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What does minimal human ethics look like? Can Christians really be followers of Jesus in the way they live today? In his own unique style, Randy Harris wrestles with these and other ethical issues facing Christians and all humanity.
In a world gone crazy, what would basic human decency look like? Are there principles that all humans could follow to make their neighborhoods, countries, and world more just and peaceful? Randy Harris, from his long experience as a teacher of philosophy and ethics, calls us to those principles of fair play, justice, and peace.
But Christians are called to an even higher standard. As a follower of Jesus, Randy, sometimes humorously, always pointedly, focuses on the call of Jesus for a higher righteousness. He places Christian behavior in the context of the philosophical and cultural contexts of our day, making profound concepts accessible to all his readers.
This book offers down-to-earth wisdom from a lifetime follower of Jesus. Out of his own practice of the spiritual disciplines, his presentations before hundreds of churches and university audiences, and his deep love for his students, Randy draws us into the circle of love for God and for our neighbors.
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Soul Work
Confessions of a Part-Time Monk
Sharing experiences and insights from his visits to monasteries over the years, popularspeaker Randy Harris invites us into a richer, fuller life in the Spirit.
Most of us dont have time to visit a monastery for a week or a month. So Randy Harrisshows how the monastery can come to you. With wisdom, humor, and captivating insight,he guides you on an unforgettable journey. You will learn prayer, humility, surrender,and quietness along this well-traveled path.
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God Work
Confessions of a Standup Theologian
Can theology be practical? Entertaining? Relevant? Anyone who has heard Randy Harrisspeak will answer with a resounding, Yes!
Combining his experience as a professor of theology with a popular style that makesthe profound understandable, Harris opens us up to the world as God intends.
Ive seen Randy in front of thousands. No one is better: no one articulates deep,rich, Christ-centered words any better. But Ive also witnessed him with one or twostudents: laughing, praying, encouraging, challenging, befriending. Randy is oneof the few people about whom I can say, paraphrasing Paul, Follow his example, ashe follows the example of Christ.
Mike Cope,
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These chapters originated as lectures given over a number of years in many locations.We have attempted to retain the oral style in writing to keep my voice without itbeing annoying. Gary Holloway spent many hours working to achieve this effect andwithout his efforts no book would exist. The ideas, for better or worse, are mine.My graduate assistant, Travis Roberts, worked hard to improve the manuscripts, asdid Leonard Allen of Leafwood Publishers.
When I look back on what I have said about being a follower of Jesus over the years,it is clear I didnt say it well enough, and, more disturbingly, was not able tofully live into what I said.
It is ever true, Grace, Grace, all is Grace.
I. On Ethics
II. On Cruciformity
III. Fellow Travelers
IV. Shalom
T his is a book about ethics, usually defined as something like ideas on good andbadbehavior. The ideas here come from my experience as a teacher of ethics, fromreadinga lot of books, and from being in a different church almost every week.
Ethics. Arent you excited?
But you should be, because ethics are about life. They are all about living lifewell (hence the name of this bookLife Work). In these chapters I will lay out someethical dilemmas, which will lead to a discussion of ethical theories. But do notworry, I will then get very practical and make the case for certain behaviors thatwould lead to a minimally decent society. And wouldnt that make for a happy change!
But this book is not an exercise in philosophical ethics. I am above all a followerof Jesus Christ. As such, the important question for us is, How can I better followthe one whose life was all about going to a cross? So I will make the case for cruciformityas the way of Jesus. That is, he calls us to a life of self-surrender and death forthe sake of others.
Taking up the cross is a tall order. It cant be done by just trying harder. So Imgoing to give you certain attitudes and practices that God can use to make you amore mature follower of Jesus. Then I want to share some things Ive learned fromdead and living Christians about living the cross-shaped life.
Finally, I will address the source and practices of peaceboth personal, inner peaceand peace between people, tribes, and nations.
For those who have read my previous booksGod Work and Soul Worksome of the storiesand themes here will sound familiar. Together these books kind of make up my post-systematictheology. My prayer is that God will bless you through these thoughts.
TELLING RIGHT
FROM WRONG
I' m going to argue that there is a particular way of doing ethics from Scripture that makes sense. But its going to be quite a trip. Im not going to jump to that. I need to get you thinking about some things first.
My favorite sports headline of all time is this one: Harvard beats Yale 2929. Itsa true headline. Great headline, and therein hangs a tale. Harvard is playing Yaleand everybody knows that this is the game. No other game matters if youre from Harvard or Yale, and so they are playing for the Ivy League championship and Yale is undefeated,and Yale is ahead in the game 29 to 13 with less than a minute to go. Harvard scoresan unlikely touchdown, goes for two and makes it and now theres like forty secondsleft in the game. They kick the onside kick, recover it, score a touchdown on thelast play of the game and while students are pouring onto the field, they score thetwo point conversion to tie the game 29 to 29, so the next day in the newspaper theHarvard paper reads, Harvard beats Yale 29 to 29.
Which also tells you a great deal about human psychology, because many people atYale still describe that as the worst day in their lives. First of all, they needto get a life. For the people at Harvard this is one of their proudest moments. Butthe interesting thing is... its a tie. They should feel exactly the same wayabout it, but they dont because its not just the destination, its the trip. Itshow you get there. So the way we are going to get where we are going is going tobe a lot more interesting than the destination.
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