Joy: The Secret Weapon of the Church
What would Dietrich Bonhoeffer say to the modern Church? In this stirring conclusion, Eric Metaxas makes a startling statement: “God cannot use us if we do not have His joy.” In closing, he cautions Christians about “our joyless Christianity”, as he encourages Christian leaders and the American Church itself to rediscover our joy in Christ as core to our Gospel mission.
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What would Dietrich Bonhoeffer say to the modern Church? In this stirring conclusion, Eric Metaxas makes a startling statement: “God cannot use us if we do not have His joy.” In closing, he cautions Christians about “our joyless Christianity”, as he encourages Christian leaders and the American Church itself to rediscover our joy in Christ as core to our Gospel mission.
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Dave and Ann Wilson
Dave and Ann Wilson are hosts of FamilyLife Today®, FamilyLife’s nationally-syndicated radio program. Dave and Ann have been married for more than 38 years and have spent the last 33 teaching and mentoring couples and parents across the country. They have been featured speakers at FamilyLife’s Weekend to Remember® marriage getaway since 1993 and have also hosted their own marriage conferences across the country. Cofounders of Kensington Church—a national, multicampus church that hosts more than 14,000 visitors every weekend—the Wilsons are the creative force behind DVD teaching series Rock Your Marriage and The Survival Guide To Parenting, as well as authors of the recently released book Vertical Marriage (Zondervan, 2019). Dave is a graduate of the International School of Theology, where he received a Master of Divinity degree. A Ball State University Hall of Fame quarterback, Dave served the Detroit Lions as chaplain for 33 years. Ann attended the University of Kentucky. She has been active alongside Dave in ministry as a speaker, writer, small-group leader, and mentor to countless wives of professional athletes. The Wilsons live in the Detroit area. They have three grown sons, CJ, Austin, and Cody, three daughters-in-law, and a growing number of grandchildren.
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Eric Metaxas
Eric Metaxas is the New York Times bestselling author of Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery. His writing was first published in Atlantic Monthly, and has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Regeneration Quarterly, Christianity Today, National Review Online, Beliefnet and First Things. The American Booksellers Association chose Metaxas's The Birthday ABC as a 1995 Pick of the List and Amazon.com honored his Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksg...more
What would Dietrich Bonhoeffer say to the modern Church?