Soul Talk: Speaking with Power Into the Lives of Others [Hardcover]

Larry Crabb (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2003

In this extraordinary book, Dr. Larry Crabb introduces a revolutionary way for Christians to experience God. "Soul talk" happens when two Christians talk to each other in a way that results in their passion for God being stirred, ignited, and released.

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About the Author

Dr. Larry Crabb is a well-known psychologist, conference and seminar speaker, Bible teacher, popular author, and founder/director of New Way Ministries. He currently is Scholar in Residence at Colorado Christian University in Morrison, Colorado and serves as Spiritual Director for the American Association of Christian Counselors. Dr. Crabb has authored many best-selling books including, Inside Out, Understanding People, The Marriage Builder,Finding God, Connecting, The Safest Place on Earth, Shattered Dreams and The Pressure's Off.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 266 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159145039X
• ISBN-13: 978-1591450399
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #271,513 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Larry Crabb is a well-known psychologist, seminar speaker, Bible teacher, author, and founder/director of NewWay Ministries. In addition to various speaking and teaching opportunities, Dr. Crabb offers a week-long School of Spiritual Direction and a weekend conference, Life on the Narrow Road. He is also Scholar in Residence at Colorado Christian University and serves as Spiritual Director for the American Association of Christian Counselors. His many popular books include Inside Out, Finding God, Becoming a True Spiritual Community, The PAPA Prayer, Soul Talk, and his life work, 66 Love Letters. For additional information visit www.newwayministries.org.

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, October 22, 2003

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James R. V. Matichuk (Atlanta) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soul Talk: Speaking with Power Into the Lives of Others (Hardcover)

Crabb's latest book does an excellent job of telling you how to really minister to what is going on in the deepest parts of people. What makes this book so good, it it refuses to give you a formula. Granted he has steps, but his steps are more to get you to avail yourself to the holy spirit's leading. Thus SoulTalk will look a variety of different ways. Crabb really shows you how to pay attention to what is going on behind people's words, what's really going on with you as you're listening to people talk, and how to get past mere empathy and advice giving to Dance with the Spirit. Required reading for every minster/spiritual director type person.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What the Church is Missing..., January 25, 2005

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James John Hollandsworth, M.D. "lightalongthe... - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soul Talk: Speaking with Power Into the Lives of Others (Hardcover)

In his latest book Dr. Crabb continues his exploration and pilgrmimmage into what should make the body of Christ different, both individually and corporately, from the rest of the world. How do we interact with others, in a meaningful way, in a supernatural way, in a way that genuinely helps them walk with God? Not through just encouragement, not through just rules, but through a dance with the Spirit, as he likes to put it, that makes us humble and dependent and powerful, all at the same time. Excellent mind-stretching material to make you think and reflect on how to better enter people's lives in a rich and God-soaked way.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars practical "what to think and say" but much more, August 7, 2005

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Christopher Ridgeway (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul Talk: Speaking with Power Into the Lives of Others (Hardcover)

It seems that the Larry Crabb of the last few years has been on a new mission: to teach Christians a way of living that is more Real than what we've been doing. The "New Way", "the dance" that leads us to try to find God before we try to make life "work."

In SoulTalk, Dr. Crabb spends time addressing the way we can build this into our communities: how to speak to each other in a way that builds our energy towards seeking God, and helps us discover our natural tendency to seek just about anything else. He insists that words are powerful to move the heart, and that spirit-led conversation - as difficult as it can be - is powered by someone other than ourselves, deepening friendships and driving spiritual formation.

Although he insists that formulas are deadly, Larry Crabb lays out an ordered approach to learning SoulTalk:

1. Think Beneath
2. Think Vision
3. Think Passion
4. Think Story
5. Think Movement

This is perhaps where the book gets bogged down - the trendy labels are similar in connotation, and can become confusing. At times, it feels Dr. Crabb is being repetitive, taking two chapters to lay out what could have been described in one. But the concepts themselves are rewarding, and worth the effort to absorb.

SoulTalk is probably a good parallel to "Shattered Dreams" also by Larry Crabb, or even Waking the Dead by John Eldridge - seemingly a similarly rooted call to the church to live more actively by the Spirit of God than by formula.

Overall: highly recommended. This is one that you'll take notes on, re-read chapters, and will feel urges to forcibly pass on to your friends and small groupies.