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  • The Spiritual Power of Habit
  • Written by: James K.A. Smith
  • Narrated by: Claton Butcher
  • Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (28 ratings)

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You Are What You Love

Written by: James K.A. Smith
Narrated by: Claton Butcher
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Publisher's Summary

You are what you love. But you might not love what you think.

In this book, award-winning author James K. A. Smith shows that who and what we worship fundamentally shape our hearts. And while we desire to shape culture, we are not often aware of how culture shapes us. We might not realize the ways our hearts are being taught to love rival gods instead of the One for whom we were made. Smith helps listeners recognize the formative power of culture and the transformative possibilities of Christian practices. He explains that worship is the "imagination station" that incubates our loves and longings so that our cultural endeavors are indexed toward God and his kingdom. This is why the church and worshiping in a local community of believers should be the hub and heart of Christian formation and discipleship.

Following the publication of his influential work Desiring the Kingdom, Smith received numerous requests from pastors and leaders for a more accessible version of that book's content. No mere abridgment, this new book draws on years of Smith's popular presentations on the ideas in Desiring the Kingdom to offer a fresh, bottom-up re-articulation. The author creatively uses film, literature, and music illustrations to engage listeners and includes new material on marriage, family, youth ministry, and faith and work. He also suggests individual and communal practices for shaping the Christian life.

©2016 Brazos Press (P)2016 Baker Publishing Group

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Amazing

The opening of the mind and heart. This is a beautiful work of art. Thank you Jesus

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Couldn’t finish

For the first time I have not finished a book. It felt like a 45 lecture turned into a 7 hour brow-beat. The topics are good and true but the delivery leaves me wanting.

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Awesome content! But the narrator was not as effective as he could have been.

The narrator was kind of hard to listen to. The content was amazing, however he was too “performance” in his voice. I almost couldn’t understand what he was reading. Came across pompous. I wish it could have been approached more “personal.”

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