Befriend
Create Belonging in an Age of Judgment, Isolation, and Fear
Carol Stream, Illinois : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., [2016]
Format: Book
Description: xiv, 224 pages ; 21 cm
2017 ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist (Faith and Culture category) Is real friendship too risky? We live in a world where real friendship is hard to find. Suspicious of others and insecure about ourselves, we retreat into the safety of our small, self-made worlds. Now more than ever, it's easy to avoid people with whom we disagree or whose life experiences don't mirror our own. Safe among like-minded peers and digital "friends," we really don't have to engage with those who can challenge and enhance our limited perspectives. Tragically, even the church can become a place that minimizes diversity and reinforces isolation.Jesus models a much richer vision of friendship. Scott Sauls, pastor and teacher, invites you to see the breadth of Christ's love in this book, BeFriend. Join Scott on this journey through twenty-one meditations to inspire actively pursuing God's love through expanding your circle of friends.Scott has met too many people whose first impulse is to fence off their lives with relational barriers that only end up starving their own souls.Yes, it's true: Real friendship is costly. Love does make us vulnerable. But without risk, our lives will remain impoverished.Join Scott in BeFriend as he summons you toward diverse friendship that can enrich your life and, in the process, reveal a better version of yourself.
Contents:
A case for befriending -- Befriend the one in the mirror -- Befriend the other -- Befriend prodigals and Pharisees -- Befriend the wrecked and the restless -- Befriend the shamed and ashamed -- Befriend the ones you can't control -- Befriend true friends and significant others -- Befriend sexual minorities -- Befriend dysfunctional family members -- Befriend the children -- Befriend those grieving and dying -- Befriend the poor and empty-handed -- Befriend the other race -- Befriend the rich and powerful -- Befriend the bullies and perpetrators -- Befriend vulnerable women and humans not yet born -- Befriend strangers and refugees -- Befriend those who vote against you -- Befriend people with disabilities and special needs -- Befriend the God who embraces you.
ISBN:
9781496400949 (sc)
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RELIGION Christian Life Sau | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references.