Does the Way of Christ really change lives? The answer one finds in the halls of history is a resounding yes! We can be transformed—radically, experientially, wholeheartedly transformed! But it requires work—both our work and God’s work. By the grace of God, we can become more Christlike by following the ancient path of discipleship to Jesus.
Christ-Centered Spirituality leads the reader through a comprehensive pattern of catechesis distilled from the early church, the Celtic monastic communities, the medieval monks, the reformers, the Society of Jesus, the Puritans, and many other traditions of the historic Christian church. Throughout history, the Spirit of the living God has used many of these practices and insights to catalyze revivals, awaken souls, incite revolutions, birth joy and bring hope to millions. This is your map to a meaningful existence. Let it spark renewal in your life today!
Book Insights from Joel Elies
I wrote this book to give 21st century readers access to the vast ancient wisdom of the historic Christian church. It began as my own personal journey to glean all I could from the desert fathers, the monks, the Reformers, the Puritans, and many other forgotten forefathers of the great Christian traditions. What I found was that many of the experiential patterns and embodied practices that emerged were far more spiritually transformative and soul-nourishing than the dry, didactic discipleship lessons that I typically encountered. So I began to synthesize all of these insights and instructions into an organic re-formulation of the spiritual formation paradigms I found in the great spiritual classics (filtered, of course, through a Protestant Evangelical theological framework). I also packaged it so that it can be used as an individual devotional book or as a churchwide discipleship curriculum. It is my hope that any person or community who reads this book will find a robust practical spiritual theology to guide them into a deeper, richer communion with Christ.
