This is a very relevant book about the problem of the promotion of self-help and prosperity in the evangelical church. While this is nothing new in the church, this new form of the prosperity gospel promotes choosing one’s dreams, fulfilling one’s potential and being the best one can be. Unfortunately in all of this, this false theology has lost it’s connection to Christ and the real gospel message. This real gospel message is to take the focus off oneself and realize that as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, the greatest gift is Christ himself. One of the results of this is that there is a lack of discipleship which does not equip people to understand a theology that includes hardship, death, failure, and a lack of glory here on earth. Without humility and dependence on Christ, believers are distracted from living as servants of Christ to living as servants of their own desires.
The author does share how believers can embrace the abundant
life in Christ including: Ask God to
help you be gospel-centered; By grace, through Scripture, seek to increase your
knowledge of God; Pursue the ordinary life; Find godly community and Pray for
willingness to be marginalized.
I highly recommend this thought provoking book. I received this book from Moody Publishers in exchange for this honest review.
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