Upside-Down Spirituality: The 9 Essential Failures of a Faithful LifeBaker Books, 2 kwi 2019 - 208 In our age when the church can too often seem like a poor copy of the world, Chad Bird challenges us to reclaim the astounding originality of our ancient, backward faith. Where the world stresses the importance of success, Bird invites readers to embrace nine specific failures in the areas of our personal lives, our relationships, and the church. Why? Because what human wisdom deems indispensable is so often an impediment to our spiritual growth, and what it deems insignificant is so often essential to it. With compelling examples from the Bible and today, Bird paints an enticing picture of the counterintuitive, countercultural life that God wants for us. He helps readers delight in all of the ways that Jesus turned the world upside-down, allowing us to experience true freedom, not from our weaknesses but in the midst of them. |
Spis treści
Our Churches 139 | |
Ourselves 27 | |
What If I Just Want to Be Average? The Failure to Make | |
The Failure to Follow | |
Supermoms Über Dads and Other People Who Dont | |
The Failure to Search | |
The Failure to Find | |
Building Walls and Digging Moats? The Failure | |
Theres No Such Thing as a Personal Relationship with | |
The Failure to Embrace Bigger | |
Epilogue 193 | |
About the Author 205 | |
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