About the Book
What if Christianity were less about doing and more about being?
In Transformed, author Caesar Kalinowski shows you that when you became a Christian everything about you changed in an instant. You received a new identity based on who Jesus is, not on who you were. As a believer, you literally become part of God's family of missionary servants. This is who you are-not what you do.
Drawing on stories from Caesar's own journey and life in community, Transformed looks realistically at the identity you have been given in Christ and how it reshapes everything about you. Set free from performance-driven spirituality and guilt, you will draw closer to God, allowing him to radically change the well-worn rhythms and patterns of your every day life and transform your relationships from the inside out.
Transformed is for those who yearn for a deeper, more authentic faith, one that empowers you to live out of the truth of who God now says you are.
"Caesar Kalinowski is such a wise teacher. Finally, a book on the Christian experience that actually leads its readers towards a new way of living. Transformed is a book that every skeptic, seeker, and Christian should read."
-Jen Hatmaker, Author of 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess
"If there was ever a legitimate time to offer a new pathway for being a Christ-follower it is now. Thank you Caesar for blowing the dust off of the relics of religious life and opening up the window to a God-breathed life."
-Hugh Halter, Author of FLESH, The Tangible Kingdom, & Sacrilege
About the Author :
Caesar Kalinowski is a missional strategist, coach and one of the founding members of Soma Communities. He is a spiritual entrepreneur, an avid storyteller, and has worked in over 30 countries training thousands of people in discipleship and mission as a lifestyle. I love to help those with a high commitment to intentional living in the areas of their family, discipleship and mission acquire the leadership skills and tools necessary to succeed and leave a lasting legacy - Caesar
Review :
"Caesar Kalinowski is such a wise teacher. Finally, a book on the Christian experience that actually leads its readers toward a new way of living. Transformed is a book that every skeptic, seeker, and Christian should read."
-Jen Hatmaker, Author of Author of For the Love, and Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire
"If there was ever a legitimate time to offer a new pathway for being a Christ-follower, it is now. Thank you, Caesar, for blowing the dust off of the relics of religious life and opening up the window to a God-breathed life."
-Hugh Halter, Author of FLESH, The Tangible Kingdom, and Sacrilege
"Transformed: A New Way of Being a Christian is a brilliant rediscovery by Caesar Kalinowski of what it means to be an apprentice of Jesus! This book is truly transformational by helping us discover our new identity in Christ, a new mission for our lives, and new rhythms for making it happen. Read and be transformed!"
-Dave Ferguson, Lead Pastor of Community Christian Church in Naperville, Illinois, and Spiritual Entrepreneur, NewThing
"Transformed cuts through the confusion and, at times, disappointment of trying to live 'the Christian life.' If everyone knew the truths that this book illustrates, we would live in a very different world! Caesar's true, powerful stories remind us of the beauty of our birthright, showing us how we can have the life that we were created to live."
-Jon Tyson, Pastor of Trinity Grace Church in New York City, co-author of Rumors of God
"In Transformed, Caesar Kalinowski challenges us to see that the Christian life is more than a state of mind; it is a way of life that begins with a transformed heart of love. This book will challenge and encourage believers, new and old alike, to live the Christ-like life they are all called to live." -Ed Stetzer, Author of Transformational Groups, www.edstetzer.com
"I am so glad Caesar Kalinowski has shared with us the insights that have helped to transform so many people in his ministry through the years. These teachings reveal a way of being that opens the door to real living."
-Reggie McNeal, Author of Missional Communities and Get Off Your Donkey!
"Transformed is the fruit of Caesar Kalinowski's many years of faithful labor, serving the poor, sharing Christ with the lost, storytelling, eating, listening to God, and blessing his neighbors. He isn't asking anything of his readers that he's not been prepared to give in his own life. Inspiring!"
-Michael Frost, Morling College, Sydney, and author of The Road to Missional
"Caesar's life is his message. I know Caesar well and know that what he communicates in this book has been worked out in the white-hot arena of a life well lived. What he teaches in Transformed is true ... his own life, and the lives of many others, proves it." -Alan Hirsch, Author of numerous award-winning books on transformative discipleship, including Untamed, Right Here Right Now, and The Faith of Leap
"As a brilliant storyteller, Caesar Kalinowski has written one of the best books I have read on true biblical discipleship. Transformed takes discipleship out of the classroom and places it firmly in our dining room, our workplaces, and our neighborhoods where it belongs."
-Brandon Hatmaker, Author of Barefoot Church: Serving the Least in a Consumer Culture
"This is a book on discipleship unlike any you have ever read. The 'contents' page alone is catnip to the soul."
-Leonard Sweet, Best-selling author, professor at Drew University and George Fox University, and chief contributor to sermons.com
