Product Information

Author / Matthew Paul Turner

ISBN / 9780800730925

Publisher / Fleming H. Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group

Publication Date / 2005

Format / Paperback

Language / English

Number of Pages / 192

Dimensions / 21.7 x 14 x 1.3 cm

Weight / 300 g

Author Description

Matthew Paul Turner is the best-selling author of "When God Made You," "Churched,"and "Hear No Evil." He, and his wife, Jessica, along with their kids, Elias, Adeline, and Ezra, live in Nashville, Tennessee. He writes for Relevant magazine, HomeLife magazine, and Christian Single. He is the author of The Christian Culture Survival Guide and The Coffeehouse Gospel. He also enjoys acting, listening to great music, going on mission trips and volunteering with World Vision.

Product Description

Is Your Faith Provocative?

It may seem like an unusual way to describe faith. But faith, done Jesus style, isn't usual. It causes you to grate againts the norm. It blows past others' expectations and seeks what God desires for you. It's characterized by freedom, joy, humility, and community. Provocative faith is living passionately and loving relentlessly, yet being willing to come in last. 

This book will inspire you on your journey toward deeper faith. In these pages, Matthew Paul Turner shares a fresh concept of grace that will give you a better understanding of God's goodness. His story--and those of others like you--will inspire you to break out of the ordinary and actively respond to Jesus's teachings. His relevant and influential voice for God will encourage you to pursue a more passionate faith for yourself. 

When your life reflects what Jesus intends, the result is passionate, stimulating, controversial, and challenging--in a word, provocative.

Contents

1.  humans weren't meant to live in cages

2.  freedom is the beginning of faith

3.  we must trust that God is good

4.  the burning bush isn't for everyone

5.  pride always makes you look fat--very fat

6.  joy is a lifestyle

7.  know Jesus; know him well

8.  love relentlessly

9.  engage faith-based community

10. participate in God's dream for you

11. be an individual; rely on Jesus

12. your life isn't yours