J-Curve
eBook - ePub

J-Curve

Dying and Rising with Jesus in Everyday Life

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

J-Curve

Dying and Rising with Jesus in Everyday Life

About this book

Do we have the wrong map for the Christian life?  

Life's inconveniences, disappointments, and trials can leave us confused, cynical, and eventually bitter. But the apostle Paul traces out the path of dying and rising with Jesus—what Paul Miller calls the "J-Curve"—as the normal Christian life. 
The J-Curve maps the ups and downs of daily life onto the story of Jesus. It grounds our journeys not in some abstract idea but in union with Christ and his work of love. Understanding our lives in light of the J-Curve roots our hope, centers our love, and tethers our faith to Christ.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Newsletter Signup
  3. Endorsements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Illustrations
  9. Part 1 Discovering the J-Curve
  10. 1 “I Will Never Do This Again”
  11. 2 “I Take Your Place”
  12. 3 Marketing the Self
  13. 4 Liberating the Self
  14. 5 In Harvard
  15. 6 In Sports or In Christ?
  16. 7 It’s All About Who You Know
  17. 8 Missing Justification by Faith
  18. 9 Missing the J-Curve
  19. Part 2 Dying with Jesus
  20. 10 Dying to Self
  21. 11 A Cascade of Love
  22. 12 Life at the Bottom of the J-Curve
  23. 13 Living in the Borderland
  24. Part 3 The Descent of Love
  25. 14 Love Loses Control
  26. 15 The Art of Disappearing for Love
  27. 16 Recovering a Vision of the Good
  28. 17 Celebrating Christ Bearers
  29. 18 The Hinge of the J-Curve
  30. 19 The Four Steps of Love
  31. 20 The J-Curve Calms a Quarrel
  32. Part 4 Rising with Jesus
  33. 21 Discovering the Power of Resurrection
  34. 22 Repersonalizing the Resurrection
  35. 23 Looking through a Resurrection Lens
  36. 24 The Secret of an Irritation-F ree Life
  37. 25 Resurrection Realism
  38. 26 Delaying Resurrection for Love
  39. 27 Becoming Human Again
  40. 28 The Art of J-Curve Living
  41. 29 Seeing the Big Picture
  42. Part 5 Forming a J-Curve Community
  43. 30 The Power of Weakness
  44. 31 The Spirit at the Center
  45. 32 Love Treads Softly
  46. 33 Leadership Goes Low
  47. 34 Keeping Jesus Pure
  48. 35 Jesus
  49. 36 The Beauty of a Jesus Community
  50. Conclusion
  51. Afterword Reflections on our Daughter, Ashley Frearson
  52. Acknowledgments
  53. Virtual Appendix
  54. General Index
  55. Scripture Index