LESS > Fake
LESS > Shame
LESS > Masks
MORE > Real
Jesus promises ‘life and life to the full’. So why do so many people walk away from faith – and not just teenagers but people who have been in church for years?
The full life offered is one of genuine relationship with God and others, but has our tendency to fight vulnerability, mask weakness and hide disappointment cost us the real thing? Have we tried to keep it together, keep the faith, until we simply can’t do it anymore?
Following Jesus should not require fronts: when we fully grasp the love of God towards us, in all our mess and sin and doubt, we experience the freedom that vulnerability, honesty, and sacrifice brings. That’s real life; life to the full.
MORE > Real explores how we can build lives on truth, and cultivate a real faith that lasts through the storms of life.
قائمة المحتويات
1 Introduction: Was Jesus wrong?
7 Chapter one: Real faith
25 Chapter two: Real prayer
41 Chapter three: Real grace
55 Chapter four: Real growth
69 Chapter five: Real cost
85 Chapter six: Real happiness
99 Chapter seven: Real relationship
115 Chapter eight: Real success
133 Conclusion: Was Jesus wrong?
136 Notes
139 References
عن المؤلف
Jon Brown is a speaker, writer and photographer. He is part of the leadership team at New Community Church, Sidcup.