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