When strivings cease replacing the gospel of self-improvement with the gospel of life-transforming grace
Despite all the affirming memes and self-reflections that dominate social media feeds, approval and worth often seem assigned to what we do rather than who we are. As a Taiwanese immigrant growing up between two cultures, Chou Simons was always on a mission to prove her worth. She came to truly unde...
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Nashville, Tennessee :
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[2021]
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a When strivings cease : |b replacing the gospel of self-improvement with the gospel of life-transforming grace / |c Ruth Chou Simons. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Nashville, Tennessee : |b Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, |c [2021] | |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: We're missing something (Why we're so tired. Why we strive.) -- Part I: When striving isn't enough. Bent and broken: striving to please ; Unworthy: striving for attention ; Just amazing enough to not need grace: striving to be good enough ; The welcome we long for : striving for approval ; Pressure to perform: striving to save ourselves through perfection ; The lunchroom: striving to belong ; Honor and shame: striving to outrun shame ; The gift: striving to have it all -- Part 2: When grace changes everything. Grace makes new, not better ; Grace fuels good works ; Grace cancels our debt, for real ; Grace rewrites our stories ; Grace replaces fear with freedom ; Grace makes forgiveness possible ; Grace is enough to hold you together -- A closing prayer. | |
| 520 | |a Despite all the affirming memes and self-reflections that dominate social media feeds, approval and worth often seem assigned to what we do rather than who we are. As a Taiwanese immigrant growing up between two cultures, Chou Simons was always on a mission to prove her worth. She came to truly understand the one thing that changes everything: the extravagant, undeserved gift of grace from a merciful God. Here she shows us how to examine the ways we look to superficial means of acceptance and belonging, and instead start finding delight in responding to God's welcome by truly understanding the freedom Jesus purchased. -- adapted from jacket | ||
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