Ordinary Hero
eBook - ePub

Ordinary Hero

Living the Cross and Resurrection in Everyday Life

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ordinary Hero

Living the Cross and Resurrection in Everyday Life

About this book

How should we live? What does it really mean to be a Christian believer in everyday life?

Intriguingly, when the New Testament writers answered that question, they did not look back to the life of the Lord Jesus. Again and again, they focused on his death and resurrection.

The cross and resurrection provide the pattern for discipleship, calling Christians to a new way of living, with different values, different hopes. This lucid, passionate, practical guidebook gets right to the heart of what it means to be a Christian disciple today.

Tim Chester writes, 'This book strikes a note that is rarely heard today. In particular, the important themes of suffering followed by glory, and the hiddenness of the Christian life, are all but absent in contemporary Christian thought.'

The book concludes with a powerful story of an ordinary hero.

The included discussion questions make this an ideal book to read together in small groups or as a whole church.

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Table of contents

  1. PART ONE
  2. 1. How do you know God loves you?
  3. 2. Will God’s love stand up in court?
  4. 3. Humility
  5. 4. Confidence
  6. PART TWO
  7. 5. The way of Jesus = the way of the cross
  8. 6. Everyday martyrdom
  9. 7. The value of Jesus
  10. 8. The way of the cross = the way of joy
  11. PART THREE
  12. 9. No glory without the cross
  13. 10. Bondage followed by liberation – the pattern for the world
  14. 11. Hiddenness followed by revelation – the pattern for the kingdom
  15. 12. Suffering followed by glory – the pattern for disciples
  16. PART FOUR
  17. 13. Resurrection power, freedom and life
  18. 14. Power to be weak
  19. 15. Freedom to serve, life to die
  20. 16. The spirit of resurrection
  21. PART FOUR
  22. 17. A renewed world of life
  23. 18. A world of justice, joy and love
  24. 19. A world worth living for and a world worth dying for
  25. 20. The adventure of hope
  26. Conclusion – my hero of the cross and resurrection