The Good Life in the Last Days
The Good Life in the Last Days
Do you feel the tension between living the good life and dying to self? You know Jesus calls you to take up your cross and follow him, sacrificing yourself to serve in his vital gospel mission. But you also know the heart of the gospel message is grace and freedom, and enjoying God’s abundant generosity. Quite possibly you also know the horror stories of some burned out Christians, as well as the frustrating stories of those who just don’t seem at all ‘switched on’ to the mission.
In The Good Life in the Last Days Mikey Lynch helps you:
• zoom in and take a close look at the hard sayings of Jesus and the apostles
• zoom out to look at the full counsel of God
• discover a joyful wisdom (beyond simplistic clichés) that shows you how to live the good life in the last days.
How much sacrifice is enough? When should we be enjoying God's gifts? How do we look after ourselves? Is it just different for different people?
Written for those believers who've given so much for Christ but now fallen flat, those who are running strong and are frustrated by others Christian's (seeming) lack of ambition and zeal, and those who want to give more in Christ's service but keep hitting their limitations, this book is filled with plenty of good bible exposition, esp 1 Cor 7. Mikey gives us a framework for how to think about these questions as well as dead-ends and wrong answers (ie when it starts to hurt, that's probably enough). I also loved how this book made high-level ethical thinkers accessible.
