Real Christian
Bearing the Marks of Authentic Faith
Todd A. Wilson
- The
- evangelical
- church
- is
- home
- to
- many
- who
- claim
- to
- follow
- Christ
- but
- who
- show
- little
- evidence
- of
- a
- truly
- transformed
- life.
- Todd
- Wilson's
- Real
- Christian:
- Bearing
- the
- Marks
- of
- Authentic
- Faith
- biblically
- defines
- what
- it
- means
- to
- be
- a
- true
- Christian,
- calling
- readers
- to
- look
- at
- their
- own
- lives
- and
- diagnose
- where
- they
- aren’t
- living
- authentically
- for
- God.
- With
- a
- prophetic
- voice,
- Wilson
- looks
- at
- how
- we
- deceive
- ourselves
- into
- thinking
- we
- are
- really
- living
- for
- God
- through
- believing
- the
- right
- things
- or
- doing
- lots
- of
- spiritual
- activities.
- In
- contrast,
- real
- Christians
- are
- marked
- by
- five
- key
- qualities:
- broken-hearted
- joy,
- a
- humble
- disposition,
- a
- readiness
- to
- acknowledge
- sin,
- an
- ability
- to
- live
- balanced
- and
- avoid
- legalism,
- and
- a
- deep
- spiritual
- hunger
- that
- drives
- growth.
- All
- of
- these
- qualities
- culminate
- in
- the
- single
- defining
- mark
- of
- a
- real
- Christian—love.To
- help
- in
- distinguishing
- genuine
- faith
- from
- counterfeit
- spirituality,
- Wilson
- draws
- upon
- the
- gospels,
- the
- writings
- of
- Paul,
- and
- the
- insights
- of
- theologian
- Jonathan
- Edwards
- to
- help
- readers
- understand
- the
- necessary
- marks
- of
- an
- authentic,
- transformed
- life,
- marks
- that
- show
- evidence
- of
- a
- new
- heart
- and
- bear
- spiritual
- fruit
- through
- the
- work
- of
- the
- Holy Spirit.
pro-mbooks3 : libris
