Dwell - by Barry D Jones (Paperback)

About the Book

Christians often wrestle with their role in this fallen, physical world. But Jesus, the Incarnate One, offers a radical model for living as he teaches us how to dwell in the world for the sake of the world. If we are to become like him, we must learn what it means to live out this missional spirituality in the places we dwell.

Book Synopsis

Christians often wrestle with their role in this fallen, physical world. But Jesus, the Incarnate One, offers a radical model for living as he teaches us how to dwell in the world for the sake of the world. If we are to become like him, we must learn what it means to live out this missional spirituality in the places we dwell.

Review Quotes

"Dwell is an excellent book on a very important topic that we are only just beginning to grapple with-the meaning of incarnational ministry in the church that follows the incarnated One. Oh, and it is well-written to boot. Enjoy!"

"In this exploration of missional spirituality, Barry Jones offers an assessment of our broken world and the common errors and bent practices that subvert a rich engagement. Then he shows us the horizon: a vision of the coming shalom of God's kingdom. But more than a mere vision, he shows us the path to pursue in living with God for the world, a grammar for the disciplines in five words: attentiveness, receptivity, embodiment, community, and rhythm. In a lovely integration of head and heart, he closes with a chapter on 'placemaking.' The covenantal triangle has not changed: God, people and place-that's the way to shalom and God's new world!"

"This book is highly recommended. The presentation is accessible to a wide audience; yet scholars will find it helpful. It is written at a level that educated laypeople will find encouraging and challenging; yet pastors and Christian leaders will find it stimulating. It is practical in its application and well illustrated. It is biblically grounded, theologically informed, and culturally focused. It would make an excellent choice for a small group discussion as well as an introductory textbook for spiritual formation courses. It should be on the reading list of everyone interested in following Jesus into the world with the good news of hope and redemption."

"This fused missional spirituality/spiritual missionality is creation-affirming, people-affirming, body-affirming; it is intimately connected to God's presence and just reign and majors in sharing God's dream of shalom, allowing that dream to pervade our lives."

"To hear Barry tell it, living with-God-for-the-world is the key to all human flourishing. . . . In this nexus lies the hope of real, abundant, rich, beautiful human existence. It's the place that Jesus modeled for us and about which he spoke when he urged us to love God with all our hearts and souls and minds, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. . . . Dwell makes a profound and timely contribution to both missional and pastoral studies."

About the Author

Barry D. Jones teaches spiritual formation and pastoral theology at Dallas Theological Seminary and holds a PhD in theology from Wheaton College. He serves as teaching pastor at Irving Bible Church.

Michael Frost is an internationally recognized Australian missiologist and one of the leading voices in the missional church movement. He is the vice principal of Morling College in Sydney, Australia, and the founding director of the Tinsley Institute, a mission study centre located at Morling College. A popular speaker around the world, he has written more than a dozen books including The Shaping of Things to Come, Exiles, The Road to Missional, and Incarnate.An expert in church planting, Frost cofounded the Forge Mission Training Network with Alan Hirsch. He remains an international director of that movement which is now based in the United States.