{"product_id":"true-spirituality-429","title":"True Spirituality","description":"\u003cb\u003e Does believing in Jesus really make a difference?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan God really change lives?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter serving as a pastor for over a decade, Francis Schaeffer—founder of L’Abri Fellowship—found himself wrestling with deeply perplexing questions like these. He was tired of not seeing results in his own spiritual life and others’. He found himself talking about Christianity, but not living it. So, as a pastor, he decided to “start at the beginning”—go back to agnosticism—and reexamine his Christian faith. “Did Christianity really make any difference in my life?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrue Spirituality is the result of Schaeffer’s honest search for answers. When the book was published thirty years ago, it shook the Christian world. Young people flocked to L’Abri, his spiritual retreat center in the Swiss Alps. Today, it’s a classic book on understanding what real Christianity is all about—what it means to follow Jesus moment by moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by \u003cb\u003eChuck Colson\u003c\/b\u003e, author of How Now Shall We Live, founder of Prison Fellowship, and speaker on the popular radio broadcast Breakpoint. \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by \u003cb\u003eDr. Jerram Barrs\u003c\/b\u003e, Resident Scholar at the Francis Schaeffer Institute and author of \u003ci\u003eWho Are the Peacemakers?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBuilding Bridges to the Gospel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoes believing in Jesus really make a difference?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Schaeffer had been serving as a pastor for over a decade when he began to wonder if Christianity really made a difference in people’s lives. He was tired of not seeing results in his own spiritual life and others’. He found himself talking about Christianity, but not living it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Spirituality\u003c\/i\u003e, a twentieth-century spiritual classic, outlines the result of his effort to “start at the beginning” and honestly re-examine his faith. The book is a treasure trove of wisdom for Christians trying to discover what true spirituality looks like in everyday life. Readers will learn:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Christ’s death is central to the Christian faith not just for justification, but also for sanctification\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy you should adopt a posture of “active passivity” to experience the Holy Spirit’s transformative work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe role of God in healing the whole person—whether it’s psychological problems or relational ones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis beloved theological book includes a foreword by Chuck Colson and an introduction by Dr. Jerram Barrs, director of the Schaeffer Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tyndale","offers":[{"title":"Softcover","offer_id":44252241494151,"sku":"978-0-8423-7351-7","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":44252241526919,"sku":"978-1-4143-5683-9","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio Book","offer_id":44252241559687,"sku":"979-8-4005-0630-7","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/0811\/0727\/files\/978-0-8423-7351-7_d4df35d1-8041-40ae-bc5a-26e1741b1218.jpg?v=1774426689","url":"https:\/\/tcr-dev.checkout.tyndale.com\/products\/true-spirituality-429","provider":"Tyndale Dev","version":"1.0","type":"link"}