We inherit a form of worship that should be received as a gift.
James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
Should we switch things up? Try another tack? Measurable nonresults is one of the reasons so many churches tuck the gospel behind fog and lasers or adjust their teaching to the “7 Steps” busywork of moralistic therapeutic deism.