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Cargando... Run with the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best (1983)por Eugene H. Peterson
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Good application of the biblical prophet Jeremiah to modern Christian life and living. Now quit studying and actually do something based on what you studied! ( ) The subtitle is clue enough to the uniqueness of this book. "Life at its best" is not a phrase one would normally associate with Jeremiah, the so-called "weeping prophet." Nor are the terms "success" or "fame" or "prosperity" words that come readily to mind. Which, I think, points to Peterson's more subtle point: perhaps our American definition of the "good life" isn't so good. Or spiritually healthy. Or even biblical. By most objective measures, we would say Jeremiah "failed." But that's only true if success is a "what" (an object you achieve) rather than the "who" you become on life's journey. This book presents a pretty effective antidote to the Osteen-esque drivel that turns the Gospel into some sleek "10 days to a new you" self-improvement program. Life with God is characterized by increasing challenge (going from footraces to horse races) which requires increasing faith/fulness and leads to the wondrous experience of ever-increasing grace. And in the oddest of ways, even though Jeremiah does not "survive" (martyred finally by the last enclave of rebellious Judeans in Egypt), his life with God DOES thrive and flourish and issues forth in a prophetic book that is literally unmatched in its raw power. Peterson has a done a great service for the Weeping Prophet and for contemporary Christians. He reminds us again that the only way to be our BEST selves is to be fully God's...without reservation or remorse. If life has led you down an unexpected by-way, I would encourage you to pick up this text and consider the ways in which God is graciously calling you through your trial to live the world's greatest adventure-a life of trusting and following God. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Todos anhelamos vivir la vida de la mejor forma combinando la libertad y la espontaneidad con propósito y significado. ¿Por qué entonces, a menudo vivimos nuestras vidas de manera tan monótona, con poca aventura, o de forma tan rutinaria; y si no, de forma frenética, saturados de actividades, pero carentes de propósito? ¿Cómo aprendemos a tomar riesgos, a confiar, andar en integridad y excelencia? En este clásico espiritual, Eugene Peterson ofrece sus profundas reflexiones sobre la vida del profeta Jeremías expresadas en el idioma del mensaje, y situadas en un contexto contemporáneo. Estas reflexiones nos ayudan a comprender lo que significa ser plenos y auténticamente humanos. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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