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Good News for Anxious Christians, expanded ed. – 10 Practical Things You Don`t Have to Do

Phillip Cary

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Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publishing Group
09 August 2022
A talented teacher unpacks the riches of traditional Christian spirituality for Christians burdened by the guilt and anxiety of introspective, in-my-heart spiritual techniques. Phillip Cary explains that knowing God is a gradual, long-term process that comes through the gospel experienced in Christian community. The first edition has sold over 17,000 copies. The expanded edition includes a new afterword that offers further insights since the first edition was published over ten years ago.
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Imprint:   Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publishing Group
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   274g
ISBN:   9781587435683
ISBN 10:   1587435683
Pages:   224
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
"Contents Introduction: Why Trying to Be Christian Makes Us Anxious 1. Why You Don't Have to Hear God's Voice in Your Heart Or, How God Really Speaks Today 2. Why You Don't Have to Believe Your Intuitions Are the Holy Spirit Or, How the Spirit Shapes Our Hearts 3. Why You Don't Have to ""Let God Take Control"" Or, How Obedience Is for Responsible Adults 4. Why You Don't Have to ""Find God's Will for Your Life"" Or, How Faith Seeks Wisdom 5. Why You Don't Have to Be Sure You Have the Right Motivations Or, How Love Seeks the Good 6. Why You Don't Have to Worry about Splitting Head from Heart Or, How Thinking Welcomes Feeling 7. Why You Don't Have to Keep Getting Transformed All the Time Or, How Virtues Make a Lasting Change in Us 8. Why You Don't Always Have to Experience Joy Or, How God Vindicates the Afflicted 9. Why ""Applying It to Your Life"" Is Boring Or, How the Gospel Is Beautiful 10. Why Basing Faith on Experience Leads to a Post-Christian Future Or, How Christian Faith Needs Christian Teaching Conclusion: How the Gospel of Christ Is Good for Us Afterword to the Second Edition"

Phillip Cary (PhD, Yale University) is scholar-in-residence at the Templeton Honors College and professor of philosophy at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He serves as editor-in-chief of Pro Ecclesia and has written numerous books, including Jonah in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible series and three critically acclaimed volumes on the life and thought of Augustine.

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