Spiritual Christianity is a radical experiment in practical theology. What is the absolute minimum we need to focus on in order to continually become more like Jesus?

1. Spiritual Christianity
Theology, Simplified
Ernest N. Prabhakar, Ph.D.
Caltech Physicist • Apple Evangelist • Spiritual Entrepreneur
http://2transform.us
PassionTalks Poster Session August 11th, 2018

2. One Truth: The Gospel
“GOD LOVES US LIKE JESUS”

3. Two Definitions
● GOD
○ What exists prior to our universe
● JESUS
○ Born, killed & raised from death
out of love for us

4. Three Dimensions
● GOD LOVES US:
○ Like Jesus Loves Us
○ Like He Loves Jesus
○ So We Become Like Jesus

5. Four Pictures: The Self
CREATED CURSED CURED CALLED

6. Five Practices
1. AWARENESS OF SELF, CHRIST, OTHERS
2. OPENNESS TO GOD’S SPIRIT, WORD, BODY
3. VALUE HAPPINESS, RELATIONSHIPS, GLORY
4. RISK GENEROSITY AND VULNERABILITY
5. REJOICE IN LIVING OUR UNIQUE PURPOSE

7. One Shared Purpose
“LOVE GOD, OURSELVES, AND
OTHERS AS JESUS DOES”

8. Appendix:The Four Pictures
1. Creation
2. Curse
3. Cure
4. Call

9. So God created mankind in his own
image, in the image of God he created
them; male and female he created them.
God blessed them and said to them,
“Be fruitful and increase in number; fill
the earth and subdue it. Rule over…”
Genesis 1:27-28a

10. Creation
FEELINGS
THOUGHTS
DESIRES
SPIRIT

11. We know that the law is spiritual, but I am
not spiritual since sin rules me as if I were
its slave. I do not understand the things I
do. I do not do what I want to do, and I do
the things I hate.... But I am not really the
one who is doing these hated things; it is
sin living in me that does them.
Romans 7:14-16,18

12. Curse
FEELINGS
THOUGHTS
SIN
DESIRES

13. May God himself, the God who makes
everything holy and whole, make you
holy and whole, put you together—spirit,
soul, and body—and keep you fit for the
coming of our Master, Jesus Christ. The
One who called you is completely
dependable. If he said it, he’ll do it!
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

14. Cure
FEELINGS
THOUGHTS
DESIRES

15. If you only look at us, you might well
miss the brightness. We carry this
precious Message around in the
unadorned clay pots of our ordinary
lives. That’s to prevent anyone from
confusing God’s incomparable power
with us.
2 Corinthians 4:7

16. Call
FEELINGS
THOUGHTS
DESIRES

17. Dear God,
● Thank you for creating me in Your image, and for loving
us like Jesus.
● Make me more and more like Jesus as I listen to your
Word, your Spirit, and your Body.
● Heal the wounds in my spirit that keep me from loving
You, myself and others as Jesus did.
● Help me show Your love to the world by practicing
generosity and vulnerability as Jesus did on the cross.
● Teach me to always rejoice in the truth of being your child.
● I ask this because of everything Jesus did for me.
Amen!

18. Draw Your Own Soul
DESIRES
Include Your:
● Name
● Thoughts
● Feelings
● Desires
● Wound
● Cross (if any)