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The Magnificent Story: Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth (Apprentice Resources) by [James Bryan Smith]

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We are story-making people. We love reading stories―and we love hearing the personal stories of others. We need stories, or narratives, to make sense of our world. And those stories shape our lives.
What is the story you have been told about the gospel? About God? About the Christian life? About Jesus? About the cross? About yourself? About heaven?
Your answers to these questions will form a story that will determine how your life will go. The answers reveal your ability to trust, to love, to hope―and even your capacity for joy. Any story worth giving the power to shape our lives must pass a simple test: Is it beautiful, good, and true? If it is, then it is a magnificent story―and that is where transformation takes place.
From James Bryan Smith, author of the bestselling book The Good and Beautiful God, comes this spiritual formation resource meant to help both individuals and groups understand the magnificent story of Christ in their lives. The field-tested material within includes spiritual practices at the end of each chapter and a group discussion guide.
Uncover the true story of beauty, goodness, and truth that will satisfy the ultimate longings of your heart.

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"Any story worth giving the power to shape our lives must pass a simple test: is it beautiful, good, and true? If it is, then it is a Magnificent Story--and that is where transformation takes place."--C. Christopher Smith, Englewood Review of Books

"I appreciated the varied group of Catholic and non-Catholic theologians/writers who have influenced Smith and reminded me that we are all part of a good and beautiful and magnificent story."--Theresa Grass, Catholic Library World, Volume 88 No. 2 --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B073SB97G4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ IVP (Aug. 8 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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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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Philip Smith

Helps to live as a follower of Jesus

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 4, 2018

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Great book to help you think about the meaning of the gospel and dispel some wrong understandings

Richella J. Parham

"Magnificent" is the right word

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 17, 2017

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"Magnificent" is not a word I throw around carelessly, but it's just right to describe the story James Bryan Smith writes about in this book. Smith has long been convinced that stories matter, and readers of the Good and Beautiful series know how concerned he is that we believe the right narratives. This new book points out just how insufficient some of our narratives are in relation to the magnificent story of the gospel. Your soul will be blessed by this book that displays the good, beautiful, and true nature of God's great love for us. Wish I could rate this one higher than five stars!

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Gretchen K. Hammeke

The Magnificent Story will shine a light on your soul!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 18, 2017

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When I offer this book as a source for a new spiritual formation class at my church, I will need to purchase a fresh copy. My own copy is underlined, circled, starred and covered with notes to the extent that I might not want anyone looking over my shoulder! I have used The Good and Beautiful God series in the past and looked forward to Dr. Smith's next book. What a blessing! The work is thoughtfully innovative while being theologically sound. It is challenging while offering great comfort. It is a great story - magnificent, in fact - that will draw other great stories from those who read and study it together. In the midst of daily ministry and personal spiritual formation, I feel as if a light has been shined on my soul. I did not want it to end. Not only will I need a new copy from which to teach, but I have purchased the first 2 of many copies which I will share with those close to me in life and ministry, and those who I meet who need to know what is beautiful, good and true.

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Having read and loved James BryanSmith last series (The good and beautiful God/Life/Community) ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 9, 2017

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Having read and loved James BryanSmith last series (The good and beautiful God/Life/Community) I have waited eagerly for this latest book and was not disappointed. Smith continues to find a clear and simple way to dispel the many false narratives that have held me back for many years.
In the Magnificent Story he emphasizes again that the life of Christ was no ordinary event, and that using spiritual disciplines such as tuning into my senses and being awed by creation around me are ways I can draw even closer to meaningful relationship with my heavenly Father

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Doctor Jay

WINSOMELY WRITTEN, BUT WITH POOR EXEGESIS AND FLAWED THEOLOGY

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 5, 2018

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This book is well written and winsome in style. It is in fact at times beautiful to read. Smith's an excellent writer. One MAJOR PROBLEM though: Poor exegesis and flawed theology. When he makes a distinction between mankind as the "image" and "likeness" of God, he says the two terms are different and claims that others do too. Not so! Many Bible scholars maintain the terms are interchangeable and mean basically the same thing. If that's true, Smith's view of mankind is fatally flawed because it's based on a faulty understanding of the nature of God's image in mankind. Also, I think he overstates the "shaming" gospel. Fact is, mankind IS fallen, and the image of God IS twisted into suppressed knowledge, self-determined righteousness, and a self-determined holiness where mankind is set apart from God and dedicated above all to himself. The wrath of God is against such people. And speaking of "wrath", Smith doesn't really deal with the parts of Scripture that deal with God's wrath. The beauty, goodness, and Truth of the Gospel is that God would be gracious and send His son to save people who deserve His eternal wrath and to begin to restore redeemed mankind to true knowledge, righteousness, and holiness -- a process that will be completed one day in the New Heavens and the New Earth. Smith doesn't seem to want to wrap his mind around a story that he has shrunk as much as the liberals and fundies have.

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