Apache

4X12 Journal for Whole Theology and Practice

Too much Christian practice has been reduced to substitutes for the vulnerable incarnation of Jesus (especially between the manger and the cross), or to settling for less than God's intimate presence. Whether intentional to minimalize the intrusion of God's relational involvement or unknowingly due to our shaping of relationship together, qualitative depth and relational significance are lacking. Under these conditions Christian identity becomes ambiguous or shallow, both among ourselves and in the world. If we are to get beyond "simulations" in our relationship with God and beneath "virtual realities" in our practice to the root realities of our faith, we have to engage God directly in the vulnerable self-revelation "in the face of Christ" (2 Cor. 4:6) while reading his Word in order for face-to-face connection. The following interrelated and overlapping studies are provided to help us more clearly perceive the face of Jesus to be able to be relationally involved with him directly (without substitutes and simulations) in order to truly know him and to experience God's deepest desires for his people (without settling for less or virtual realities).

Dave Matsuo, Kary Kambara, disciples, serious Christians, Christ, discipleship, relational progression, intimacy, spirituality, community, disciple ministries, Father, God's family, following Jesus, transformation, redemptive change, wholeness, wholeness in theology and practice, Trinity, person

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