Living in Christ's Presence

Living in Christ's Presence: Final Words on Heaven and the Kingdom of God (InterVarsity Press, 2014; 220 pages), by Dallas Willard and John Ortberg, is adapted from the talks the two gave at a 2013 conference on the theme of knowing Christ, shortly before Willard's death. The talks were lightly edited and keep their conversational tone. Willard and Ortberg alternate sessions, which cover living now in light of the kingdom of God, the Trinity in daily life, the meaning of knowledge, the place of the spiritual disciplines, and what Willard expected the passage into Christ's presence at death to be like; a final session concerns giving and receiving blessing. Each chapter opens with a prayer from the conference. Gary Moon wrote the preface and a discussion guide.