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You're only human : how your limits reflect God's design and why that's good news / Kelly M. Kapic.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2022]Description: 261 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781587435102
  • 1587435101
Subject(s):
Contents:
Have I done enough?: Facing our finitude -- Does God love . . . me?: Crucified . . . but I still live -- Are the limits of my body bad?: Praise God for Mary -- Why does physical touch matter?: Images, trauma, and embodied worship -- Is identity purely self-generated?: Understanding the self in context -- Have we misunderstood humility?: Joyful realism -- Do I have enough time?: Clocks, anxiety, and presence -- Why doesn't God just instantly change me?: Process, humanity, and the spirit's work -- Do I need to be part of the church?: Loving the whole body -- How do we faithfully live within our finitude?: Rhythm, vulnerability, gratitude and rest.
Summary: "God doesn't need you to meet all the needs, know all the answers, or to be superhuman. As Christians, we too often confuse our creaturely limits with sin, sadly distorting most aspects of our lives. God just desires you to be a faithful human creature whose finitude fosters freedom, joy, growth, and community"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 233.5 K17 Available 33111010869564
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Christianity Today 2023 Book Award (Popular Theology)

2023 Georgia Author of the Year Finalist (Inspirational)

Southwestern Journal of Theology 2022 Book Award (Applied Theology/Ethics)

Work. Family. Church. Exercise. Sleep.

The list of demands on our time seems to be never ending. It can leave you feeling a little guilty--like you should always be doing one more thing.

Rather than sharing better time-management tips to squeeze more hours out of the day, Kelly Kapic takes a different approach in You're Only Human . He offers a better way to make peace with the fact that God didn't create us to do it all.

Kapic explores the theology behind seeing our human limitations as a gift rather than a deficiency. He lays out a path to holistic living with healthy self-understanding, life-giving relationships, and meaningful contributions to the world. He frees us from confusing our limitations with sin and instead invites us to rest in the joy and relief of knowing that God can use our limitations to foster freedom, joy, growth, and community.

Readers will emerge better equipped to cultivate a life that fosters gratitude, rest, and faithful service to God.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-252) and indexes.

"God doesn't need you to meet all the needs, know all the answers, or to be superhuman. As Christians, we too often confuse our creaturely limits with sin, sadly distorting most aspects of our lives. God just desires you to be a faithful human creature whose finitude fosters freedom, joy, growth, and community"-- Provided by publisher.

Have I done enough?: Facing our finitude -- Does God love . . . me?: Crucified . . . but I still live -- Are the limits of my body bad?: Praise God for Mary -- Why does physical touch matter?: Images, trauma, and embodied worship -- Is identity purely self-generated?: Understanding the self in context -- Have we misunderstood humility?: Joyful realism -- Do I have enough time?: Clocks, anxiety, and presence -- Why doesn't God just instantly change me?: Process, humanity, and the spirit's work -- Do I need to be part of the church?: Loving the whole body -- How do we faithfully live within our finitude?: Rhythm, vulnerability, gratitude and rest.

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