Ken Baugh - Unhindered Abundance: Restoring Our Souls in a Fragmented World

Ken Baugh is well trusted for his decades of insightful teaching, practical coaching, empathetic counseling, and authentic pastoring. Now, in this wonderful new book, Ken has distilled much of his wisdom for a wider audience. I hope everyone reads this book and then buys a copy for a friend.

RICK WARREN, author of The Purpose Driven Life

Many believers feel stuck between a desire to live the abundant, full life that Jesus taught and the realities of personal struggles. We dont see how the one relates to the other, so we continue asking God to help us grow while trying harder to be better people. That just doesnt workit leaves us more stuck and discouraged. Ken Baugh reveals the solution: a workable system in which God wants us to walk with him through grace and intimacy, bringing him our struggles and pain as we do so. Using clear, biblical teaching and the latest neuroscience, Ken will give you practical steps to come to a place where you are all God means you to be, where you walk in peace, and where you can become free of the obstacles that keep you from moving forward. Highly recommend.

JOHN TOWNSEND, P H D, New York Times bestselling author of the Boundaries series

I have been anticipating Kens inspiring, gentle guide to the Christ-formation process. This new classic is such a welcomed resource, equipping us to flourish and live as a whole person, in shalom as God intended. May you experience great joy on the journey.

DR. CATHERINE HART WEBER, director of Flourish Center for Wellbeing at Sierra Madre, California, author of Flourish

Unhindered Abundance is a health-food smoothie for the soul. Ken Baugh has managed to blend solid cognitive neuroscience into the healthiest spiritual traditions and practices. Not only do we enjoy the flavors that changed his life and ministry, but we also taste traces of attachment love and relational life that transform identity into the sweet taste of Jesus.

JIM WILDER, author of Renovated

With Scripture, life experience, and insights from brain science, Unhindered Abundance skillfully charts the path to Christ-formation and abundant Christian living. This carefully researched and eminently practical work shows how healthy spiritual habits rewire the human brain from spiritual apathy and addictive behaviors to the Spirit-filled life we long for but often fail to achieve.

BRUCE DEMAREST, senior professor of Christian formation at Denver Seminary

Over the years, I have learned to trust those who experience the truths they teach. Ken Baugh is such a person. When he teaches that knowing, believing, and abiding in Gods love fuels Christ-formation and the abundant life, he knows this from personal experience. I want to strongly encourage you to apply the principles in this book so you, too, can experience more of the abundant life that is available through Jesus Christ.

BILL THRALL, cofounder of Trueface, coauthor of The Ascent of a Leader and The Cure

Most of us desire to hear from God but do little to minimize the noise and distraction around us long enough to learn how to listen to him. Ken reminds us that God created us for relationship with him and those around us. God is passionately pursuing us. Unhindered Abundance provides the opportunity to explore the availability of that deeper experience with God.

MIKE PARKINSON, director of Trinity Ranch Ministries

Ken Baugh provides a clear guide to help us get more out of life through Christ-formation. You need not be a theologian or neuroscience scholar to understand and practice his life-building techniques. Baugh does an amazing job elucidating where science and Scripture align. I began reading this book hoping that I might use it with my graduate students, but as a clarity-providing lens, Baugh helped me realize my own desperate need for restorationso that I, too, might live more abundantly by Gods design.

DAVID A. STEVENS, E D D, professor of education and neuroscience at Tabor College

Through careful exposition of biblical teaching combined with insights from psychology and neuroscience, Ken Baugh lays out a path to holistic spiritual, emotional, and relational Christlikeness. Regardless of where you find yourself on your journey, he offers pastoral and personal guidelines toward your own unhindered abundance of Christ-formation.

MICHAEL J. WILKINS, distinguished professor emeritus of New Testament language and literature at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University)

I had the privilege of ministering with Ken Baugh for two week-long retreats and saw the positive impact of this material on people serious about progressing toward spiritual maturity and conformity to the image of Christ. The book is centered in Scripture and takes Gods truth seriously. It incorporates essential insights from psychology and neuroscience. Unhindered Abundance provides a balanced treatment of a topic that is essential for the church in these days of uncertainty and chaos.

DR. ED CURTIS, professor emeritus of Old Testament and biblical studies at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University)

Ken Baugh provides a gushing stream of insights and grace-infused disciplines from the Bible, supplemented by findings from cognitive psychology and neurology, to invite you to experience spiritual and emotional health through Christ-formation. Along the way, he offers his own story of brokenness and life change. Open your heart to Jesus as you read, and this book will light up your brain with Gods words of life.

BILL GAULTIERE, P H D, psychologist, founder of Soul Shepherding, author of Journey of the Soul

If you are looking for a single book to serve as your guide to greater Christ-formation, Unhindered Abundance would be a good choice. It blends helpful insights together and provides concrete steps for moving forward on the journey of heart-focused discipleship.

MARCUS WARNER, president of Deeper Walk International

This is a book of great encouragement, wonderful insights, and practical tools. Rooted in robust theology, it explores the role of psychology and neurology in the transformational process, offering a deeper understanding of this pathway to spiritual growth. Ken Baugh shows us how the abundant life is possible for all of us through the work and power of the Holy Spirit. I highly recommend you read ityou will be glad you did!

TOMMY HILLIKER, president of Rockbridge Seminary

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