Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible
by Richard J. Foster , Dallas Willard , Eugene H. Peterson , Walter Brueggemann
This version includes the Old and New Testaments, and does not include the Deuterocanonical books.
Five years in the making, The Life with God Bible (formerly published as the Renovaré Spiritual Formation Bible) seeks to recover the dynamics of Scripture for the spiritual transformation of the people of God: past, present, and future. It provides a view of God’s community through history, the ups-and-downs, ins-and-outs of a with-God life. While other study Bibles serve as resources for sermon exposition, higher criticism, or personal devotion, The Life with God Bible helps us capture the reality of living with the Trinitarian community in the ever-present kingdom of God. It recasts the Bible as the primary written resource for informing our minds and transforming our spirits in Christlikeness.
- As part of making the Bible more accessible for the process of intentional formation in Christlikeness, The Life with God Bible includes:
- major essays and graphic representations highlighting 15 expressions of the With-God Life;
- essays and notes for each book of the Bible;
- 50 character sketches giving a sense of the ways key Biblical figures lived with-God;
- an index of places various spiritual disciplines appear in the Scripture.
The Life with God Bible includes the efforts of:
General Editors — Gayle Beebe, Richard J. Foster, Lynda L. Graybeal, Thomas C. Oden, Dallas Willard
Old Testament and Deuterocanonical Editor — Walter Brueggemann
New Testament Editor — Eugene Peterson
Character Sketches — Brenda Quinn
Additional Contributors include:
Howard Baker — Timothy K. Beal — William Bellinger — Timothy Brown — Walter Brueggemann — Glandion Carney — Ellen Charry — James Crenshaw — Marva Dawn — Kerry Dearborn — Bruce Demarest — David A. deSilva — James R. Edwards — Peter Enns — Rebecca J. Kruger Gaudino — Emilie Griffin — Christopher A. Hall — Andrew Hill — Evan B. Howard — Darlene Hyatt — Walter Kaiser — Joshua Choon Min Kang — Ralph W. Klein — Nancy Lee — Rebekah Close LeMon — William R. Long — Tremper Longman III — Howard R. Macy — James Earl Massey — Clint McCann — Trevor Miller — Rickie Moore — Barbara M. Musselman — Agnes Norfleet — Virginia Stem Owens — Earl Palmer — Eugene Peterson — Murray Pura — Andrew Purves — James M. Rand — Kimberly Richter — Michael Riley — Edwin Searcy — Roy Searle — Timothy F. Simpson — Felicia and Lyle SmithGraybeal — Catherine Taylor — Bonnie Thurston — William H. Willimon — Ben Witherington III
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster is the innovative pioneer who reintroduced ancient spiritual resources to contemporary Christians, especially among evangelicals and other Protestants. The author of several bestselling books, including Celebration of Discipline and Streams of Living Water, he is the founder of Renovaré, an infrachurch movement committed to the renewal of the Church in all her multifaceted expressions. Having studied at George Fox University and Fuller Theological Seminary, Foster has served as a pastor and taught worldwide on spiritual formation. He and his wife, Carolynn, have two grown children, many grandchildren, and live near Denver, Colorado.
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard (1935 — 2013) was Professor of Philosophy at The University of Southern California and an ordained minister who spoke at churches and Christian organizations worldwide. He was a founding member of Renovaré. He wrote, among others, Renovation of the Heart, Hearing God, and Knowing Christ Today. Dallas is survived by his wife Jane, son John, daughter and son-in-law Becky and Bill Heatley, and granddaughter Larissa, who continue his legacy and work.
Eugene H. Peterson
Eugene Peterson, now retired, was for many years James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also served as founding pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland. In addition to his widely acclaimed paraphrase of the Bible, The Message (NavPress), he has written many other books.
2005, Harper