The Secret Place of Thunder
eBook - ePub

The Secret Place of Thunder

Trading Our Need to Be Noticed for a Hidden Life with Christ

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Secret Place of Thunder

Trading Our Need to Be Noticed for a Hidden Life with Christ

About this book

Why do we feel like we are always performing? Where does this impulse come from?

As John Starke shows in The Secret Place of Thunder, our modern world has internalized the idea that the markers of having an admirable and successful life are primarily visible. It leads us to believe that a sense of self-worth and identity are metrics to be displayed. The performance of the self has become more important than the reality. We live as if the most important things about us are to be performed before others; that our deepest happiness will come from being who others think we ought to be.

But when Jesus says, "Do not practice your righteousness before others," he is leading us to believe that the most important things about us are hidden. How does the Bible lead us to live primarily before God? How does Jesus lead us to wholeness?

Jesus teaches us to live, not for the eyes of others or even for ourselves, but in the secret place where our Father in heaven sees and rewards.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. Performative Spirituality
  8. 2. A Hidden Life
  9. 3. Fruitful Dormancy
  10. 4. Sowing Our Death
  11. 5. Strategies for Joy
  12. 6. Abiding Over Optimizing
  13. 7. Stagnant Grace
  14. Conclusion
  15. Notes