How to Inherit the Earth

Submitting Ourselves to a Servant Savior

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Christian Life
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Author: Scott A. Bessenecker ISBN: 9780830878482
Publisher: IVP Books Publication: February 4, 2010
Imprint: IVP Books Language: English
Author: Scott A. Bessenecker
ISBN: 9780830878482
Publisher: IVP Books
Publication: February 4, 2010
Imprint: IVP Books
Language: English

Ambition isn't bad; it just does bad things. In a culture that too often prizes leadership uncritically and unreflectively, a faith that calls us to take up crosses, lay down lives and otherwise submit ourselves to something outside ourselves simply sounds like a bad idea. Nevertheless, this is the faith that we find Jesus talking about. Scott Bessenecker has learned from new friar communities, from the history of Christianity and from the mouth of Jesus that there's something wonderfully subversive about saying no to ourselves every now and then, something that could even change the world.

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Ambition isn't bad; it just does bad things. In a culture that too often prizes leadership uncritically and unreflectively, a faith that calls us to take up crosses, lay down lives and otherwise submit ourselves to something outside ourselves simply sounds like a bad idea. Nevertheless, this is the faith that we find Jesus talking about. Scott Bessenecker has learned from new friar communities, from the history of Christianity and from the mouth of Jesus that there's something wonderfully subversive about saying no to ourselves every now and then, something that could even change the world.

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