Reborn: How Encountering Jesus Changes Everything

by Clayton King, Derwin Gray (Foreword by)

Overview

In our self-help, DIY culture, we love the idea of improvement. We make-over wardrobes and restore houses and commit ourselves to better habits. But we're still left feeling empty and not-quite-enough. That's because what we need is not an upgrade but a complete upending of our lives. We need to be reborn. And it's not something we can do by ourselves.

With deep compassion, Clayton King shares the compelling stories of 12 broken people who came face-to-face with Jesus in the New Testament and got a second chance at life. A respected religious leader, an ostracized woman, a despised embezzler, a condemned thief—all of them flawed, sinful, full of regret—encountered Jesus and were never the same. Along with their stories, King shares contemporary stories of people struggling with addiction, lust, greed, and depression, showing that Jesus still meets people right where they are and changes them from the inside out.

If you're tired of going through the religious motions by your own power and long to experience the radical life and heart change that Jesus promised, it's time for an encounter with Jesus. It's time to be reborn.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801019609
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/05/2020
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	458,459
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Clayton King is founder and president of Clayton King Ministries and Crossroads Missions and Summer Camps, professor of evangelism at Anderson University, and teaching pastor at NewSpring Church. The author of more than a dozen books, including Stronger and Overcome, King regularly speaks to hundreds of thousands of people all over the globe. He and his wife, Sharie, are winners of the Young Adult Book of the Year Award from the Christian Retailer's Association for True Love Project. They have two sons and live in South Carolina.

Table of Contents

Foreword Dr. Derwin L. Gray 11

Introduction: What You Need for a New Beginning 15

1 Turn On the Light in Your Life 21

2 What to Do When You Don't Belong 37

3 When You Have Little to Offer 53

4 What to Do When You've Blown It 67

5 Reverse the Curse in Your Life 83

6 Reaching Out to Jesus 99

7 A Heart's Humble Prayer 113

8 Wasted Opportunity 127

9 So You Would Believe 141

10 The Benefit of Doubt 159

11 How Resistance Reveals Jesus 175

12 How Jesus Brings Joy 191

13 How Jesus Restores Relationships 205

Acknowledgments 211