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Summary: A book about loving God.
Review: Dallas Willard points the direction to a life of loving God in his book, HEARING GOD. The path is there to all those who believe in Christ, it is not hidden. This is not a book about doing what we are told to do, but rather entering into a loving relationship with the Lord and the direction he provides in making us who He wants us to be. As Mr. Willard writes, "Hearing God is but one dimension of a richly interactive relationship, and obtaining guidance is but one facet of hearing God." This book points to a life long relationship with Christ, and will lead the reader into being the kind of person He calls each of us to be.
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Summary: A book about loving God.
Review: Dallas Willard points the direction to a life of loving God in his book, HEARING GOD. The path is there to all those who believe in Christ, it is not hidden. This is not a book about doing what we are told to do, but rather entering into a loving relationship with the Lord and the direction he provides in making us who He wants us to be. As Mr. Willard writes, "Hearing God is but one dimension of a richly interactive relationship, and obtaining guidance is but one facet of hearing God." This book points to a life long relationship with Christ, and will lead the reader into being the kind of person He calls each of us to be.
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Summary: Back in print! Dallas Willard¿s classic on guidance.
Review: Dallas Willard's 1998 book The Divine Conspiracy was hailed as one of the best contemporary books on spirituality and was the winner of the 1999 Christianity Today Book of the Year award. Yet he did not intend that book to stand alone. He conceived it to be the third in a trilogy of books on the spiritual life, following his earlier books In Search of Guidance and The Spirit of the Disciplines.Out of print for several years, Willard's classic In Search of Guidance has been re-released by InterVarsity Press as Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God. This new edition presents his deeply insightful model for the Christian life as "a hand-in-hand, conversational walk with God." "Hearing God is but one dimension of a richly interactive relationship," Willard writes, "and obtaining guidance is but one facet of hearing God." He places divine guidance in the context of Christian discipleship, in which we live our entire lives in the will of God. In other words, hearing God becomes far more an issue of being the kind of person he calls us to be, not merely doing what he wants us to do. Dallas Willard invites his readers to move beyond communication with God to companionship with God, to enter into the richness of the Way of Jesus. Those familiar with Willard's other writings will welcome this book being made available again, and a new generation of readers will discover his profound vision for a life lived in conversation with God. "The best book on divine guidance I have ever read. I recommend it highly." Richard Foster, author of Celebration of Discipline Dallas Willard is professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California. He is the author of The Divine Conspiracy and The Spirit of the Disciplines.
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Summary: Make this the companion to Willard's other xlnt books
Review: Dallas Willard's consistency over many years of writing becomes incredibly clear as you read this re-release. Contrasting this earliest book to The Divine Conspiracy (1998) and The Spirit of the Disciplines (1988), one sees how well Dr Willard's work holds together. Each book emphasizes a theme and each stands strongly on its own (you'll note he is not your "book a year" kind of author--lot's of quality here). I am on my 3rd read of this in about a year and continue to chew it thoroughly. Hats off to IVP for re-releasing it (though I like the original title better). I commend it to readers tired and frustrated with much of what is taught about prayer and where they are and God is in all of it. Dr Willard has been given a great gift and he shares it freely here.
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Summary: Make this the companion to Willard's other xlnt books
Review: Dallas Willard's consistency over many years of writing becomes incredibly clear as you read this re-release. Contrasting this earliest book to The Divine Conspiracy (1998) and The Spirit of the Disciplines (1988), one sees how well Dr Willard's work holds together. Each book emphasizes a theme and each stands strongly on its own (you'll note he is not your "book a year" kind of author--lot's of quality here). I am on my 3rd read of this in about a year and continue to chew it thoroughly. Hats off to IVP for re-releasing it (though I like the original title better). I commend it to readers tired and frustrated with much of what is taught about prayer and where they are and God is in all of it. Dr Willard has been given a great gift and he shares it freely here.
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Summary: Learning to listen
Review: Dallas Willard's first major work is an exploration of building the first step in an authentic Christian life. By learning to listen for the words of God personally, one can begin the journey that Willard continues to describe in The Spirit of the Disciplines and The Divine Conspiracy.
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Summary: An excellent, non-trivial account of guidance.
Review: I first read In Search of Guidance because of the great experience I had with Willard's other book, The Spirit of the Disciplines. In Guidance we are presented with non-trivial explanations on how to align our lives in such a way as to be open to the direction of God. I was particularly impressed with the depth of the book. Before even stating how we are to hear God, Willard discusses the role our beliefs have in the matter. This seems so obvious, but it is so often overlooked. It is obvious because if we do not believe that God speaks through events and other happenings we will always be waiting for the quintissential lighting bolt of inspiration. Willard also discusses the role our very lives have in communion with God. He states that if we are not living lives in alignment with God's will it will be pretty hard to hear God, since in essence we are ignoring Him in our very being. Thus Willard elaborates on two themes that I have not found in other books. Only after this discussion does Willard launch into how we come to recognize God's voice - not normally in a thunderous clang but in the small whisper leading us to right action. This was especially important to me because I have had much contact with Christians who seem paralyzed if they get no momentous sign from God after a few prayers. But Willard tells us that sometimes - believe it or not - a person may not hear that big bang and make a decision and still be following the will of God since whatever choice they make will be in accordance with God's will, granted that they are living a life in close communion and alignment with God. I commend Willard for this penetrating book. At least for an engineering mind like mine it made great sense and certainly explained the totality of my interaction with God in asking for guidance.
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Summary: not what its cracked up to be
Review: I picked up this book because of the recommendation Richard Foster gives it (under its old title) in his book "Celebration of Discipline." He claims it is the best book on Guidance. For all I know, it probably is. I just can't seem to read Willard. I don't think it is because he is too "hard." I just think his writing is less than compelling. I have tried to slog through all three of his major books now (the others being "The Spirit of the Disciplines" and "The Divine Invasion"), and all of them are just boring. They make some good points, but I feel Foster's work covers most of this ground while being much more well written. Maybe its just me. But Willard is just too stale for my tastes.
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Summary: The Panacea book on Hearing God!
Review: I stopped recommending a platitude of books for people to read who are trying to get a common-sense grasp of one of the most conjectured topics in Christendom- hearing God. Now I recommend they read this book first. It has such breadth and practicality to it, it really leaves no stone unturned on this topic. Well organized and well thought, the book is not simple, but is simply read. Some books on this topic easily burp with sectarian or thoelogical bias, but Willard doesn't fall into that trap. Instead, he retains clear convictions while being spectacularily Biblical. In the end, he gives excellent fore-thought for the person who might want to actually take his book to task through action. Like "Divine Conspiracy", this book has many generations in shelf live. No serious investigation into this topic should pass over this book.
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Summary: The Panacea book on Hearing God!
Review: I stopped recommending a platitude of books for people to read who are trying to get a common-sense grasp of one of the most conjectured topics in Christendom- hearing God. Now I recommend they read this book first. It has such breadth and practicality to it, it really leaves no stone unturned on this topic. Well organized and well thought, the book is not simple, but is simply read. Some books on this topic easily burp with sectarian or thoelogical bias, but Willard doesn't fall into that trap. Instead, he retains clear convictions while being spectacularily Biblical. In the end, he gives excellent fore-thought for the person who might want to actually take his book to task through action. Like "Divine Conspiracy", this book has many generations in shelf live. No serious investigation into this topic should pass over this book.
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