The God of the Gut: Examining the Role God Image Plays in Spiritual Formation
There is a significant gap in prevailing theories of change and resulting discipleship methodologies. This gap is the result of the dominate assumption that people are primarily thinking and doing beings and that spiritual maturity is largely a function of biblical knowledge and ministry activism. T...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Journal of spiritual formation & soul care
Year: 2024, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 6-24 |
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| Summary: | There is a significant gap in prevailing theories of change and resulting discipleship methodologies. This gap is the result of the dominate assumption that people are primarily thinking and doing beings and that spiritual maturity is largely a function of biblical knowledge and ministry activism. This way of being does not account for a person’s interior life, specifically the aspect of an internal working model which drives how a person experiences or emotionally relates to God, something known as a ‘‘god image.’’ This article addresses the critical factors that play into how each person develops a representation of God, and how wounded god images function as a ceiling of sorts that keep so many from substantive and deep formation into Christlikeness through the Spirit. After exploring the role a person’s god image plays in the process of spiritual formation, the article will examine how the Spirit is at work in the deepest parts of human persons to open them up to experience the love of God in new, transformative ways. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-1030 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of spiritual formation & soul care
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/19397909241251617 |