Active Spirituality: Grace and Effort in the Christian Life

Is the Christian life about trying or trusting? Would I describe my relationship to God as running or resting Is my life more characterized by grace or effort? In this series of letters addressed to a young Christian, Brian Hedges contends that life in Christ involves both: trying and trusting, running and resting, dependence on grace and disciplined effort. Learning this balances is one of the keys to living a healthy Christian life. So, pull up a chair, settle in, and read over the shoulder of Chris, a struggling young adult trying to find a church, live a chaste life, overcome discouragement, and develop a plan for spiritual growth, all while learning to rest in the finished work of Jesus.

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Active Spirituality: Grace and Effort in the Christian Life

Is the Christian life about trying or trusting? Would I describe my relationship to God as running or resting Is my life more characterized by grace or effort? In this series of letters addressed to a young Christian, Brian Hedges contends that life in Christ involves both: trying and trusting, running and resting, dependence on grace and disciplined effort. Learning this balances is one of the keys to living a healthy Christian life. So, pull up a chair, settle in, and read over the shoulder of Chris, a struggling young adult trying to find a church, live a chaste life, overcome discouragement, and develop a plan for spiritual growth, all while learning to rest in the finished work of Jesus.

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Active Spirituality: Grace and Effort in the Christian Life

Active Spirituality: Grace and Effort in the Christian Life

by Brian G Hedges
Active Spirituality: Grace and Effort in the Christian Life

Active Spirituality: Grace and Effort in the Christian Life

by Brian G Hedges

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Overview

Is the Christian life about trying or trusting? Would I describe my relationship to God as running or resting Is my life more characterized by grace or effort? In this series of letters addressed to a young Christian, Brian Hedges contends that life in Christ involves both: trying and trusting, running and resting, dependence on grace and disciplined effort. Learning this balances is one of the keys to living a healthy Christian life. So, pull up a chair, settle in, and read over the shoulder of Chris, a struggling young adult trying to find a church, live a chaste life, overcome discouragement, and develop a plan for spiritual growth, all while learning to rest in the finished work of Jesus.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781936908578
Publisher: Shepherd Press
Publication date: 04/28/2014
Pages: 146
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Brian G. Hedges is the lead pastor at Fulkerson Park Baptist Church in Niles, Michigan. He has been married to Holly since 1996 and they have four children. Brian is the author of Active Spirituality, Christ All Sufficient, Christ Formed in You, With Jesus, and numerous articles published in periodicals and online. For fun, Brian enjoys reading, playing golf, hanging out with his family, and watching good movies. Brian blogs at www.brianghedges.com, and you can follow him on Twitter @brianghedges.

Table of Contents

Opening Letter 9

Letter 1 Walking in the Way 17

Letter 2 Turning to God 20

Letter 3 The Noonday Demon 24

Letter 4 Walking in the Spirit 27

Letter 5 Counterfeit Faith 31

Letter 6 Hope in God 34

Letter 7 The Danger of Apostasy 37

Letter 8 The Price of Neglect 40

Letter 9 Is Salvation Unconditional? 44

Letter 10 The Danger of Backsliding 48

Letter 11 Profile of an Apostate 51

Letter 12 The Divine Lover 55

Letter 13 Intervening Grace 58

Letter 14 A Lifting Up for the Downcast 63

Letter 15 The Wounded Surgeon 66

Letter 16 The Good Fight of Faith 69

Letter 17 Put on the Gospel Armor 73

Letter 18 Rightly Ordered Loves 76

Letter 19 Enjoying God in Everything 80

Letter 20 Spiritual Blahs 83

Letter 21 The Proper End and Design of Evangelical Truths 85

Letter 22 Embracing Community 89

Letter 23 Assurance of Salvation 93

Letter 24 The Subtle Danger of Self-Trust 97

Letter 25 Developing a Spiritual Growth Plan 101

Letter 26 Gospel Humility 104

Letter 27 Resting in Jesus 108

Letter 28 The Race Set Before Us 113

Letter 29 Looking to Jesus 117

Letter 30 Vincit Qui Patitur 120

Letter 31 The Preservation of the Saints 124

Acknowledgments 128

Notes on Sources 129

Bibliography 138

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