The Jesus Climb : Journeying from Student to Disciple.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stratton, Gary David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian life.

Followership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Abilene Christian University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Despite this seemingly insurmountable obstacle, the day came when Jesus' first followers-flawed and broken people very much like you and me-reached the spiritual summit of other-centered love. By focusing upon Jesus' teaching on what it meant to be his disciple-a word used over 260 times in the New Testament-rather than the word Christian-a word used only three times, it is possible to discern how Jesus accomplished this miracle. Using an acclimatization strategy not unlike Mallory, Jesus' set up a base camp in the relatively thick spiritual air of his followers' first spiritual steps. Then by his teaching and example, guided his followers along a series of expedition camps leading toward the summit long two interrelated yet distinct pathways. First, the Ascent of a higher and higher commitment to loving God and neighbor with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength via the camps of Desire, Instruction, Surrender, and Community. Second, the Descent into a deeper and deeper experience of God's intimate, transforming, through other-centered love, through the expedition camps of Intimacy, Prayer, Love, and Endurance"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Foreword

Preface for Faculty and Campus Leaders

Introduction

Part One-ASCENT

ONE Desire

TWO Instruction

THREE Surrender

FOUR Community

Part Two-DESCENT

FIVE Intimacy

SIX Prayer

SEVEN Love

EIGHT Embodiment

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Stratton, Gary David The Jesus Climb

ISBN:

9781684268924

1684268923

OCLC:

1419872978