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M. Robert Mulholland Jr. defines spiritual formation as "the process of being formed in the image of Christ for the sake of others." Compact and solid, this definition encompasses the dynamics of a vital Christian life and counters our culture's tendency to make spirituality a trivial matter or reduce it to a private affair between "me and Jesus."

In Invitation to a Journey, Mulholland helps Christians new and old understand that we become like Christ gradually, not instantly. Not every personality is suited to an early morning quiet time, so Mulholland frees different personality types to express their piety differently. He reviews the classical spiritual disciplines and demonstrates the importance of undertaking our spiritual journey with (and for the sake of) others.

This road map for spiritual formation is profoundly biblical and down to earth. In the finest tradition of spiritual literature, it is a vital help to Christians at any stage of their journey.

This edition is revised and expanded by Ruth Haley Barton with a new foreword, practices and study guide.

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A Trusted Guide in Spiritual Formation
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About 'Invitation to a Journey'

In Invitation to a Journey, Mulholland helps Christians new and old understand that we become like Christ gradually, not instantly. Not every personality is suited to an early morning quiet time, so Mulholland frees different personality types to express their piety differently. He reviews the classical spiritual disciplines and demonstrates the importance of undertaking our spiritual journey with (and for the sake of) others.

The book is comprised of four parts:

Part I. The Road Map: The Nature of Spiritual Formation

Part II. The Vehicle: Personality and Piety

Part III. The Journey: Spiritual Disciplines

Part IV. Companions on the Way: Corporate and Social Spirituality

Also by M. Roberth Mulholland Jr.

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About the Author

M. Robert Mulholland Jr. (1936-2015) was emeritus professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary and the author of several books, including Shaped by the Word, The Deeper Journey, Revelation and the landmark spiritual formation book Invitation to a Journey. He also served as pastor of Shirley Community Church in Shirley Mills, Maine. During his extensive academic career, Mulholland served as adjunct professor at the Academy for Spiritual Formation and taught at several seminaries and universities around the world, including Wesley Theological Seminary, Harvard University, McMurry University, Moscow Evangelical Christian Seminary (Moscow, Russia), West Africa Theological Seminary (Lagos, Nigeria) and Baltic Mission Center Theological Seminary (Tallinn, Estonia). An elder in the Kentucky Conference of the United Methodist Church, Mulholland was a frequent speaker at Bible and spiritual renewal conferences. He and his wife, Lynn, have two children.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01D8W4HQO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ IVP Formatio; Revised and Expanded edition (April 21, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 21, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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M. Robert Mulholland Jr. (Th.D., Harvard) is professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He is the author of several books, including Shaped by the Word (Upper Room), Revelation (Zondervan), and the landmark spiritual formation book Invitation to a Journey (IVP).

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ken stov
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Read!
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This book has incredible insight into the spiritual journey of Christianity! Would recommend to any Christian!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Read slowly!!
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Often the greatest obstacles to growth in our relationship with Jesus is the speed that controls most of our lives. This book invites us to allow God to dig deep and ask difficult questions of us. For me the phrase “surrendering my relationship to God to God” is the most challenging concept in the book and one that I will need to read slowly over and over if I am to both understand it and allow it to change me
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5.0 out of 5 stars Turn everything you thought you knew upside down...
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This book will challenge everything you thought you knew about what you knew about Christianity. I grew up raised in the Freewill Baptist church later in life as a Southern Baptist. Went through a messy divorce and was actually kicked out of my last church. God had plans for my life, and I am now working on becoming an Ordained Elder in the Church of the Nazarene. Chapter 12 in this book gives the true context of the story of Nicodemus that I have never heard or seen applied in my entire life. This book will change your relationship with Jesus Christ and help you look at everything through new life in a way like never before. Take the Journey.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great insight I needed in my life.
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This is one of the best books I have read on spiritual formation that explains it so clearly. I have an amazing relationship with God but this book showed me what I was missing out on in the areas of corporate worship and social spirituality. I did not even know I was missing it and have began experiencing God in different ways through the understanding given in this book. Excellent read and I am actually starting again after just finishing it to soak it in.
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This book is a must-read for those who have and are struggling or stuck in religion! It will inspire you to action towards a journey of real relationship with your Creator as well has loving and caring for your neighbor!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute must read for anyone who wants to grow to be more like Jesus
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I have loved this book for years and read the first addition about 20 years ago. I've given away more than a dozen copies to friends. This edition is even better for the additions of Ruth Haley Barton! There is so much to learn from this book, but one of the things I really like is that it incorporates personality (Myers Brigg inventory) into the spiritual journey.
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Even if you’re not in line with this exact theology or lineage of Christianity you can get a lot out of this book and the principles of spiritual growth and maturity for the sake of others that it outlines.
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Fernando
5.0 out of 5 stars Jornada espiritual madura
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Traz uma ótica interessante da jornada individual baseada no MBTI. Boa fundamentação bíblica sobre os frutos praticos de se tornar um discípulo de Cristo. Ótimas reflexões práticas também.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Life-changing!
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If you're serious about growing in your faith and prepared to be led on a journey, this book clarifies what is going on. Challenging, insightful and biblical sound, highly recommended.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Really Two Books
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This is really two books, one on Myers-Briggs and one on spiritual perfection. I'm not a fan of Myers-Briggs on two grounds: 1) every person is more than Myers-Briggs, and 2) colleagues cannot resist typing a person with their letters forever after. Also, I don't subscribe to John Wesley's doctrine of spiritual perfection. Only God is without sin and we all struggle with sin to our dying day. This was prescribed reading but, frankly, I didn't find it too helpful.
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Very complex challenging Christian advanced study of the disciplines we need to TrueType become Christlike.
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