| Breaking the Idols of Your Heart: How to Navigate the Temptations of Life Contributor(s): Allender, Dan B. (Author), Longman III, Tremper (Author) |
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ISBN: 0830834419 ISBN-13: 9780830834419 Publisher: IVP OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: We all want to know our life matters. Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III look at how we are tempted to find meaning in the various areas addressed in the book of Ecclesiastes: work, success, relationships, gaining knowledge, money, etc. A fictionalized narrative introduces each chapter, creating an ongoing story throughout the book. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Discipleship - Religion | Christian Living - Spiritual Growth |
| Dewey: 223.806 |
| LCCN: 2007011185 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.62" W x 8.18" (0.54 lbs) 191 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Evangelical |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: We all want to know our lives matter. So did the Teacher in Ecclesiastes. He invested time and energy in every activity he could think of that might bring meaning and purpose to his life but found only disappointment, frustration, hopelessness. In our thirst for significance we, like the Teacher, give our lives--our time, talents, strength, heart--to anything we think will give us worth and purpose: Power. Relationships. Money. Pleasure. Work. But worshiping these idols has a high cost--and still doesn't bring the fulfillment we long for. In Breaking the Idols of Your Heart Dan Allender and Tremper Longman illuminate for us the Teacher's warnings and, after all his activities, his final radiant conclusion: Meaning and purpose come only when God is truly the center of our life and the object of our hope. Using a compelling fictional narrative at the start of each chapter to encourage reflection on our own life and the lives of family and friends, the authors lead us through Ecclesiastes to help us recognize and exchange cheap pursuits for the only One worth pursuing. Ecclesiastes is not an easy book to read, because transferring our worship from money, power and fame to God is not an easy road to travel. But as the Teacher discovered and wrote down for us, it leads to one conclusion: life lived abundantly, in freedom, hope, purpose, meaning. |
Contributor Bio(s): Allender, Dan B.: - Dan B. Allender is a professor of counseling and president of Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, Washington.Longman III, Tremper: - Tremper Longman III is a professor of biblical studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. Together Dan and Tremper authored the bestselling book Bold Love (NavPress) as well as The Intimate Mystery and Intimate Marriage Bible studies (InterVarsity Press).Longman III, Tremper: - Tremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is also visiting professor of Old Testament at Seattle School of Theology and Psychology and adjunct of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. He lectures regularly at Regent College in Vancouver and the Canadian Theological Seminary in Calgary. Longman is the author or coauthor of over twenty books, includingHow to Read Genesis, How to Read the Psalms, How to Read Proverbs, Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation, Old Testament Essentials and coeditor of A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible. He and Dan Allender have coauthored Bold Love, Cry of the Soul, Intimate Allies, The Intimate Mystery and the Intimate Marriage Bible studies. |