Backward Life : In Pursuit of an Uncommon Faith

by Jones, Jarrod

• ISBN13: 9780800731441
• ISBN10: 0800731441
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-01
• Publisher: Revell

Summary

Jesus is totally backwards to the world. Rather than focus on his own desires, he lived to love others. He preached lessons that seemed contradictory: Die to live. Lose to gain. Love your neighbor as yourself. Is it possible to follow in his footsteps today? Can people live a faith that means something in a culture so focused on self? Meeting an MTV generation where it's at, The Backward Life shouts "YES!" In this provocative and challenging book, Jarrod Jones takes readers on a journey into a faith that dares members of our pop culture to live like Christ--to deny themselves and take up the cross. This kind of living may seem backward to the ways the world would have one find happiness and meaning, yet Jones shows how it delivers more fulfillment than anyone can imagine. Filled with real-life stories and honest teaching, The Backward Life offers a new look at a faith that will help readers discover who they are and who God is calling them to be.

Table of Contents

A Foreword on Backward	9	(3)
by Mac Powell
Acknowledgments	12	(5)
THE BACKWARD LIFE
1. What Am I Made For?	17	(6)
2. Me, Me, Me	23	(6)
3. I'm Made for This?	29	(12)
THE BACKWARD GOD
4. Will the Real God Please Stand Up?	41	(12)
5. How Big Is Your Daddy?	53	(12)
6. Gloriously Ruined	65	(14)
THE BACKWARD LOVE OF GOD
7. God Gone Public	79	(12)
8. Just Because	91	(18)
9. That's Incredible	109
THE BACKWARD HEART
10. The Power of a Much	123	(12)
11. Backward Loving	135	(16)
THE BACKWARD WAY
12. The Backward Truth	151	(12)
13. The Backward Mind	163	(14)
14. The Backward Faith	177	(18)
THE BACKWARD HOPE
15. Happy Endings	195	(18)
Conclusion	213	(4)
Notes	217