Books by James Bryan Smith
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review 1: This review first appeared on my blog, Jacob's Café (jacobscafe.blogspot.com).Back in 2010, I reviewed the second in James Bryan Smith's Good and Beautiful series. Recently, I had the opportunity to listen to an audiobook version of the third book, The Good and Beautiful Communit...
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review 1: If I could give this series more than 5 stars, I would. Mentored by Dallas Willard and Richard Foster, James Bryan Smith gives just about the best primer of Christian life that there is. The first book, The Good and Beautiful God helps us understand the character of God Himself...
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review 1: I loved this book. I found it completely inspiring. It did change my thinking around God. We read it in a study group at church, led by my Pastor. It's not a difficult read, yet the ideas are challenging. I think it's the kind of book that one will find most beneficial if you rea...
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review 1: I thought that James Bryan Smith's first book was wonderful. It really spoke to me. I thought this book was terrible. It was very negative (learning to live without things - lying, lust, anger). While certainly, living without those things is good, I would have appreciated a more...
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review 1: In the third book of Smith’s Apprentice series, he explores the communal practices which shape a vibrant Christian community. He introduces this by exploring the foundational disciplines that make us a “peculiar” community, radical connectedness to the Spirit’s leading that flow...