Breaking the Rules
eBook - ePub

Breaking the Rules

Trading Performance for Intimacy with God

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Breaking the Rules

Trading Performance for Intimacy with God

About this book

After years of living with a set of religious demands that he could never live up to, Fil Anderson found himself spiritually bankrupt and emotionally drained. Following a crash-and-burn in professional ministry, he experienced relief in learning to be with God rather than doing for God. Instead of desperation, he found healing, and a rich new life with God.In Breaking the Rules, Fil invites us to explore what happens when good religion turns bad. At such times we are weighed down with expectations of what it takes to be "right with God"--whether it is the expectations of others, holding up under pressure, fixing what's wrong or accomplishing big things for God.When we set aside this false agenda, we find the courage to confess our fears and insecurities. We taste the depths of God's love for us. Here is an opportunity to quit trusting in your own ability to live for God, and simply trust in God instead.

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Information

Publisher
IVP
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9780830879250
Topic
Theology & Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1: Is Your Faith in God or Religion?
  9. 2: The Myth That Jesus Thinks Like Us
  10. 3: Beauty in Brokenness
  11. 4: What’s a Picture Worth?
  12. 5: Right Rules or Right Relationship?
  13. 6: Worse Than Blindness
  14. 7: Why This Waste?
  15. 8: Doing What We Can
  16. 9: The Gift of Memory
  17. 10: Throwing in the Towel on Religion
  18. Notes
  19. About the Author
  20. Praise for Breaking the Rules
  21. More Titles from InterVarsity Press