Love One Another: Becoming the Church Jesus Longs for
- ISBN-10
- 1844743454
- ISBN-13
- 9781844743452
- Series
- Love One Another
- Category
- Christian life
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-09-19
- Publisher
- IVP
- Author
- Gerald Lawson Sittser
Description
Jesus commanded his disciples to love one another. It's a simple command to understand, but very difficult to obey. And in the local church, it sometimes seems impossible. Many of us belong to highly diverse Christian communities, where we encounter people radically different from ourselves. At the same time, controversies and difficulties often threaten to tear us apart. So how can we achieve unity within the body of Christ? Gerald Sittser examines the 'one another' statements from the New Testament, distilling much-needed biblical wisdom to help us love one another. Drawing on his own pastoral experience of the best and worst of church life, he shows us what the love Jesus commanded actually requires of us, and how to live it out in struggle and servanthood, compromise and sacrifice. This enjoyable book by a best-selling author will guide us in putting one of the most important biblical principles into practice, for the good of our local churches.
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