Ordinary Hero: Living the Cross and Resurrection in Everyday Life
How should we live? What does it really mean to be a Christian believer in everyday life?
Intriguingly, when the New Testament writers answered that question, they did not look back to the life of the Lord Jesus. Again and again, they focused on his death and resurrection.
The cross and resurrection provide the pattern for discipleship, calling Christians to a new way of living, with different values, different hopes. This lucid, passionate, practical guidebook gets right to the heart of what it means to be a Christian disciple today.
Tim Chester writes, 'This book strikes a note that is rarely heard today. In particular, the important themes of suffering followed by glory, and the hiddenness of the Christian life, are all but absent in contemporary Christian thought.'
The book concludes with a powerful story of an ordinary hero.
The included discussion questions make this an ideal book to read together in small groups or as a whole church.
Top Highlights
“The cross and resurrection are extraordinary events that create extraordinary lives. When we are shaped by the cross and resurrection, our ordinary lives become exceptional, special, heroic. We become ordinary heroes.” (source)
“not that we should look to be martyred, but that we should call people to cross-shaped lives of self-denial” (source)
“When did Christ die for you? Was it when you started taking an interest in Jesus? Was it when you began to go to church? Was it when you cleaned up your life? Was it when you first read your Bible or prayed? No, it was when you were a sinner. When you were powerless. When you were God’s enemy (v 10).” (source)
“To take up your cross is to forsake social respectability. To take up your cross is to place yourself outside society and beyond its power.” (source)
“In all these things we can be confident in God’s love because God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Ordinary Hero: Living the Cross and Resurrection in Everyday Life
- Author: Chester, Tim
- Publisher: The Good Book Company
- Publication Date: 2013
- ISBN: 9781909919075