Renovated: How God Makes Us Christlike
Renovated: How God Makes Us Christlike
Released: February 2024
Renovated: How God makes us Christlike, explores how God is working in your life. It is difficult to see the presence of God in the complexities of life, and we may be unaware of it, but God is deeply, profoundly moving within us. We are a house, he has a renovation plan, our Father is showing us more of Jesus, so we can mirror Jesus. All of this is the work of his Spirit! It is not about what we do; it is how he is already transforming us, as Paul says in 2 Corinthians. Gain a larger vision of Jesus in your life, and of your life itself, as you learn and think about the "renovating" work of God.
I loved this book. It was simultaneously challenging and comforting. I wish I'd read it in my early years as a Christian, when I was being fed a heavy diet of 'holiness' classics that left me deflated and pessimistic. But Matt Aroney has created something rare: a call to radical transformation that won't leave you feeling guilty. – Rev. John Dickson
About the Author:
Matt Aroney is passionate about God's work in the ordinary things of life. An Anglican pastor at South Head Anglican, he, his wife, and three children live in Sydney, Australia. Matt is completing his PhD in Søren Kierkegaard's theology at the University of Aberdeen. He has an MTh in Kierkegaard's theology of transformation from Moore College. He has lived through one renovation but is unsure he can handle another.
I've only recently started this book, but what I found so very valuable is the way that Matt Aroney shows how God works by his Spirit to transform us in the midst of the activities and relationships of our everyday lives. He has a great way of getting you to look at your life - and I mean really look at it - with his idea of a house plan, where each room represents an area of your life. Then he shows us how God is at work in each room, renovating us into the image of Christ. I'm reading this book with a friend and its really opening up deep things for us. This is the kind of help, I think, just about all of us need.
I found this book incredibly helpful. The chapters are short, insightful and practical. Each chapter is followed by questions and activities that led me to even greater insights. I would highly recommend this book.
