you win looking like you are losing

One of the book that changed my life was “The Lost Message of Jesus” by Steve Chalke.

Therefore, when I found out he published another new book earlier this year, I got it right away!

I mean, who won’t be interested in a book with the title “Being Human”?

And here’s my top 10 take away from the book!

Our greatest danger in life is to that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit our target. ~ p.g. 17

The difference, for instance, between believing that God exists and believing that God does not exist is not the difference between the ‘presence’ and absence’ of faith - it is simply a difference in the content of that faith and belief. ~ p.g. 25

‘Enemy-occupied territory - that is what this world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you might say landed in disguise, and is calling us all to take part in a great campaign of sabotage.’ ~ p.g. 35

What’s required is a mind-set of never being satisfied with your current ability, a passion to aim just beyond your capability and, most importantly, a never ending resolve to dust yourself off in the face of defeat and try again. ~ p.g. 103

Jesus taught us to behave as if nothing we give away could ever make us poorer, because we can never run out of what we give. Rather than trying to grip your life with tight, anxious hands, unclench that fist. Open your hand. Don’t plot and scheme about tomorrow. Live with reckless generosity. Serve others. Give up the best seat. If you try to keep what you have, you’ll lose even that. Give it away, and you’ll get back more than you bargain for. Give it away, and you’ll get back more than you ever dreamt you could get. ~ p.g. 144

‘ A God who cannot suffer is poorer than any human. For a God who is incapable of suffering is a being who cannot be involved. Suffering and injustice do not affect him… so in the end he is also a loveless being.’ ~ p.g. 151

According to Genesis all human beings are stamped with the image of the Creator, which defines human life as more than merely biological. This means that when we stand before another person, however destitute, disabled, diseased or degraded, we stand before a representative of the divine. ~ p.g. 163

What they failed to recognise is that when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do, you can safely conclude that what you’ve actually done is recreate him in your own image. ~ p.g. 208

The essence of genuine discussion is that each person in that discussion is open to the possibility of being changed by what is shared. Without this, we might as well stand in front of a mirror and talk to ourselves. The great Catholic missionary and theologian Vincent Donovan put it like this : ‘Do not try to call [others] to where you are, as beautiful as that place may seem to you. You must have the courage to go with them to a place neither you nor they have been before.’ ~ p.g. 223

‘It is perhaps better, and far more accurate,’ he said, ‘ to understand God’s anger as his anguish - a dimension of his love, but never an emotion opposition to it.’ ~ p.g. 229

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At first I have more than 30 to share but I accidentally deleted all so I became lazy and just choose 10 to share here.

Is another great book that you would not want to miss!