Doing Good Without Giving Up
eBook - ePub

Doing Good Without Giving Up

Sustaining Social Action in a World That's Hard to Change

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eBook - ePub

Doing Good Without Giving Up

Sustaining Social Action in a World That's Hard to Change

About this book

  • 12th Annual Outreach Resource of the Year (Social Justice)

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." - Galatians 6:9If you're working to make the world a better place, you might find yourself discouraged. Needs are overwhelming, resources are limited, opposition is real and progress is slow. How do we persevere when the novelty wears off and our enthusiasm runs out?We all want change in the world. But as C. S. Lewis put it, we don't get second things by placing them first; we get second things by keeping first things first. As Christians, we don't just aim at change; we aim at faithfulness, and out of faithfulness comes fruitfulness.Activist Ben Lowe renews our mission with key postures and practices for sustaining faithful social action. What makes social action distinctively Christian includes such things as living out Jesus? love, having a prophetic witness, building bridges with opponents, repudiating idolatries, and practicing repentance and sabbath. Moving beyond theory, Lowe showcases practical examples of what it looks like to persevere in faithful activism and advocacy today. Take heart. As you work for God, God is at work in you to keep your hope alive.

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Information

Publisher
IVP
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780830836796

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyight
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Begin Here: Prophets of a Future Not Our Own
  8. Part One: Renewing Our Mission
  9. Part Two: Sustaining Our Action
  10. A Final Word: Onward
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. Notes
  13. Praise for Doing Good Without Giving Up
  14. About the Author
  15. More Titles from InterVarsity Press