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The Good and Beautiful Life: Putting on the Character of Christ (The Apprentice Series Book 2) by [James Bryan Smith]

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"I have never met a person whose goal was to ruin his or her life. We all want to be happy, and we want it all of the time."
So begins James Bryan Smith in The Good and Beautiful Life. The problem is, he tells us, we have bought into false notions of happiness and success. These self-centered decisions lead us further into the vices that cause ruin: anger, lust, lying, worry and judging. Eventually we find ourselves living a beautifully packaged life of self-destruction.
Following the Sermon on the Mount, this follow-up to The Good and Beautiful God guides us to look behind these character flaws and to replace our false beliefs with Jesus' narratives about life in the kingdom of God.

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"Jim Smith is the most articulate, accurate and helpful writer of spiritual formation of my generation. I give this series my highest recommendation."--Todd D. Hunter, author of Giving Church Another Chance

"The Apprentice Series is a treasure. Dr. Smith has thought long and hard about the process of human transformation into the likeness of Jesus. I urge you to buy these books immediately! Read them and apply them. Then live them out in the context of a loving community. You will not regret doing so."--Richard J. Foster, author of Celebration of Discipline and coauthor of Longing for God

"The Apprentice Series the the best practice I have seen in Christian spiritual formation."--Dallas Willard, author of The Divine Conspiracy --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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<![CDATA[James Bryan Smith (M.Div., Yale University Divinity School, D.Min, Fuller Seminary) is a theology professor at Friends University in Wichita, KS and a writer and speaker in the area of Christian spiritual formation. He also serves as the director of the Christian Spiritual Formation Institute at Friends University. A founding member of Richard J. Foster's spiritual renewal ministry, Renovaré Smith is an ordained United Methodist Church minister and has served in various capacities in local churches. Smith is also the author of A Spiritual Formation Workbook, Devotional Classics (with Richard Foster), Embracing the Love of God, Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven and Room of Marvels.]]> --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00APKGLXK
Publisher ‏ : ‎ IVP (Dec 14 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1774 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 265 pages

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Dr. James Bryan Smith is the Dallas Willard Professor of Christian Spiritual Formation at Friends University, in Wichita, Kansas. Jim received his B.A. in Religion and Philosophy at Friends University, his M.Div. at Yale Divinity School, and his D.Min. at Fuller Theological Seminary. Jim has taught at Friends University for over 30 years, teaching primarily in the area of Christian spiritual formation. He is also the Executive Director of The Apprentice Institute for Christian Spiritual Formation. In addition, Jim is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, and co-founding pastor of Chapel Hill UMC, in Wichita, Kansas, and is currently a teaching pastor at that church. He is also a best-selling author of twelve books, most notably The Apprentice Series (InterVarsity Press), which includes The Good and Beautiful God. He is also one of the original founders, alongside Richard J. Foster and Dallas Willard, of the spiritual renewal ministry, Renovare. James is the host of the Things Above Podcast.

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Christina Kerfoot

Excellent book to help understand the Beatitudes in the 21st ...

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 3, 2016

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Excellent book to help understand the Beatitudes in the 21st century culture. Giving insight into the culture of Jesus' day and the importance of His message to all of us, no boundaries as to race, sex or age.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 26, 2013

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We are studying the book in a group of about 14 people and have found it to take a unique approach to some common passages from the Bible - the beatitudes from Matthew. The applications are unusual as well, e.g. engaging in play and the examining what we discovered about ourselves and each other (chapter 2).

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ForeverReading

Excellent book for group study as well

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 5, 2017

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A life-changing read. It has changed the way I think about life in the kingdom. Excellent book for group study as well.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 10, 2015

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Powerful series that I have chosen to take my small group through all three books.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 29, 2014

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This was rated in 'good' condition. It is full of highlighting and notes.
That is NOT good condition. I will not purchase this way again.
I am stuck with a book that no one else will want to buy, and I don't want to read!
It is very distracting to have someone else's highlighting, etc.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 16, 2015

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Love it.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 8, 2016

This is an amazing series. Wow. I am impressed with the author James Bryan Smith. Now I love any and all works by Dallas Willard. Sometimes Willard's work is hard to digest and apply to daily life. This author has clearly taken the works of his mentors and done just that. Clearly laid out in accessible and applicable chapters, this little book is packed with helpful insights and suggestions to apply the teachings of Jesus to your daily life. It is appropriately titled "The Apprentice Series" and it truly is. One of the best guides on Christian discipleship I have read. I will be reading this one many times. And when my kids are older, I will read it to them as well. I also want to buy this for friends, it's so good!

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CMWoods

good and beautiful life

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 28, 2010

great book - needed for study group associated with local church - the copies came quickly once orderd.

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Julian

Spiritual and practical

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 8, 2018

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This is a great insight into Jesus' teachings from the Sermon on the Mount, and how the Kingdom of God makes a practical difference to our everyday life as Christians. I really recommend that you also buy the first book in the series, 'Good and Beautiful God', although it's not essential to have read that one first.

Mark

Thought provoking

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 28, 2016

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Very practical and engaging study with challenging and thought provoking questions. Working with a group through it we have all gained from it.

a random reviewer

Best read in short chunks

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 30, 2013

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This is a perfect book to read with others and discuss. It is full of helpful and practical application exercises.

Mrs A Martin

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 1, 2017

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Brilliant book. Am reading second time. It is changing my life.

LyndaFrances

borders on Universalist and adds to the gospel

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 15, 2021

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Loved the first book Good and Beautiful God. This book however contains author's personal views and labels it as a new view and that we have previously received incomplete gospel. This is dangerous territory if you are born-again Christian. Maybe it is for others but not me as born again

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