Shaped by the Word

Many people buy and read the Bible for the sake of gaining information, Robert Mulholland believes that people can read the Bible not only for information, but for formation. In this completely revised version of an Upper Room best-selling classic, Mulholland invites readers to embrace scripture in a new and more fulfilling way, letting the biblical text form our spiritual life. Mulholland's biggest hope is that people will begin to open themselves so they may regularly encounter God in reading the Bible.

Dr. Mulholland examines the obstacles often encountered in spiritual reading. These obstacles include the attitudes that we bring to reading the Bible -- our view of self, our view of the Bible, our relationships with others. As Mulholland writes about these obstacles, he offers a gentle pastoral voice that guides the reader to meet God anew. Readers will grow spiritually as they read and digest Mulholland's insights into the ways we meet God in scripture.

Dr. Mulholland is Vice President and Chief Academic Officer and Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky

Foreword

9

(11)

Rueben P.Job

Preface

11

(4)

I. INTRODUCTION

Getting Oriented

15

(4)

How to ``Read'' without ``Reading''

19

(6)

The Nature of Spiritual Formation

25

(8)

II. FOCAL PERCEPTUAL SHIFTS

Various Words of God

33

(16)

Information Versus Formation

49

(16)

The Iconographic Nature of Scripture

65

(8)

Kairotic Existence

73

(12)

III. FOCAL EXPERIENTIAL SHIFTS

Functional-Relational Factors

85

(12)

Being and Doing

97

(14)

IV. THE POWER OF SCRIPTURE IN SPIRITUAL FORMATION

Breaking the Crust

111

(12)

Wesley's Guidelines for Reading Scripture

123

(10)

Obstacles to Spiritual Reading

133

(10)

The Practice of Spiritual Reading

143

(22)

Appendix A: Spiritual Formation and Psychology

165

(6)

Appendix B: Excerpt from the Preface to Wesley's Notes on the Old Testament

171

(2)

Notes

173

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