{"id":5142,"date":"2021-11-29T14:37:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T22:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/?p=5142"},"modified":"2021-11-29T14:37:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T22:37:36","slug":"james-houston-99-years-of-insight-on-spiritual-formation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/james-houston-99-years-of-insight-on-spiritual-formation\/","title":{"rendered":"James Houston: 99 Years of Insight on Spiritual Formation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: 91. James Houston: 99 Years of Insight on Spiritual Formation\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/4o6F7tCzyOjn7W3tGacNya?si=ew_nyJTXTxqJCcxOMrk9sA&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI came here to die.\u201d Speaking from hospice that is what Christian pillar James Houston, who is 99 years old, told me on our chat today \u2013 yet he is still writing and still offering wisdom to weary souls (read his &#8220;Letters From A Hospital Bed: Reflections From a 99 Year Old&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimhouston.org\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>) and offers a lifetime of insight in these 45 minutes. In this interview with Dr. Houston, I had the great honor to glean wisdom on everything from spiritual health and cultivation (\u201cWe need to ask God to allow us to dream about Him each night.\u201d \u201cWe need to remove obstacles that keep us from a love-affair with God\u2026 Let God be the last thing you think about each night, not the news or a book or a movie\u2026\u201d) to Trinitarian theology of participation, and to the Evangelical over-emphasis on \u201cSystematic Theology\u201d (As opposed to, what he suggests, a healthy \u201cChild Theology\u201d). His book, \u201c<em>Memoirs of a Joyous Exile and a Worldly Christian<\/em>\u201d is a short chronicle of his life that reads like a constellation of relationships and formation (Jim was family friends with James Torrance and the Torrance family, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was a conversation partner, he was colleagues with J.I. Packer, he was in a small group with C.S Lewis, a co-author with Bruce Waltke, neighbors with JRR Tolkien, had his orthodoxy checked by Francis Schaeffer and his friend John Stott, is related, by marriage, to Jim and Elizabeth Elliot forming to Julie Canlis, and then the list goes on and on with other paths crossing of Carl F.H. Henry, F.F. Bruce, Malcom Muggeridge, Charles Colson, Os Guinness, Leon Morris, etc.). I\u2019m grateful to Dr. Houston and his daughter Claire who helped this interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0000_HoustonPacker90-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5143\" width=\"418\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0000_HoustonPacker90-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0000_HoustonPacker90-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0001_HoustonPackerTraditionConference2008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5144\" width=\"421\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0001_HoustonPackerTraditionConference2008.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0001_HoustonPackerTraditionConference2008-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Rita_Jim_Banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5145\" width=\"422\" height=\"202\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0006_HoustonFirstGradClass.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5146\" width=\"419\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0006_HoustonFirstGradClass.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0006_HoustonFirstGradClass-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0005_HoustonArmerdingGasqueFacultyMeeting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5147\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0005_HoustonArmerdingGasqueFacultyMeeting.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0005_HoustonArmerdingGasqueFacultyMeeting-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0004_HoustonEarlyRegentDinner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5148\" width=\"421\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0004_HoustonEarlyRegentDinner.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/houston-slideshow_0004_HoustonEarlyRegentDinner-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>TO BUY JAMES M. HOUSTON BOOKS <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please visit the amazing curators as <a href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.regent-college.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Regent Bookstore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartsandmindsbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hearts &amp; Minds Books<\/a>. We here at the Layman\u2019s Lounge are glad you\u2019ve enjoyed our latest offering. We believe deeply in the Lordship of Christ over all of life and are eager to think about even how to shop to the glory of God. That might mean, we\u2019d suggest, supporting human-scale businesses that do good work, that are in some ways consistent with our hopes to see a reformation in culture and in the habits of our public lives. To that end, we\u2019d invite you to order any books mentioned here from our friends at Hearts &amp; Minds, a family-owned, indie bookstore in Dallastown PA. Use the promo code LL20 (or just say you heard about them in the Lounge) and they will deduct 20% off your order. (There may be a few exceptions if books are out-of-print, self-published or rare.) Just type in what you want at the interactive, secure order form at their website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartsandmindsbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.heartsandmindsbooks.com<\/a>\u00a0or send Byron an inquiry at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:read@heartsandmindsbooks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read@heartsandmindsbooks.com<\/a>. You can call them at 717-246-3333.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/71DWInK1zFL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5149\" width=\"299\" height=\"463\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/718m4D1LodL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5150\" width=\"301\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/718m4D1LodL.jpg 907w, https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/718m4D1LodL-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/718m4D1LodL-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image 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In this interview with Dr. Houston, I had the great honor to glean wisdom on everything from spiritual health and cultivation (\u201cWe need to ask God to allow us to dream about Him each night.\u201d \u201cWe need to remove obstacles that keep us from a love-affair with God\u2026 Let God be the last thing you think about each night, not the news or a book or a movie\u2026\u201d) to Trinitarian theology of participation, and to the Evangelical over-emphasis on \u201cSystematic Theology\u201d (As opposed to, what he suggests, a healthy \u201cChild Theology\u201d)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,85,10],"tags":[57],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>James Houston: 99 Years of Insight on Spiritual Formation - The Laymen&#039;s Lounge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/james-houston-99-years-of-insight-on-spiritual-formation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"James Houston: 99 Years of Insight on Spiritual Formation - The Laymen&#039;s Lounge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI came here to die.\u201d That is what Christian pillar James Houston, who is 99 years old, told me on our chat today \u2013 yet he is still writing and still offering wisdom to weary souls and offers a lifetime of insight in these 45 minutes. 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