Upcoming AIM Session on October 9-10, 2010
The next AIM session will be Spiritual Life. It has been scheduled in Georgia for Saturday and Sunday, October 9-10, 2010 so that most who want to attend should be able to make it without having to take off of work. Our special guest teacher will be Guy Hammond, founder and Executive Director of Strength in Weakness Ministries and an expert in the field of counseling people with same-sex attraction and their families.
SPIRITUAL LIFE
The Bible places far more emphasis on who we are inside than on how we behave or appear to others. We have all seen too many comrades-in-arms fall, not rebounding but remaining fallen, due to a weak walk with the Lord—while others continue to go forward to do great things despite formidable obstacles. The course covers character, sexual issues, financial responsibility, and so much more. The secret of a follower of Christ: the inner spiritual life.
The goal: to shift the focus of personal ministry training from personality and performance to true Christian character.
Bibliography for full-time students for this session:
SESSION IV
The Minister’s Spiritual Life
• J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership (Reading: Marshal Pickering, 1967)
• Sam Laing, Mighty Man of God: A Return to the Glory of Manhood (DPI, 1999) OR
_____, Be Still, My Soul: A Practical Guide to a Deeper Relationship with God (DPI, 1998)
• Thomas Jones and Mike Fontenot, The Prideful Soul’s Guide to Humility (DPI, 1998)
• Richard Taylor, The Disciplined Life: The Mark of Maturity (Grand Rapids: Baker House, 2002)
Extra Credit: 3 points each
• R. Kent Hughes, Set Apart: Calling a Worldly Church to a Godly Life (Wheaton: Crossway, 2003), 978-1-58134-491-2
• Gordon MacDonald, Ordering Your Private World (Nashville: Oliver Nelson, 1985).
• Mike Taliaferro, The Lion Never Sleeps: Preparing Those You Love for Satan’s Attacks (DPI, 1996).
• _____, The Killer Within: An African Look at Disease, Sin and Keeping Yourself Saved (DPI, 1997)
• John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2001)
• Thomas Jones, Ed., A Man in All Seasons: A Handbook for Faithful Living, Volumes 1-2 (DPI, 2001)—6 pts
Missionary Faith (part of Church-building series)
David Bercot, Let Me Die in Ireland: The True Story of Patrick (Scroll, 1999)
AIM Spotlight on Douglas Jacoby
Douglas Jacoby