TY  - BOOK
AU  - Billings,J.Todd
TI  - The End of the Christian Life: How Embracing Our Mortality Frees Us to Truly Live 
SN  - 9781587434204
AV  - BT825 .B4735 2020
U1  - 236.1 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group
KW  - Death
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Resurrection - Biblical Teaching
KW  - Resurrection
KW  - Hope - Biblical Teachings
KW  - Christian life
KW  - Reformed authors
KW  - Christian Morality
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Welcome to Sheol: A guided tour of life in the pit -- Two views of mortality: Is death an enemy or a friend? -- Mortals in denial: Living as dying creatures -- Interplanetary exploration: The strange new world of modern medicine -- The way of prosperity and the Christian way -- The fracturing of our stories, and life after death -- Hoping for the end as mortals -- Conclusion
N2  - We're all going to die. Yet in our medically advanced, technological age, many of us see death as a distant reality--something that happens only at the end of a long life or to other people. In The End of the Christian Life, Todd Billings urges Christians to resist that view. Instead, he calls us to embrace our mortality in our daily life and faith. This is the journey of genuine discipleship, Billings says: following the crucified and resurrected Lord in a world of distraction and false hopes. Drawing on his experience as a professor and father living with incurable cancer, Billings offers a personal yet deeply theological account of the gospel's expansive hope for small, mortal creatures. Artfully weaving rich theology with powerful narrative, Billings writes for church leaders and laypeople alike. Whether we are young or old, reeling from loss or clinging to our own prosperity, this book challenges us to walk a strange but wondrous path: in the midst of joy and lament, to receive mortal limits as a gift, an opportunity to give ourselves over to the Lord of life
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