Is God Religious?: If not, why are we? - Softcover

Cowper-Smith, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991598202 ISBN 13: 9780991598205

Publisher: Buy Gems Wholesale, 2014

Synopsis

What if our faith was never meant to be a religion? What if treating it as a religion is the fastest way to prevent it being a relationship? What if most of the problems you are having in living your faith come down to trying to live it as a religion? What about the joy you are supposed to be experiencing? What if religion is the antithesis of joy? If these questions reveal a lingering dissatisfaction with your faith, then my new book, Is God Religious? is for you. Here’s my premise: God is not religious. In fact, He hates religion and came to save us from it. Christianity was never meant to be a religion – it started as a relationship [think garden] and was intended to finish as a relationship [think Heaven]. The middle is supposed to be a relationship as well [think your life right now].What if you can’t have a relationship with God while treating it as a religion?We “talk” relationship but we “live” religion, with unsatisfying results. Christianity defines itself, first and foremost, as a relationship with God. Even though this is true, our human nature tends toward living a relationship with God as if it were a religion. A life focused on good behavior [religion] is essentially a life of self-focus, which is ultimately self-defeating as a substitute for actually knowing God. This book brings freedom from the bondage of critical self-judgment and the tyranny of living under a performance orientation toward God.What makes this book unique is that it is written in two voices, one theological and one deeply personal. The personal voice cannot escape its nature. I was born with an irrepressible sense of humor – “there must be a laugh around here somewhere!” The tone of the book is light and humorous but often, profound. Given the subject matter, it shouldn’t work, but it does. My journey out from under religion into a joyous relationship with God as a matter of survival for me. My story is compelling because it is the “proof in the pudding” for the theology set forth.The material set out in this book has a track record of transformed lives. It has been road tested over the last 30 years. It is written for those whose faith has not developed beyond rituals and rules, and hence has not lived up to the promise of “abundant life”. The book succeeds in facilitating a lifestyle of intimacy with the source of perfect love which brings transformation through that love. To truly know God is to be changed into His likeness.

Edition details

• Publisher: Buy Gems Wholesale
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0991598202
• ISBN 13: 9780991598205
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222