Gary Tyra (DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor of biblical and practical theology at Vanguard University of Southern California. An ordained minister with the Assemblies of God, he has served as the senior pastor for three churches over a twenty-seven-year period. Tyra now devotes his time to teaching, writing, and speaking. His books include Pursuing Moral Faithfulness: Ethics and Christian Discipleship and The Holy Spirit in Mission: Prophetic Speech and Action in Christian Witness. He lives in Yorba Linda, California.

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• Series PrefaceIntroductionPart 1: The Convictions (Root) of a Christian Lifestyle Spirituality1. The Trinitarian Realism That Underwrites a Lifestyle Spirituality2. Getting There from Here: Paul's "I-Thou" SpiritualityPart 2: The Commitments (Shoot) of a Christian Lifestyle Spirituality3. Keeping in Step with the Spirit: Merely Nice or Utterly Necessary?4. An Ongoing Mentoring Relationship with Jesus? Yes Please!5. A Missional Faithfulness and Spirituality: You Gotta Commit!Part 3: The Customs (Fruit) of a Christian Lifestyle Spirituality6. Really Praying without Ceasing: Who Knew?7. Taking Abiding in Christ to the Next Level8. Completing the Circuit: Forging a Missional Spirituality9. All the Spiritual Disciplines: Not Just Any Engagement Will Do!ConclusionSuggested ReadingsIndexes

Gary Tyra (DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor of biblical and practical theology at Vanguard University of Southern California. An ordained minister with the Assemblies of God, he has served as the senior pastor for three churches over a twenty-seven-year period. Tyra now devotes his time to teaching, writing, and speaking. His books include Pursuing Moral Faithfulness: Ethics and Christian Discipleship and The Holy Spirit in Mission: Prophetic Speech and Action in Christian Witness. He lives in Yorba Linda, California.

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• Series PrefaceIntroductionPart 1: The Convictions (Root) of a Christian Lifestyle Spirituality1. The Trinitarian Realism That Underwrites a Lifestyle Spirituality2. Getting There from Here: Paul's "I-Thou" SpiritualityPart 2: The Commitments (Shoot) of a Christian Lifestyle Spirituality3. Keeping in Step with the Spirit: Merely Nice or Utterly Necessary?4. An Ongoing Mentoring Relationship with Jesus? Yes Please!5. A Missional Faithfulness and Spirituality: You Gotta Commit!Part 3: The Customs (Fruit) of a Christian Lifestyle Spirituality6. Really Praying without Ceasing: Who Knew?7. Taking Abiding in Christ to the Next Level8. Completing the Circuit: Forging a Missional Spirituality9. All the Spiritual Disciplines: Not Just Any Engagement Will Do!ConclusionSuggested ReadingsIndexes

Gary Tyra (DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor of biblical and practical theology at Vanguard University of Southern California. An ordained minister with the Assemblies of God, he has served as the senior pastor for three churches over a twenty-seven-year period. Tyra now devotes his time to teaching, writing, and speaking. His books include Pursuing Moral Faithfulness: Ethics and Christian Discipleship and The Holy Spirit in Mission: Prophetic Speech and Action in Christian Witness. He lives in Yorba Linda, California.

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• Series PrefaceIntroductionPart 1: The Convictions (Root) of a Christian Lifestyle Spirituality1. The Trinitarian Realism That Underwrites a Lifestyle Spirituality2. Getting There from Here: Paul's "I-Thou" SpiritualityPart 2: The Commitments (Shoot) of a Christian Lifestyle Spirituality3. Keeping in Step with the Spirit: Merely Nice or Utterly Necessary?4. An Ongoing Mentoring Relationship with Jesus? Yes Please!5. A Missional Faithfulness and Spirituality: You Gotta Commit!Part 3: The Customs (Fruit) of a Christian Lifestyle Spirituality6. Really Praying without Ceasing: Who Knew?7. Taking Abiding in Christ to the Next Level8. Completing the Circuit: Forging a Missional Spirituality9. All the Spiritual Disciplines: Not Just Any Engagement Will Do!ConclusionSuggested ReadingsIndexes