{"product_id":"the-fire-of-the-word-meeting-god-on-holy-ground-paperback","title":"The Fire of the Word: Meeting God on Holy Ground - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Webb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard J. Foster\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bible has the astounding power to transform lives. The stories of people like Francis of Assisi, Antony of Egypt, Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr. vividly demonstrate this. Why aren't more of us transformed by Scripture today? Too often we study biblical texts without believing that God truly inhabits this book. Scripture seeks to capture our minds, not merely educate them. In these pages Chris Webb explains that we can transform our Christian life by reading as lovers rather than as theorists. This is possible by coming to the text prayerfully, expectantly, in humility and empty-handed. When we open the Bible, it does not say to us, \"Listen: God is there!\" Instead, the voice of the Spirit whispers through each line, \"Look: I am here.\" Reading the Bible this way can reconfigure the habits of your heart, refresh your imagination and memory, reshape and redeem your emotions, realign your reality individually and communally for kingdom life, and take us beyond the Bible into a renewed way of life. Here is the work of today--which is also the work of the whole of life--to open your heart afresh to the living Word of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Webb\u003c\/b\u003e is president of Renovaré, a Christian spiritual formation ministry in the Denver area. In addition he is an Anglican priest and new monastic, who pastored in a variety of urban and rural churches in his native Wales. He has taught in seminaries and colleges and regularly speaks at retreats and conferences around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard J. Foster (D.Th.P., Fuller Theological Seminary) is founder of Renovaré in Denver, Colorado. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eCelebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth, \u003c\/i\u003e which has sold over two million copies worldwide, \u003ci\u003ePrayer: Finding the Heart's True Home\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFreedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World, \u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor (with Gayle Beebe) of \u003ci\u003eLonging for God: Seven Paths of Christian Devotion.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 199\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778901016864,"sku":"9780830835638","price":24.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6dafd5c3675b9adcd7ed4649cc9c09c9.webp?v=1780509072","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-fire-of-the-word-meeting-god-on-holy-ground-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}