About You : Fully Human, Fully Alive

by Dick Staub

• ISBN13: 9780470908907
• ISBN10: 0470908904
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

In About You, Dick Staub addresses irreligious, religious, spiritual seekers and all kinds of Christians and shows us that Jesus came to satisfy our universal longing for a fully human life, not to establish a narrow us versus them religion. In short, Jesus didn't come to make us Christian; Jesus came to make us fully human. In a fresh exploration of the ancient Biblical stories of creation, fall and redemption, Staub explains that salvation is not about going to heaven when we die; it is about a full and abundant life now. In practical, down-to-earth, language, About You deals with this concept on three levels: anthropologically (our common story and universal human needs), theologically (God's awareness and response to our needs), and practically (how we can attain and maintain a more complete and satisfying life).Staub's previous book (The Culturally Savvy Christian) was selected by Kirkus Reviews for their 2007 Religion and Spirituality edition. This new book is designed to help those who are seeking a way to integrate both a fully alive spirituality and a fully alive humanitya way that is embodied in the often-misunderstood life and teaching of Jesus Christ. This groundbreaking book illuminates the path towards becoming the best version of yourself.

Table of Contents

Preface: Our Shared Story

Acknowledgments

Human Potential and Our Universal Dilemma

You Are a Masterpiece

Primal Humans: The Collective Memory of the Way We Were

Created

In God's Image

Together

Our Ancestral Homeland

The Human Problem: Our Devastating Diminishment and Dehumanization

Fallen, Broken, and Sick Unto Death

Alone in a Hostile Land

Your Path to Fully Human: The Way to Fully Alive and Fully Human

Coming to Your Senses

Returning

Awaking from the Dead

Progressing to Fully Human: Making All Things New

The Humanizing Jesus

Restoring

Your Design, Your Destiny

And in the End, a Beginning

Afterword

Notes

The Author

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