True Spirituality

True Spirituality

Does believing in Jesus really make a difference? Francis Schaeffer had been serving as a pastor for over a decade when he began to wonder if Christianity really made a difference in people’s lives. He was tired of not seeing results in his own spiritual life and others’. He found himself talking about Christianity, but not living it. True Spirituality , a twentieth-century spiritual classic, outlines the result of his effort to “start at the beginning” and honestly re-examine his faith. The book is a treasure trove of wisdom for Christians trying to discover what true spirituality looks like in everyday life. Readers will learn: How Christ’s death is central to the Christian faith not just for justification, but also for sanctification - Why you should adopt a posture of “active passivity” to experience the Holy Spirit’s transformative work - The role of God in healing the whole person―whether it’s psychological problems or relational ones This beloved theological book includes a foreword by Chuck Colson and an introduction by Dr. Jerram Barrs, director of the Schaeffer Institute. Does believing in Jesus really make a difference? Can God really change lives? After serving as a pastor for over a decade, Francis Schaeffer―founder of L’Abri Fellowship―found himself wrestling with deeply perplexing questions like these. He was tired of not seeing results in his own spiritual life and others’. He found himself talking about Christianity, but not living it. So, as a pastor, he decided to “start at the beginning”―go back to agnosticism―and reexamine his Christian faith. “Did Christianity really make any difference in my life?” True Spirituality is the result of Schaeffer’s honest search for answers. When the book was published thirty years ago, it shook the Christian world. Young people flocked to L’Abri, his spiritual retreat center in the Swiss Alps. Today, it’s a classic book on understanding what real Christianity is all about―what it means to follow Jesus moment by moment. Foreword by Chuck Colson , author of How Now Shall We Live, founder of Prison Fellowship, and speaker on the popular radio broadcast Breakpoint. Introduction by Dr. Jerram Barrs , Resident Scholar at the Francis Schaeffer Institute and author of Who Are the Peacemakers? and Building Bridges to the Gospel.