To make a difference, you have to be different

The key to the spiritual life is cultivation of a spiritual heart. This is what makes the difference between hoping to change "someday" and actually changing our thoughts and behavior now. Bill Hull says the great teachers of the past (such as William Law and John Wesley) and the best guides in spiritual formation today (such as Dallas Willard and Richard Foster) all agree on the central importance of the intent of the heart.

Such a heart is cultivated, writes Hull, in the simplicity of a life fixed on the words and way of Jesus. In Christlike, the author helps us grow intentionally in "uncomplicated obedience" to Jesus so that "our minds and hearts are in alignment with each other." But this is not a privatized spirituality. Instead, writes Hull, this simplicity is the key to effectiveness in the larger mission of changing the world for Christ.

1. Rethinking What it Means to be Christian
2. The Gospel of the Kingdom
3. A Messy, Lifelong Journey
4. A Disciple's Focus
5. Real Change Always "Shows Up"
6. The Only Path to Spiritual Transformation
7. Being with God
8. Reading His Word
9. Hearing His Voice
10. The Development of the Spiritual Heart
11. Uncomplicated Obedience
12. Sustained Effort
13. Structure and Accountability in Community
14. Can a Privatized Spirituality Change the World?