So i totally love this book! It is so awesome! Here is the introduction, i almost want to type up the whole book because it is so cool. Anyway this is a great book and is also available in AudioBook on iTunes. Enjoy!
What does God expect of us? That's what this book is about. It's a simple question, really. But is the answer so simple? What is the Christian faith about? Going to church every Sunday, saying grace before meals, and avoiding the most serious sins- or does God expect more? I am a Christian-perhaps you are too. But what does that mean exactly? To even be Christians, we must first believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. That in itself is no small idea. If it is true, it changes everything, because if Christ is God, then all that He said and did is deeply significant to how we live our lives. So we believe. But God expects more. And so the question, "What does God expect of me?" is a very profound one-not just for me, but for everyone who claims to follow Christ. Jesus had a lot to say about it. Yes, He did give us deep insights into the character of God and our relationship with Him as well, be he also spoke at length about God's expectations, our values, and how we are to live in the world. So how are we to live? What kind of relationship are we to have with a holy God? What is God asking for, really, from you and me? Much more than church attendance. More than prayer too. More than belief, and even more than self-denial. God asks us for everything. He requires a total life commitment from those who would be His followers. In fact, Christ calls us to be His partners in changing our world, just as He called the Twelve to change their world two thousand years ago. Certainly the twenty-first-century world is in need of change. It is hard to read the headlines each day without a growing sense of alarm. We hear about terrorism, ethnic and religious tensions, wars and conflicts, widespread hunger and poverty, global economic turmoil, brutal dictators, corrupt governments, massive natural disasters, climate change, nuclear intimidations, and even child trafficking and slavery. Our post- 9/11 world seems both frightening and threatening, and the majority of us struggle to understand it, let alone do something about it. The world's problems just seen too big and too hard for most of us; it's so much easier to retreat from them than to take them on. On Sunday morning, safe in our church pews and surrounded be friends, it can be all too easy to leave the world's violence, suffering, and turmoil outside-out of sight, out of mind. But wait-as Christians, are we really given the option of turning away from the world's problems? Does God permit that? I write this book from a very biased perspective. I believe that "God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). And if Jesus was willing to die for this troubled planet, maybe I need to care about it too. Maybe I should love the people that live on it more. Maybe I have a responsibility to do my part to love the world that Jesus loves so much.
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