Description: Have the extremities taken over and left the core of your faith forgotten? Do you get confused by what you feel versus what is real? Let dynamic pastor C. J. Mahaney strip away the nonessentials and bring you back to the simplest, most fundamental reason for your faith: Jesus Christ. This book is packed with powerful truth that will grip your heart, clear your mind, and invigorate your soul. Chapters include "Breaking the Rules of Legalism," "The Cross Centered Day," and "Assurance and Joy." Get ready to behold a breathtaking view of what God intends to accomplish in and through you every day. You'll discover how embracing this cross centered life is both our highest privilege and greatest responsibility.
Brief description:
C. J. Mahaney leads Sovereign Grace Ministries in its mission to establish and support local churches. After about thirty years of pastoring Covenant Life Church in Maryland, he handed the senior pastor role to Joshua Harris, allowing Mahaney to devote his full attention to Sovereign Grace. He serves on the Council of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and on the board of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. He is author of Christ Our Mediator; Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God: What Every Christian Husband Needs to Know; Humility: True Greatness; Living the Cross Centered Life, and Don't Waste Your Sports. He is the editor of Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World and a contributor to Dear Timothy: Letters on Pastoral Ministry. He lives with his wife in Gaithersburg, Maryland.