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James K. A. Smith • Discipleship in the Present Tense: Reflections on Faith and Culture
James K. A. Smith is fast becoming a major voice in the world of postmodern theology. One of his major strengths is his ability to show that theology matters inside and outside the world of scholarship.
Neal DeRoo • The Logic of Incarnation: James K. A. Smith's Critique of Postmodern Religion
the future of the church is ancient:
James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
Augustine is our contemporary. He has directly and indirectly shaped the way we understand our pursuits, the call to authenticity.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
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
“To desire the aid of grace is the beginning of grace.”
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
Our desires are caught more than they are taught.
James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
To be human is to be animated and oriented by some vision of the good life, some picture of what we think counts as “flourishing.” And we want that. We crave it. We desire it. This is why our most fundamental mode of orientation to the world is love.
James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
I want to supplement Willard’s emphasis on the individual practice of the spiritual disciplines with what might be a counterintuitive thesis in our “millennial” moment: that the most potent, charged, transformative site of the Spirit’s work is found in the most unlikely of places—the church!