<transcy>For me to live is Christ (Pour moi, vivre, c'est Christ)</transcy>
This book was born on a Monday morning. Monday morning after answering a phone call and a spontaneous visit. Monday. The day when pastors often want to resign. Sunday should not be the measure of our faith, but Monday morning when our faith is tested in the everyday world. Jesus said in the parable of the Sower that the preoccupations of the world and the deceptive attraction of wealth often stifled faith (Matthew 13:22).
Many Christians seek a balanced life, a Christian faith that has "reasonable" demands for our busy lives. We are looking for a “work-spirituality” reconciliation which contrasts with the model given by our Master. The apostle Paul will write: "Suffer with me ... remember Jesus, the crucified and risen Messiah".
The Bible tells us about the reasonable Christian life according to God: offer your lives as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God ... which will be a reasonable worship on your part (Romans 12.1).
This book is a wake-up call for Christians today to take seriously the call of Jesus: “Come, and follow me”. My prayer is that we may make our own these two statements of the apostle Paul: "For me my life is Christ and if I die I win" (Philippians 1:20) and "If I live today, this no longer I who live. It is Christ who lives in me ”(Galatians 2.20)
To me living is Christ and written in such a way that it can be used as discipleship materials in small groups or in Bible study settings. It contains 12 short chapters and discussion guides.
Author
Jean-Sébastien Morin won the 2016 word prize for his book “Married and happy? ". He has worked with adolescents and young adults for over 15 years as a youth pastor, camp director and speaker. He is currently director of Quebec for One Hope Canada, a mission that has a burden for the formation of disciples of francophone youth. Jean-Sébastien teaches in several Quebec evangelical seminaries. He has been married to Katie for over fifteen years and has four young children.
Table of contents
Preface and disclaimer: How this book came to be
Introduction
Chapter 1 Come and follow me… and they gave up all
Chapter 2 The price of the Gospel
Chapter 3 What is the Church and why is it important?
Chapter 4 What Really Matters in God's Sight
Chapter 5 You Are the Light of the World… in Deep Darkness
Chapter 6 Who Will Pay the Price?
Chapter 7 The Church: A Place of Service or of Services?
Chapter 8 The Prayer of a Revolutionary
Chapter 9 Decisions
Chapter 10 The Willing Simplicity of Jesus
Chapter 11 Living as a Missionary… “with Us”
Chapter 12 Epilogue Because for me, living is Christ
Details
Author : Jean-Sébastien Morin
Publisher: Christian writers of Quebec
Publication : 2020
ISBN : 978-2-9817271-2-1
Pages : 96
Dimensions : 5.5 "x 8.25"
Format : paperback
Weight : 130 g