The Bible tells us that the goal and purpose of every Christian is to be “conformed into the image of Christ.” This transformation only occurs, however, as we learn to moment by moment renew our minds and take every thought captive. Without this constant renewal we will simply be conformed to the world’s image and our lives will remain the same as they always have been, no matter what we do or try. Therefore, our efforts to change should not be focused on our wrong actions, but on our wrong thinking. Be Ye Transformed explores the Biblical steps to the moment by moment renewing of our minds.
Bra bok på helligjørelse og hvordan tillate Jesus mer plass i livet sitt. Tar for seg mye av de litt mer abstrakte temaene i bibelen rundt helligjørelse, som blandt annet forskjellen på ånd, sjel, hjerte, legeme osv. Den bruker blandt annet salomos tempel til å konkretisere disse begrepene, og til å forklare den daglige renselses og helligjørelse prossesen. Boken blir nesten en liten håndbok på Efeserne 4,15: "Sannheten tro i kjærlighet, skal vi på alle måter vokse opp til ham som er hodet, Kristus."
Et problem jeg har med boken er at jeg kunne ønske det var litt hyppigere bruk av bibelreferanser. Det meste blir grunnlagt i bibelen, men kunne ønske det var litt oftere.
This timeless and practical book should be one of the most read Christian books of all time. In the age of pornography, violence in tv, the images we see daily in Facebook and YouTube...we need a book like this that will help and guide us in renewing our minds. The junk throughout a person's life collects in the hidden chambers of our hearts. Similar to the hidden chambers of the temple. Since we are the temple of the Holy Spirit, we need to clean out these chambers and put the Holy things back in. This powerful book will teach you how to do that. Full of useful wise material, should be taught in every bible study.
Originally I gave this title 5 stars. I am revising my stars to zero.
The reason I am doing so is that since reading this title, several things about my faith journey and expression have changed and I no longer subscribe to evangelical ideologies.
Second paragraph is the beginning of my first review...
I have come back to it and discovered that it simply gets beter and better as I read through it. I used it as part of my daily 'devo' reading 5-6 pages each day for two months - WOW!! The initail line of my first 'attempt' is a gross understatment! I will drop it now for two months and then read it again - and again after a two month gap. This is one of the ways I study, and in this case will mean I will have read it threee times this year (2023) It appears to be out of print, so start scourering......
This is a good book for tranforming your life. It is heavy going and quite deep. No claim yet to being perfect, but would have been more relevent years ago. I did actually get only 1/3 through, but will keep it handy for when a 'serious' believ
The book not only is a practical manual to teach Christians how to transform their mind and make faith choices, but also presents a good study on the Temple of God. The book also helps me have a better understanding of many NT verses.