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

"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 inThe 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 toThe 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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: IVP Books
Published: 12/11/2009
ISBN: 9780830835324
Pages: 262
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.20d