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Call it burnout, a spiritual breakdown, or a personal crisis, the toll of Bill Tells decades of successful ministry finally caught up with him. Incapacitated and depressed, he found that the road to recovery began at the cross. To his delight, healing opened new freedoms as he embraced the gospel in new ways.
Lay It Down: Living in the Freedom of the Gospel is a bold declaration of the overwhelming grace of God. More than merely saving us in our sin, by grace God delivers us from it, making us new creations and treating us accordinglyno matter what. For a generation of Christians who have learned a gospel of performance and striving, Lay It Down offers the good news of the grace that is already ours in Christ.
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What a great gift Bill has given to us in this book! Pick it up. Read it slowly. What could be more important than to mine the depths of the grace of God especially in a world where we continually fall back into a desperate and hopeless attempt to do what Christ has already done? Bill not only does a masterful job of mining these depths, but he also doesnt shy away from the myriad of Yeah, but questions we all ask when faced with the radical reality of what Christ has done for us: a new life, no condemnation, adoption as a child of the King. Wow! What can we add? Nothing. Cease striving. Lay it down. Great book!
DEL TACKETT
Architect and host of The Truth Project
Bill Tell has written a tremendously encouraging book for anyone caught in the bindings of performance-based religion. His insights may challenge long-held assumptions about what God wants from you and will lead you to a life of deep joy.
AMY SIMPSON
Author, Anxious: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry
When we meet Jesus, up close and personal, we accept the unconditional grace of being accepted into Gods family. But for many of us, after that, we go to work trying to please God by what we do. Unfortunately, we are wired by our Christian culture to try to work our way into Gods presence as believers. Travel with Bill Tell as he unlocks the secret of living a close, vibrant relationship with our closest friend, Jesus. This is a life-changing message that youll want to share with your small group or Bible study. As people grasp the truth of Gods unconditional acceptance of them in Jesus, youll see them change the same way I saw Jesus transforming Bills life.
LAUREN LIBBY
International president/CEO, TWR International
The question What does God think of me? can frighten us and even make us feel enslaved and defeated. Lay It Down not only engenders freedom and rest from our performing; it encourages obedience and holiness based on what God thinks of us. Pick up Lay It Down, and find rest for your weary, busy soul.
ROD MAYS
Executive pastor, Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church, Greenville, South Carolina
In this refreshing book, Bill Tell identifies the lies that many in the church believe, lies that keep them in bondage, lies that keep them in sin, and lies that keep them from enjoying Gods extravagant love. Not only does he expose the lies, Bill points us to the truth. Through his extensive knowledge of Scripture as well as his own experience, Bill shows us the way to true freedom and joyful obedience.
MARK BATES
Senior pastor, Village Seven Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Writing from his own experience and his thorough knowledge of Scripture, Bill Tell shows us how to move from performance-based living into the glorious freedom the gospel is meant to bring. This book will benefit all believers regardless of their stage of maturity in the Christian life.
JERRY BRIDGES
Author, The Pursuit of Holiness
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Lay It Down: Living in the Freedom of the Gospel
Copyright 2015 by Bill Tell. All rights reserved.
A NavPress resource published in alliance with Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV), copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. (Some quotations may be from the NLT1, copyright 1996.) Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. (Some quotations may be from the earlier NIV edition, copyright 1984.) Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Scripture quotations marked RSV are taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked MSG are taken from THE MESSAGE by Eugene H. Peterson, copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked JB are taken from The Jerusalem Bible, copyright 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd., and Doubleday & Company, Inc. All rights reserved.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tell, Bill.
Lay it down : living in the freedom of the gospel / by Bill Tell.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-61291-820-4
1. Liberty Religious aspects Christianity. 2. Salvation Christianity. I. Title.
BT810.3.T45 2015
248.4 dc232014048054
Build: 2015-05-15 14:08:26
A S OUR TEAM travels various continents, we are repeatedly riveted by two realities. Everyone on this earth carries an enormous thirst for lasting, personal freedom. And most simply dont know where to look for the water.
In Lay It Down, you have come to the headwaters of freedom. Not the freedom of religious condolence or psychological coping. Not even the self-awarded liberty promised by many in the church, but the freedom of the original gospel. It is the freedom Jesus promised for your personal journey, your family, your community, and your friendships today.
While original, these truths of grace offering such freedom are not at all common. They have been buried under the rubble of much misunderstanding, misrepresentation, and confusion. So you may be astonished to learn in Lay It Down that you are exceedingly freer than you ever imagined. Such is the gospel of Jesus, who promised that after tasting these waters, you would never again seek another freedom.
Bill Tell insightfully explains that freedom also escapes many of us because were so familiar and comfortable with captivity. Many of us lifers are not even looking for a way out of serving time. Through decades of learning to perform to earn our freedom, many of us have concluded that this dutiful but largely lifeless existence is all there is. That our disillusionment and bondage are normal. Numb and listless, weve stopped hoping for a different way, content with a stagnant parody of freedom. Weve forgotten to seek fresh water any longer.
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