J-curve dying and rising with Jesus in everyday life

J-curve dying and rising with Jesus in everyday life /

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"Explores what it means to faithfully live out Jesus' pattern of dying and resurrection which Paul describes in Philippians, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Philemon, and Acts. Embracing this "J-Curve" life renews our hope in the dark world, draws us into fellowship with God's people a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Paul E., 1953- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wheaton, Illinois : Crossway, [2019]
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > Crucifixion.
Jesus Christ > Resurrection.
Christian life.
Table of Contents:
  • "I will never do this again" : the J-curve and how it helps
  • I take your place : the substitutionary nature of love
  • Marketing the self : what we do instead of the J-curve
  • Liberating the self : the foundation of the J-curve
  • In Harvard : union with Christ comes alive
  • In sports or in Christ? : how location changes everything
  • It's all about who you know : knowing Jesus in the J-curve
  • Missing justification by faith : the J-curve without justification
  • Missing the J-curve : justification by faith without the J-curve
  • Dying to self : understanding different J-curves
  • A cascade of love : weaving J-curves together
  • Life at the bottom of the J-curve : making sense of persistent evil
  • Living in the borderland/How to thrive in a broken world
  • Love loses control : discovering the shape of love
  • The art of disappearing for love/How the incarnation defines love
  • Recovering a vision of "the good"/The wonder of the J-curve
  • Celebrating Christ-bearers/Rediscovering hidden saints
  • The hinge of the J-curve/Understanding the will
  • The four steps of love/Reenacting Jesus's descent
  • The J-curve calms a quarrel : creating a path to reconciliation
  • Discovering the power of resurrection : what makes the "J" go up
  • Re-personalizing the resurrection : discovering the forgotten half of the J-curve
  • Looking through a resurrection lens : the J-curve transforms our vision of life
  • The secret of an irritation-free life : the J-curve cures grumbling
  • Resurrection realism : the J-curve protects us from cynicism
  • Delaying resurrection for love : saying no to good desire
  • Becoming human again/The emotional life of the J-curve
  • The art of J-curve living : dying and rising in 24 hours
  • Seeing the big picture/Multi-year dying and rising
  • The power of weakness : how the J-curve defeats tribalism
  • The spirit at the center/Learning wisdom down low
  • Love treads softly : entering the complexity of love
  • Leadership goes low/Re-enacting Jesus in community
  • Keeping Jesus pure/The J-curve divides the community
  • Jesus/The ultimate party crasher
  • The beauty of a Jesus-community/Including the distant outsider.

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