Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

The Good and Beautiful Life: Putting on the Character of Christ

James Bryan Smith

4.2/5 ( ratings)

I have never met a person whose goal was to ruin his or her life. We all want to be happy, and we want it all of the time.

So begins James Bryan Smith in The Good and Beautiful Life. The problem is, he tells us, we have bought into false notions of happiness and success. These self-centered decisions lead us further into the vices that cause ruin: anger, lust, lying, worry, and judging. Eventually we find ourselves living a beautifully packaged life of self-destruction.

Following the Sermon on the Mount, this follow-up to The Good and Beautiful God guides us to look behind these character flaws and to replace our false beliefs with Jesus' narratives about life in the kingdom of God.

The Good and Beautiful Series includes four essential discipleship books from James Bryan Smith. Work through these proven Bible study resources individually or with a group to learn who God is, what it means to be a Christian, how to live in community, and how to address toxic self-narratives that hinder spiritual growth.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: IVP Books

Release: December 11, 2009

ISBN: 0830835326

ISBN 13: 9780830835324

The Good and Beautiful Life: Putting on the Character of Christ

James Bryan Smith

4.2/5 ( ratings)

I have never met a person whose goal was to ruin his or her life. We all want to be happy, and we want it all of the time.

So begins James Bryan Smith in The Good and Beautiful Life. The problem is, he tells us, we have bought into false notions of happiness and success. These self-centered decisions lead us further into the vices that cause ruin: anger, lust, lying, worry, and judging. Eventually we find ourselves living a beautifully packaged life of self-destruction.

Following the Sermon on the Mount, this follow-up to The Good and Beautiful God guides us to look behind these character flaws and to replace our false beliefs with Jesus' narratives about life in the kingdom of God.

The Good and Beautiful Series includes four essential discipleship books from James Bryan Smith. Work through these proven Bible study resources individually or with a group to learn who God is, what it means to be a Christian, how to live in community, and how to address toxic self-narratives that hinder spiritual growth.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: IVP Books

Release: December 11, 2009

ISBN: 0830835326

ISBN 13: 9780830835324

More books from James Bryan Smith

The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Devotional Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals and Groups

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Rich Mullins: A Devotional Biography: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The Good and Beautiful Community: Following the Spirit, Extending Grace, Demonstrating Love

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Room of Marvels

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Embracing the Love of God: Path and Promise of Christian Life, The

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Hidden in Christ: Living as God's Beloved

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Magnificent Story: Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth (Apprentice Resources)

Eternal Living: Reflections on Dallas Willard's Teaching on Faith and Formation

4.5/5 ( ratings)

The Magnificent Journey

4.2/5 ( ratings)

A Spiritual Formation Workbook -: Small Group Resources for Nurturing Christian Growth

3.8/5 ( ratings)

A Spiritual Formation Workbook

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The Apprentice Series (3 Book Series)

3.8/5 ( ratings)

A Spiritual Formation Workbook - Revised Edition: Small Group Resources for Nurturing Christian Growth

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The Language of the Soul: Meeting God in the Longings of Our Hearts

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The Good and Beautiful Series

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Renew Your Life: Discovering the Wellspring of God's Energy

3.8/5 ( ratings)

A Spiritual Formation Workbook - Revised edition: Small Group Resources for Nurturing Christian Growth

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Hidden in Christ: Living as God's Beloved

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?