About ‘The Practice: issues
of faith in daily life’.
The
pastoral work of St Paul was certainly not like the usual contemporary pastoral
occupations. His passion was the transformation of congregations into the
likeness of Christ! He expected spiritual development to be manifested in such
qualities as kindness, forgiveness, gentleness and unity in love. We might say
that the seeming ‘little’ matters of faith were his major concern.
Given
the above, it is crucial that the subject of our ‘growing into Christ’ (Eph 4:
13, 15), come back into central focus. Hence this series of studies on 'the
Practice'.
Topics
include: the
heart of the matter: true greatness, Christ the true vine, the inner life;
disciplines and virtues, community context.
Subject areas: Bible study, Christian
growth, spirituality, church and family.
Bio:
Dr Richard
Roy is a former principal of Tabor College, Perth, Western Australia
(2000-2005), Senior Pastor, and subsequently teaching pastor at Mt Pleasant
Baptist Church in the same city (2006-2016).
In
addition to The Practice, Richard is the author of Life in the Spirit, Nothing
Less, 19th
Century Global Expansion of Methodism, and Hear My Voice. He has his PhD from Edith Cowan
University and M.Min from Melbourne College of Divinity.
Also see
author’s page on Amazon.
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