The Good and Beautiful Life
Putting on the Character of Christ
Ratings3
Average rating3.7
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Putting on the Character of Christ
Ratings3
Average rating3.7
"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.
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Short Review: Holiness is about wisdom, not rules. A good group study about learning to live as Christ's apprentices. Marred a bit by overused cliche's, but still very much worth reading. I would give it a 3.5 star review (3 for writing, 4 for content.)
My full (nearly 1000 word) review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/good-beautiful-life-james-bryan-smith/
