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Real God, real life

finding a spirituality that works

by Jo Saxton

Published 2011228 pagesISBN 978-0-3409-9529-7

As Christians we want our relationship with God to grow, to mature. We consider things like our devotional life and spiritual formation as fundamental to our Christian faith. But then there's the rest of life - young kids, or long hours at work, financial pressures, illness in the family, high points, disappointments, faith crises. We want a faith that's deep - but also a life that works!How do we get a life beyond the quiet time? In Real god, real life popular speaker Jo Saxton shows us how we can follow in Paul's footsteps and 'train ourselves to be godly'.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Spiritual. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Spiritual

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Measured pace

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

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A quick reading snapshot

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Reading lengthA shorter read228 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2011
Primary categorySpiritualExplore similar books below
ISBN-13
978-0-3409-9529-7
Language
English
Edition record
OL32136936M
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Good to know

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Spiritual, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What question is the author really asking beneath the book’s main argument?
  2. Which claim challenges one of your familiar assumptions?
  3. What remains unresolved—and is that uncertainty useful?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.