Tuesday Tome - Revolution of Character

I have gained so much from Dallas Willard's writing and teaching. His books, The Divine Conspiracy and Renovation of the Heart, are two of the most helpful and practical spiritual formation books I've ever read. I've recommended these books to many people at church, but many, sadly, tell me they have found them a little too difficult get through. Fortunately, there is another helpful resource that can help bridge the gap.

Don Simpson has done us all a favor by distilling the main ideas from Renovation of the Heart into a the little book Revolution of Character. While Renovation is not really all that difficult to read, there is no doubt that Revolution will be much more accessible for the average church goer. It's one I will be recommending often.

From the back cover...

Heart, mind, body, social life, and soul. God is ready to transform every aspect of your life. Perhaps your spiritual life is not all you want it to be. Your sporadic successes, plateaus, and dry spells only lead to more frustration. Spiritual master Dallas Willard believes the main reason we fail in our spiritual life is that we don't examine carefully the roles played by all five elements of our person: heart, mind, body, social life, and soul.

Real change comes when we give each element thoughtful and prayerful exposure to God's transforming work. In Revolution of Character, Dr. Willard enables you to dwell meditatively on each of the five elements, understand its role, train it in new patterns, and seek God's transforming power. This powerful, holistic approach will produce new ways of responding to life and will result in profoundly changed character.

Table of Contents:
• A revolution has begun
• The heart, center of our life
• A magnificent ruin
• Restoration of the soul
• Christ's pattern for spiritual transformation
• The battle for our thought life
• Educating our feelings
• Transforming our character
• The body, our primary ally in christlikeness
• Changing how we relate to others
• Transforming the soul
• Being the light of the world.