Life (Paperback)

Paperback. LifeLiving the Good Life God Offers Us: Revealing the Deception as Old as Time ItselfDivision between us is at an all-time high. It's time to relearn what God says about living together.Liberals and conservatives. Neighbor and neighbor. Parents and children. Denomination and denomination. Judgment and condemnation abound, and our children are paying the price. In Jesus' day, the rabbi's role was to teach people how to live a life pleasing to God. Life returns to that question and answers it from the whole of Scripture.Beginning before the beginning, Life uncovers the deception as old as time itself: the half-told truth first spoken in the garden, and the ways we still use authority, manipulation and control on one another. Then it shows the better way Jesus lived and taught.Inside, you will discover: The Beatitudes as the attitudes Jesus continually walked in, and how they produce fruit of the Spirit in our words and actionsWhy "Authority is out" what God's way of informing rather than controlling means for our families, churches and nationFight, flight or dialogue: how to have the hard conversations in Jesus' attitudesThe wise, the fool and the corrupt, and how to respond to eachFriendships that are deep, growing or simply playground, and why each mattersHearing God's voice in a two-way conversation, and only saying and doing what the Father gives us to say and doTalmidic or individualistic? What it means to become more and more like JesusLife has been used for many years one-on-one and in small groups with people from all walks of life: the poor and the wealthy, the homeless, present and former prison inmates, struggling and wayward believers, couples in marital and premarital counseling, parents, pastors, mentors and teachers. Whether or not you are yet a believer, living the way Jesus outlined will give you a better life than you could dream, hope or imagine.Life is the first book in the Life, Love and Leading series. Scripture quotations are from the ESV. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…