Good News for Those Trying Harder
Countless believers are pursuing spiritual growth, only to repeatedly find themselves spinning their wheels and making no progress. Many are driven to just try harder. Others feel a growing sense of failure and distance from God. But for all involved, it's a frustrating cycle. What can we do when trying harder isn't working?
Author and pastor Alan Kraft invites us to be still.still enough to hear the twin melodies that comprise the good news of the gospel-brokenness and faith. These core strains have the power to lift our exhausted heads so we may experience life to the full as Jesus promised.
Discover the power of a broken spirit, embrace the wonder of living by faith, and experience the joy found when you just stop trying.
Top Highlights
“When we define spiritual growth as us becoming more like Christ, as us becoming less and less sinful, what we are actually pursuing is a spiritual growth path in which we need Jesus less and less. I need Him less today than yesterday, because the power of sin is not as strong in my life. Is that what spiritual maturity looks like?” (source)
“Sin is not just doing bad things but also includes doing good things from a self-centered motivation.” (source)
“But from a biblical perspective, the gospel is not simply the starting line. It is the race itself. The gospel is how spiritual transformation happens.” (source)
“To be broken is to be thirsty at any moment in time, realizing how desperately you need Jesus for your spiritual survival.” (source)
“What this ultimately means is that trying to be good can actually keep us further from God than sin ever will” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Good News for Those Trying Harder
- Author: Kraft, Alan
- Publisher: David C Cook
- Publication Date: 2011
- ISBN: 9780781406857