A Million Ways to Die: The Only Way to Live by Rick James

ABOUT THIS BOOK:

The symbol for Christian faith is a man nailed to a wooden cross. It could have been something like the Wal-Mart yellow smiley, but it's not. More than lepers and mustard seeds, death is the dominant New Testament metaphor for the Christian life. This book is about the little "d" of death that shows up in endless ways in our lives. We might never die for our witness, but our reputation sure can. And we can all experience the death of a dream, a job, a relationship, a hoped-for future. There's no need to push or shove or wait in line; everyone gets a chance to die.

When Jesus tells us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow him, he is describing a path of death, not a path to death. By focusing on death merely as an event, we've failed to see it as a process, and thus missed or avoided its many smaller manifestations. We think of death as and ending, rather than as the vehicle by which we experience life. Death is the means by which we walk in, and live out, the resurrected life. If it's life that you want, then consider A Million Ways to Die. You'll be on the road to resurrection from deadening religiosity into vital, abundant life with God.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Rick James is Publisher of CruPress, the publishing arm of Campus Crusade. He is a graduate of Syracuse University and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and the author of numerous books, including Jesus Without Religion. He and his family live in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

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