Christianity has tended to focus on right beliefs and right choices as
the keys for personal growth. But biblical evidence and modern brain
science show that our character is shaped more by whom we love than what
we believe.
In Renovated, Jim Wilder explores conversations with Dallas Willard from their Heart & Soul Conference shortly before Dallas’s death, showing how we can train our brains to relate to God based on
joyful, mutual attachment—which leads to emotional and spiritual
maturity as our identity and character are formed by our relationship
with God.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Salvation Is a New Attachment - Jim
- Spiritual and Emotional Maturity - Dallas
- Thinking with God - Jim
- Components of the Human Person - Dallas
- Neuroscience and Developing Character - Jim
- Spiritual Formation toward Wholeness in Christ - Dallas
- Transformed by Loving Attachment - Jim
- Disciplines for Transformation - Dallas
- The Science of Spiritual Maturity - Jim
- The Church That Transforms - Jim
Conclusion: Taking Dallas Deeper
Appendix A: Ideas for Hesed Attachment at Church
Appendix B: Relational Resources
