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Renovated: God, Dallas Willard, and the Church That Transforms Paperback – Illustrated, April 21, 2020

by Jim Wilder (Author)

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Outreach Magazine’s 2021 Resource of the Year in the Church Category
Christianity tends to focus on beliefs and choices as the keys for personal growth. But biblical evidence and modern brain science tell a different story.

Combining faith with the latest developments in neuroscience and psychology, Renovated offers a groundbreaking and refreshing perspective of how our attachment to God impacts our minds and hearts. You’ll find that our spiritual growth is about more than just what we believe―it’s about who we love.

Drawing from conversations he had with Dallas Willard shortly before Dallas’s death, Jim Wilder shows how we can train our brains to relate to God. Transformative and encouraging, this book offers practical insight for deepening your relationship with God through the wondrous brain and soul that He has given you.

“Elegant, clear and bountiful in hope . . . if transformation for yourself and your community is what you seek, I can think of no better place to start.” ―Curt Thompson, author of Anatomy of the Soul

“Jim Wilder offers genuine hope. He uniquely combines the truth of Scripture with the truth in developing brain science to give us a path of renewal and restoration.” ―Dudley Hall, president of Kerygma Ventures

“A breakthrough on so many levels. Renovated is a must-read for everyone who is serious about discipling people and seeing life transformation.” ―Bob Roberts, pastor and founder of GlocalNet

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Now this is a rich read! I’ve long been convinced the healing of our humanity comes through attachment to God. Jim shows you how. John Eldredge, New York Times bestselling author

Just when I thought I had extracted all that Dallas Willard had for me, Jim Wilder integrates something fresh from neuroscience into a revised model of transformation. Read this book one page at a time, or you will miss what it has for you and the people you lead. Randy Frazee, pastor; coauthor of The Renovation of the Heart student edition

Building on a classic understanding of the spiritual formation of the whole person with the latest relational discoveries in neuroscience, it is easy to see that this is what we are created for―and what joy the world so desperately needs to see in the lives of Jesus’ apprentices. A practical primer for disciples who long for a richer life with God and others. Amy Pierson, founder of Burning Heart Workshops; former executive director of the Spiritual Formation Alliance

Transformation occurs as we are renovated from the inside out, formed and reformed emotionally and relationally, changed and developed most powerfully in the context of the community of Christ. It all begins with love for God, from which our characters are healed and redirected toward the active presence of God. How kind of Jim and Dallas (and Jane), for guiding us thoughtfully and graciously toward a radical maturity based in healthy attachment love. Stephen A. Macchia, founder and president of Leadership Transformations, Inc.

No one has taught me more about intimacy with God and relational discipleship than Jim Wilder. If he writes a book, I read it. The opportunity to sit in on this cutting-edge discussion between a giant of the faith like Dallas Willard and my friend Jim is a rare treasure. I guarantee this book will open new doors in your understanding and take you deeper in your walk with God. Marcus Warner, president of Deeper Walk International

Jim Wilder offers a genuine hope in Renovated. He uniquely combines the truth of Scripture with the truth in developing brain science to give us a path of renewal and restoration. Dudley Hall, president of Kerygma Ventures

A breakthrough on so many levels. Renovated is a must-read for everyone who is serious about discipling people and seeing life transformation. Bob Roberts, global senior pastor of Northwood Church; founder of Glocal.net

There is a fearful lack of intensity and low expectancy for releasing New Testament Christianity in a mad and muddled world today. You just might be holding in your hands the key to a massive return to a world-transforming Christianity, both corporately and personally, as we learn to think with God. Jack Taylor, president of Dimensions Ministries

Dr. Jim Wilder has spent most of his adult life researching, praying about, observing, field-testing, pondering, and validating how God has designed people to mature and Christ followers to be conformed to the image of Jesus. His research and understanding are truly groundbreaking and provide vital missing pieces regarding how so much of Western Christianity has lost its relational foundation and focus. Renovated is his most important book to date. Rev. Michael Sullivant, CEO of Life Model Works

Elegant, clear and bountiful in hope . . . a magisterial work that weaves together wisdom, application, and most of all, relational connection. If transformation for yourself and of your community is what you seek, I can think of no better place to start. Curt Thompson, author of The Soul of Shame and Anatomy of the Soul

A gold mine of truth exposing the mother lode of God loving us and sharing love for us to love Him, love others, and love ourselves. Take as much as you want. The supply is eternally limitless. Jim Hylton, staff pastor of Northwood Church

An answer to prayer for those asking the question, How does God transform people into the likeness of Christ? The answer is found in the way human beings have been created: in attachment love with God and others. I highly recommend this book for anyone working in the field of spiritual formation and for all believers who are seeking guidance and understanding for how God transforms lives. John Y. Lee, academic dean of the John Leland Center for Theological Studies

A must-read for your continued growth in faith and life. Ken R. Canfield, founder of National Center for Fathering

If the goodness of a book could be measured in how many times I spontaneously smiled or exclaimed, “I’m loving this!” then Renovated is very good! Dr. Wilder shines in his understanding of the way of maturity and offers practical steps to get there. Jerry Reddix, Member Care International and Vineyard Missions, USA

A comprehensive, Trinitarian, and human-friendly way to carry out the great commission. It opens a revelatory door that will empower the body of Christ to actualize a more relational Christianity, even a relational revolution in Church and culture. Dr. Timothy M. Johns, founder and overseer of Rock International

For too many people, this will be the book that finally connects their soul to the Father of creation. Dr. Wilder writes with compassion, graciousness, and understanding, all interspersed with bright humor and warm anecdotes about real people. Here is the gentle sharing of a sensitive pastor who is equally at ease in imparting biblical truths and counseling troubled and searching people. Bernard Franklin, Ph.D., vice president of student life, Mount St. Mary's University

For those of us who consider ourselves to be the most hopeless of cases in spiritual formation, our backs against the ropes, this book rekindles confidence that even spiritual-transformation underdogs have a puncher’s chance of becoming more like Christ. James Henderson, cofounder of Ashrei Center for Spiritual Formation, Mexico City

Jim Wilder takes us deep into the heart of the question, How do people change? This practical and provoking work is greatly needed today. With many messages on transformation and maturity swirling in the world and in the church, Jim and Dallas together bring clarity and hope for God’s people to walk in wholeness. This is a must-read! Lindy Black, associate US director of The Navigators

Mining the timeless truth of Holy Scripture as well as neuroscience, James Wilder builds on the profound teaching of Dallas Willard, adding clarifying insight regarding the primacy of attachment love in divine design and in the formation of emotional and spiritual maturity. This excellent book not only reframes prevalent spiritual-growth paradigms but also provides practical guidance to more fully experience the with-God life. I highly recommend it. Tom Nelson, president of Made to Flourish, pastor of Christ Community Church

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ NavPress; Illustrated edition (April 21, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1641581670
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1641581677
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 0.6 x 9 inches

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Wilder grew up in villages tucked into the Andes mountains of Colombia and travels learning and teaching resiliency in Southern Sudan, India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Eastern Europe, Mexico, Korea, Thailand, Chile, Brazil, Alaska and even Canada. Wilder draws on his extensive life experience from his Ph.D. in psychology and M.A. in theology to his walk through many worlds and cultures as a lens to examine life and to tell stories. Transparency, humor, a second look at what we thought was reality and a passion to find a joyful life, create hopeful girls, restore communities and develop deep spirituality fill his books. Wilder is the thinker behind the Life Model, a lifespan guide to being fully human. He is good reading for those who would rather be alive than simply comfortable.
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Todd H
You NEED to understand this for habit formation and character change
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2022
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This is a great resource that provides you with critical information that you NEED to understand for actual character change.
I have read very extensively in the field of Christian spiritual formation for 20 years and neuroscience + habit change for about 10 years and this is one of the most influential sources I could’ve imagined coming across.

If for any reason you were turned off by the three star review of this book that is posted at the top of the reviews section, it is hilariously off-base. While this book is repetitive in parts, it is not repetitive in a way that is unnecessary. Depending on how much you know about this specific subject, the density of what is being discussed here needs to be repeated. In fact I have read this book all the way through three times as well as gotten into many of their other resources through Life Model Works organization over the past year and I am just now beginning to really get it at the kind of levels that are promoting real life change.

This is not a sort of book that you will be able to just read and suddenly your life is changed, this is an understanding of the deep systems that impact who we are, how we change, and how we transmit that character to other people. This is just a starting point for a much much larger amount of digging you will probably be very motivated to do once you get into this. However this and another book titled the other half of church or two of the very best entry points I could imagine into the field of neurotheology and character change. I can’t recommend this highly enough.

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Great book
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I love this author 's work. His work is not the kind you speed thru, to get the most out of his work take your time read and think and go thru your bible verses for that reading. I will definitely pass this on to my sisters.

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Amazing and transformational
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Thanks to all who contributed to presenting this book! The ideas and very practical information have given expression to what I felt in my heart about attachment love. This book has altered the course of our efforts in the start of our non-profit training program...and we now plan to incorporate all these concepts as an integral foundation of our organization.
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D. Yost
Daniel Kahneman meets Dallas Wllard
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2023
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It’s cerebral, to be sure. If you’re still on the hunt for the ultimate action plan self-help book, keep moving. This book adds a bit more to our understanding of the human mind in the context of character formation and Christianity. It’s modesty is a virtue in my opinion.

Written for a lay audience. One star off for pedestrian writing.

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Danny Parker
A think changer …
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2024
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If you’re in the business of caring for people, this book might help you. It sure has helped some in my community.

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David A. Burnet
Perhaps the Most Valuable
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2020
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This may be the most valuable thing that Dallas Willard has written.

Dallas Willard has written much that is good, noble, inspiring and fresh. Makes revelation easier.

This book offers a new and fresh perspective about love and loving God; about God's love for you. It is useful as well as inspiring.

I commend this book to you, and highly.
-David Burnet

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all is good
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Great book, a paradigm shift in discipleship!
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This book examines why discipleship has not worked and offers a whole new way that is both based in Scripture and Neuroscience. As a pastor I am excited to implement much of what we are learning.

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Dale Sharpe
It's not worth buying as it is too long winded and for very few gems.
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Really a disappointing book and I hated the writing style. I was frustrated at the lack of referencing such as page numbers in the journal articles quoted such as Allan Schore and others. As I have also heard Allan Schore speak, I was curious as what Wilder was quoting from Schore, as it didn't seem to ring true to my understanding or Schore. I downloaded some Journal articles by Schore to check. Schore does write about the right brain in terms of the attachment relationship and regulation. Schore emphasis is on the quality of the attachment and the attunement of one right brain to another which helps regulate emotions but doesnt say anthing about this building "character" as does Wilder, rather, attunement or lack of attunement, including play, child develop a sense of security or insecurity in relationships. Wilder also quoted old Dan Siegel "mindsight" and "intersubjectivity" but explained there terms in such a comple way. What about mirror neurones? Most neuroscientists would also talk about our limbic and amygdala reacting quickly to a threat as a survival tool and inbuilt design which is simpler and not pathologising. The book felt like psycho-babble.

Wilder talks about the right side of the brain as being the place of connection, but I wonder from what side of the brain was he working from when he wrote it. This book is so cerebral! I felt no heart connection with Wilder or his concepts.

As for the Christian content, I was doubly frustrated as Wilder pays lip service to the Holy Spirit, he presumes that Christians can't be transformed in any other way other than a community made up of "my people". That would mean that people in isolated places and parts of the world, who are constant surrounded by "not my people" or those in solitary confinement have no hope in growing in their faith. He forgets that we are "transformed by the renewing of our mind" Rom 12:1 or that Jesus is both the author and finisher of our faith. Wilder seems to be a type of "guru" to a whole swag of Christian writers of a similar ilk.

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