Renovation of the Heart

Take on the character of Christ through the transformation of your spirit.

Most Christians know that we are not born again to remain the same. When we come to Christ, we are born into a new life and are no longer bound by the sin that once ensnared us. Why, then, do so many of us struggle to put to death recurring sins? Deep down we know that sheer willpower will never be enough to overcome the character flaws that plague us, and even the best intentions and promises to do better fall short. But there is hope.

In this classic, bestselling book, Dallas Willard digs deep into the divine process of the transformation of the spirit. In this process, God changes us from the inside out and brings us into harmony with his will. Renovation of the Heart changed a generation’s mind about what it means to follow Jesus, revealing that it is not a matter of sin management but rather a matter of drawing near and letting ourselves be shaped into the eternal people of God.

This book offers no formula but rather a divine process that Christians are called into as followers of Jesus. It is only through the grace of God in Christ, the presence of the Holy Spirit, and the spiritual treasures stored in the body of Christ that our transformation will be accomplished.

This 20th anniversary edition contains several special features, including a new foreword and afterword from admirers and inheritors of Dallas’s legacy, an index of the Scriptures that inform Dallas’s vision, and an interview with Dallas about the book, available for the first time in print.