• 3. Gender

  Session 2 introduced the distinction between role and identity. We usually express roles in statements about what we do (“I am an engineer”), while identity statements express who we are, regardless of what we do (“I am trustworthy”). The attributes of identity, what sort of person we are, will go with each of us into whatever roles we fill and will transform the ways we carry out any given role.

  We must grasp this distinction as we move into the discussion of gender. Gender is one key component of identity.

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• 2. Roles

  “Who am I?” This question goes beyond the question asked at the beginning of session 1. It doesn’t ask who human beings are corporately but rather who each of us is as an individual. Though a simple question, it often leads to myriad complex answers. And despite its importance, many of us have never taken the time to answer it.

  Many people assume that we know who we are. Some may have the attitude that life is better spent in action than in reflection. After all, if I’m a salesperson, I need to focus primarily on making sales.

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• Human Suffering (Part 2)

  This is part one in a two-part audio series on Human Suffering done by Dr. Ken Boa. We will add a more detailed abstract for this audio when it is created.

  http://feeds.bible.org/ken_boa/misc/boa_humansuffering_2.mp3

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• Human Suffering (Part 1)

  This is part one in a two-part audio series on Human Suffering done by Dr. Ken Boa. We will add a more detailed abstract for this audio when it is created.

  http://feeds.bible.org/ken_boa/misc/boa_humansuffering_1.mp3

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• 1. Human Nature

  What makes someone human? This question starts us on the journey toward understanding our identity in Christ. We are called to Christ as human beings, so we must understand the fundamental purpose of human beings. This session explores God’s purpose in creating humankind. What binds us all together?

  In future sessions, we’ll discuss aspects of our identity that are “earthly.” Our earthly identity includes those traits that all of humankind—both believers and nonbelievers—possess.

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  Genesis

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• A Model of Spiritual Transformation

  What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of spiritual growth? Some picture a solitary individual meditating or praying. While that concept accurately portrays one aspect of Christian spirituality, it doesn’t tell the whole story.

  Three Aspects of Transformation

  The issue of spiritual transformation is not new in the Christian faith. It has been a primary issue, though perhaps given different labels, throughout church history.

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• Acknowledgments

  The TRANSFORMING LIFE series is based on a curriculum developed at Dallas Theological Seminary for its Spiritual Formation program, under the guidance of the Center for Christian Leadership. Hundreds of seminary students have benefited from this material, and now this adapted version makes it available to local churches and ministries.

  This series would not have been possible without the contributions of many people and the support of Dallas Theological Seminary.

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• 5. The Green Stick

  

  There are some who believe and I would count myself among them that Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky saved the Gospel for Russia. They were contemporaries, Tolstoy’s War and Peace was serialized in the same periodical at the same time as Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. They both lived and wrote during the late 19^th century.

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• Orientation to Spiritual Formation with Special Reference to the New Testament

  Introduction

  When I began attending Dallas Theological Seminary in August of 1993, the school’s spiritual formation program was in its infancy. Students were required to participate in a small group for the first two years of their program for the express purpose of “spiritual formation,” a term very new to me at that time in my life. My group of male students met weekly for prayer and Bible study; we also followed a loose curriculum which included generating a “life map” and working on service projects.

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• Feminine Face of Leadership

  Confidence in your calling

  You are a woman! Not second class staff. If you believe that about yourself, it will be communicated to the male staff, no matter what their opinion of women and their role. You have been given spiritual gifts without discrimination based on gender: shepherd, administration, teaching, etc. You have an area of responsibility (women) that usually affects the majority of the church membership. A great challenge!

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