{"id":51684,"date":"2014-08-26T09:47:51","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T14:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/?p=51684"},"modified":"2015-03-13T22:38:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T03:38:03","slug":"questions-for-the-latest-solution-to-the-christian-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2014\/08\/26\/questions-for-the-latest-solution-to-the-christian-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions for the Latest Solution to the Christian Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

David Moore<\/strong><\/a>, a friend down in the great State of Texas, after the trendy rocket-like success\u00a0Prayer of Jabez<\/em>, wrote out this series of questions to any book having the claim to be the latest solution to how to live the Christian life.<\/p>\n

What would you add? subtract? modify?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Does the book convey (explicitly or implicitly) that it is the \u201ckey\u201d to living the victorious Christian life?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Does the author present more of a formulaic approach to the Christian life rather than the need to grow in the \u201cgrace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ?\u201d\u00a0 (II Peter 3:18)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Does the book present a simplistic approach (read \u201ccookie cutter\u201d) to the Christian growth or does it value the wide variety of ways that God sanctifies His people?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Does the author tend to universalize or make normative his own experiences?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Does the author ask the reader to trust his interpretation of his experiences rather than backing those up with the word of God?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. Most importantly, does the book focus on the person and work of Christ?\u00a0 In other words, is it a Christ-centered approach to the Christian life or is it a mechanical, moralistic, and behavioral approach?<\/strong><\/li>\n
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              David Moore, a friend down in the great State of Texas, after the trendy rocket-like success\u00a0Prayer of Jabez, wrote out this series of questions to any book having the claim to be the latest solution to how to live the Christian life. What would you add? subtract? modify? 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