Magnificent Story, James Bryan Smith
Magnificent Story, James Bryan Smith
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Magnificent Story
Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth

Author: James Bryan Smith

Narrator: James Bryan Smith

Unabridged: 5 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/07/2017

Synopsis

We are story-making people. We love reading stories—and we love hearing the personal stories of others. We need stories, or narratives, to make sense of our world. And those stories shape our lives.What is the story you have been told about the gospel? About God? About the Christian life? About Jesus? About the cross? About yourself? About heaven?Your answers to these questions will form a story that will determine how your life will go. The answers reveal your ability to trust, to love, to hope—and even your capacity for joy. Any story worth giving the power to shape our lives must pass a simple test: is it beautiful, good, and true? If it is, then it is a magnificent story—and that is where transformation takes place.From James Bryan Smith, author of the bestselling book Good and Beautiful God, comes this spiritual formation resource meant to help both individuals and groups understand the Magnificent Story of Christ in their lives. Soon to be followed by The Magnificent Journey: Living Deep in the Kingdom (Fall 2018) and The Magnificent Mission: Called and Sent by the Storyteller (Fall 2019), the field-tested material within includes spiritual practices at the end of each chapter.Uncover the true story of beauty, goodness, and truth that will satisfy the ultimate longings of your heart.

About James Bryan Smith

James Bryan Smith is the author of The Good and Beautiful God, The Good and Beautiful Life, and The Good and Beautiful Community. He is a theology professor at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, where he also serves as the executive director of the Apprentice Institute for Christian Spiritual Formation. A founding member of Richard J. Foster's spiritual renewal ministry, Renovare, Smith is an ordained United Methodist Church minister and has served in various capacities in local churches.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dawn on October 06, 2023

I am conflicted about this book. On many levels I loved it and agree with Smith's truth of the Gospel being full of beauty, goodness, and truth. His suggested practices at the end of the chapters are helpful and engaging. After reading I am filled with awe and wonder at the grandeur of God and the c......more

Goodreads review by Janae on January 28, 2022

His measuring and sifting of the different views of the Gospel through beauty, goodness, and truth, as well as with the Wesleyan Quadrilateral (finding truth through scripture, tradition, reason, and experience in that order) was both intriguing and inspiring. I came away from the book feeling like......more

Goodreads review by Cindi on August 08, 2017

"We do not need beauty to live. But we need it to live well." James Bryan Smith I came to this book after journeying through Smith's Good and Beautiful series. Storytelling is a hobby of mine and Smith tells a magnificent story here in keeping with his format from that series. In each chapter he give......more

Goodreads review by Marty on January 06, 2019

That all this could be a beautiful, good, true eucatastrophe in the end is about the most comforting idea imaginable. James is a good writer. He tells stories with emotion and conviction. A really lovely short little book. (Didn't do study guide.)......more

Goodreads review by Erin on February 02, 2019

The stories/narratives we believe shape the way we live. This is true in general, and it is true in the church, where we tell stories of God and faith that set up the way we interact with God, within the church, and outside the church, even if we are not aware of those stories. James Bryan Smith bui......more

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