Practice Resurrection, Eugene Peterson
Practice Resurrection, Eugene Peterson
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Practice Resurrection
A Conversation on Growing Up in Christ

Author: Eugene Peterson

Narrator: Eugene Peterson

Unabridged: 10 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2010

Synopsis

There is no question that bringing men and women to new birth in Christ is essential. But, argues Eugene Peterson, isn’t it obvious that growth in Christ is equally essential? Yet the American church does not treat Christian growth and character formation with equivalent urgency. We are generally uneasy with the quiet, obscure conditions in which growth takes place. Building maturity in Christ is too often relegated to footnote status in the text of our lives. / In Practice Resurrection Peterson brings the voice of Scripture — especially Paul’s letter to the Ephesians — and the voice of the contemporary Christian congregation together in understanding what is involved in the practice of becoming mature — growing up to the “stature of Christ.”

About Eugene Peterson

Eugene H. Peterson, author of The Message, a bestselling translation of the Bible, is professor emeritus of spiritual theology at Regent College, British Columbia, and the author of over thirty books. He and his wife, Jan, live in Montana.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David

This is the fifth book in Peterson's spiritual theology series, though you can pick up any one by itself, they do not build on each other. Like the previous four, this one is fantastic. In this one, Peterson takes us on a tour of the book of Ephesians, introducing us to the church in Ephesus. The ch......more

Goodreads review by Aarik

What to say? Vintage Peterson. Yet another proof for the case he makes to be my favorite writer.......more

Goodreads review by Justin

A love-letter (with more than a twinge of lament) to the church, and a pretty fine commentary on Ephesians to boot.......more

Goodreads review by Logan

An absolutely essential book in an age where we are wondering and trying to rediscover what it means to be the church. Peterson's words are challenging, thoughtful, and prophetic for us as Christians and I personally think we ought to tune in to what he is saying.......more

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