How to Follow Jesus: A Practical Guide to Growing Your Faith

by Craig Springer, Lee Strobel (Foreword by)

Overview

Millions of people want to follow Jesus, but don't know how. Upon becoming Christians, new believers often end up paralyzed. They become overwhelmed trying to master complicated doctrines, frustrated by a large list of rules for policing their lives, and bewildered by a new (and strange) vocabulary. Even worse, there are few books offering simple and clear advice to guide a Christian's first spiritual steps that are written in common, contemporary language. Until now.

In How to Follow Jesus, Craig Springer, executive director of Alpha USA, one of America's most effective evangelism movements, explodes numerous myths surrounding the Christian faith that create unnecessary obstacles to growth, including: illustrating that sin and temptation are not the greatest threat to a flourishing faith, forgiveness means going through rather than around our feelings, and how disappointment in the church may be the essential step in growing a foundation for life-changing community. Sharing personal stories from his own journey to a mature faith, Springer sets readers at ease and offers them practical, easy-to-implement advice for following Jesus. Destined to become a timeless classic, How to Follow Jesus is a must read for new and returning Christians.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310093183
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	02/18/2020
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.45(w) x 8.35(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Craig Springer is the Executive Director of Alpha USA, a program that runs in over 6,500 churches across every major denomination and 500 prisons throughout the country. Alpha mobilizes over 50,000 volunteers and 360,000 participants annually in the US and over 1.3 million globally. Alpha is a simple idea of a great meal, a short talk and a meaningful discussion about life and faith over ten weeks. It is for people with questions, frustrations and serious doubts about spirituality, the church, the direction of their lives or anything in-between. The key to Alpha is listening – it’s a judgement-free space where any point of view is respected, no one gets corrected and people can explore their thoughts together.

Craig has been a leader and pastor in influential churches in Chicago and Denver, one of which was named Outreach Magazine’s 2014 Fastest Growing Church in America. Craig and his wife, Sarah, also spent a number of years church planting in Prague, Czech Republic. Craig lives in the Denver area and is a passionate hack at every mountain sport you can name. He and Sarah have been married for 19 years, have two, full-hearted children and one very spoiled beagle.

Table of Contents

Foreword 13

0 The Morning After 17

1 Your Greatest Help 21

2 Your Greatest Skill 37

3 Your Greatest Tool 51

4 Your Greatest Threat 67

Something's Still Missing, Part 1: The Lesson of the Aspen Grove 83

5 The First Response 85

6 The Second Garden 99

7 The Forgotten Step 109

8 The Final Flaw 123

Something's Still Missing, Part 2: The Dangers of the Dead Sea 137

9 A Surprising Equation 139

10 A Surprising Blessing 153

11 A Surprising Mission 167

12 A Surprising Song 181

"You Got This"-A Note from Dad 193

Appendix: How to Begin Following Jesus 197

Discussion Guide 199

Notes 207