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About this book
Do you feel like something is always wrong, that you can't seem to "get it right" in your relationship with God? Then you probably have a diseased faith - thankfully, there is way back to the innocence and freshness of the hour you first believed.
There are only two ways to approach faith: a human-centered approach, or a God-centered one. A human-centered approach rests on human effort and persistence-human "coulds" and "shoulds" It seems noble to work hard to secure godly, fruitful living. But a human-centered faith is fundamentally wrong and harmful. It is about human PERFORMANCE, which ultimately leaves people tired, oppressed and feeling distant from God. A God-centered faith, on the other hand, is refreshing, surprising and nourishing to the human soul. True freedom is found whenever we center our faith on the PERSON of God and not the PERFORMANCE of humankind.
There are only two ways to approach faith: a human-centered approach, or a God-centered one. A human-centered approach rests on human effort and persistence-human "coulds" and "shoulds" It seems noble to work hard to secure godly, fruitful living. But a human-centered faith is fundamentally wrong and harmful. It is about human PERFORMANCE, which ultimately leaves people tired, oppressed and feeling distant from God. A God-centered faith, on the other hand, is refreshing, surprising and nourishing to the human soul. True freedom is found whenever we center our faith on the PERSON of God and not the PERFORMANCE of humankind.
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Publisher
Thomas NelsonYear
2006eBook ISBN
9781418553685Topic
Theology & ReligionTable of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface: First Thoughts
- Introduction
- 1 Unreligion: Recapturing the Romance
- 2 Borg Disease: Resistance Is Futile
- 3 The Deadly O: God Is Not for Sale
- 4 Inferiorphobia: Bigger Is Always Better
- 5 Syncretitus: Getting Along with Everybody
- 6 Individualitus: Just Me and Jesus
- 7 Pharisaic Disorder: There Is Death in the Pot
- 8 Affluenza: I Want More
- 9 Sovereignty Shingles: God and the Five-Hundred-Pound Gorilla
- 10 Hermen’s Disease: Things Are Not as They Appear
- 11 Last-Days Flu: The Sky Is Falling
- 12 Spiritual Elephantiasis: Let’s Make This Spectacular
- 13 Sour-Grace Disease: Whatever
- 14 Ecology Pathology: Trashing the Planet
- 15 Pathological Do-Gooding: The Martha Syndrome
- 16 Spiritual Blindness: Looking Beyond the Seen
- 17 Reverse Hypochondria: The Gift of Pain
- 18 Spiritual Amnesia: Who’s Who
- 19 The Charley Horse: When “Get To” Becomes “Got To”
- 20 Color Blindness: Only Dreams Come in Black and White
- 21 Elder-Brother Disease: Who’s Your Daddy?
- 22 Politicitus: Is God a Republican?
- 23 Evangelistic Rabies: Less Biting, More Listening
- 24 Spiritual HIV: Together We Stick; Divided We’re Stuck
- 25 The Hard Heart: God, Sex, and Spirituality
- 26 Safe Faith: In Search of Trust
- Notes