Jeffrey F. Keuss

Live the Questions (eBook, ePUB)

How Searching Shapes Our Convictions and Commitments

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer." —Rainer Maria RilkeLife is full of questions: questions about our identity, our relationships, our faith. Sometimes it seems like there are no easy answers. But our questioning can lead us on a journey into greater understanding and purpose.Jeffrey Keuss says that asking good questions helps us to lead good lives. He takes us on a tour of Scripture to find insights from people who asked questions of God and others. From God asking Adam and Eve, "Where are you?" to the Samaritan woman asking Jesus for water, Live the Questions explores critical questions in Scripture and what they can teach us about doubt, faith, and uncertainty in our everyday lives. Grappling with hard questions is necessary for us to form deeper faith commitments and discern who we are called to become. So don't be afraid of the questions—live them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: IVP
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780830870936
• Artikelnr.: 56840638

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey F. Keuss (PhD, University of Glasgow) is professor of Christian ministry, theology, and culture at Seattle Pacific University. He is also the executive director of Pivot Northwest. He is a regular contributor to the The Kindlings Muse podcast on theology and culture and is on the editorial board of Literature and Theology. His books include Freedom of the Self, Blur, and Your Neighbor's Hymnal.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Power of Asking Good Questions
1. Where Are You? The Big Question
2. Am I My Brother's Keeper? A Question of Responsibility
3. How Will I Know? Questioning in Times of Uncertainty
4. Who Am I? Questions of Shame, Fear, and Identity
5. Why This Burden? Questions of Burdens and Doubts
6. How Can I Just Vanish in Darkness? Questions of Loss, Conviction, and Work
7. How Can I Be Born After Growing Old? Questions About the Cost of Discipleship
8. Where Can I Get That Living Water? Questions of Commitment and Community
Conclusion: I Was Blind, but Now I See: Next Steps for the Journey
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography