Beyond the Sacred-secular Divide (Kingdom Lifestyle Bible Studies) - Softcover

Allen, Scott D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1576585182 ISBN 13: 9781576585184

Publisher: Y W A M Pub, 2011

Synopsis

The Bible reveals God as the creator and lord of everything: "The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it" (Psalm 24:1). Yet for many people, including many Christians, this comprehensive worldview has become obscured. A line divides personal faith from daily life, work, and recreation, and we are left feeling fragmented, disconnected, and without purpose.

But God is at work today, leading a generation back to an undivided understanding of the kingdom of God and the earth. What lies beyond the sacred-secular divide? A fulfilling, integrated life that unites faith and action, the spiritual and the physical, Sundays and the rest of the week. God cares about every part, and we have the incredible opportunity to join him in his all-encompassing, redemptive plan for our world. What are we waiting for?

Revolutionizing the lives and renewing the minds of believers and local churches from North America to Africa, the Kingdom Lifestyle Bible Studies help people grow in their relationship with the King and his kingdom. Each tested, insightful study is designed for group or individual use and equips believers to engage in a vibrant life with Christ and offer healing to a broken world.
Sections of each study session

• Key words to know


• Key verses to read


• Biblical insights


• Discovery questions


• Key points to remember


• Closing thoughts


• Personal application

About this title

About the Author:

Scott D. Allen is president of Disciple Nations Alliance support office in Phoenix, Arizona. He has authored and coauthored a number of books, including The Forest in the Seed: A Biblical Perspective on Resources and Development and Against All Hope: Hope for Africa.

Review:

"Transformation comes when the kingdom comes, and the kingdom is nothing less than the rule of Christ in absolutely every nook and cranny of our personal lives and our communal lives. This book is a call for a return to the biblical worldview, in which there is no separation between secular and sacred, physical and spiritual, or evangelism and social justice. In this book, Scott Allen reveals the neo-Gnosticism that has crept into many Christian's thinking today and calls us to be "re-minded" into a wholistic understanding and practice of the whole reign of Christ, over the whole of life, according to the whole Word of God, for the sake of the whole world." --Joel Hogan, Director of International Ministries, Christian Reformed World Mission

"It is exciting to read a Bible study that offers a wholistic view of all of creation. With wisdom and through experience, Scott Allen points readers to view all of life (mind, body, and soul) as a unified whole." --Kim Moreland, Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview

"This highly accessible study reminds Christians that our Gospel is bigger than individual salvation, that our mission is about the transformation of culture as well as the renovation of the heart, and that the great heroes of our heritage were equally passionate for evangelism and social action. Its Kingdom-oriented message is greatly needed in many churches in order to equip believers for the joyful, missional life Jesus invites us into." --Amy L. Sherman, author of Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good

About this edition

• Publisher: Y W A M Pub
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1576585182
• ISBN 13: 9781576585184
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128