Synopses & Reviews
Even in an age of instant gratification, life's best takes time and effort. What is happiness? The immediate gratification of our physical and emotional desires? A sense of satisfaction brought about through consumerism or other promises of short-term enjoyment? Our twenty-first-century views of happiness are not what the writers of the Bible had in mind. Nor is it what the ancient Greeks or the drafters of the Declaration of Independence envisioned. Such false ideas of happiness always leave us empty chasing the selfish and superficial. Authors J. P. Moreland and Klaus Issler illustrate how we are only happy when we pursue a transcendent purpose-something larger than ourselves. This pursuit involves a deeply meaningful relationship with God through a selfless preoccupation with the spiritual disciplines. The Lost Virtue of Happiness takes a fresh, meaningful look at the spiritual disciplines, offering concrete examples of ways you can make them practical and life-transforming.
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The Lost Virtue of Happiness offers a fresh, practical, motivating, and meaningful look at the ancient spiritual disciplines?resources for focusing on Christ and pursuing a transcendent purpose in life. With concrete examples and illuminating stories, the authors show how the disciplines can help shape a life that truly satisfies.
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"We are only happy when we pursue a transcendent purpose, something larger than ourselves. This pursuit involves a deeply meaningful relationship with God by committed participation in the spiritual disciplines. The Lost Virtue of Happiness takes a fresh, meaningful look at the spiritual disciplines, offering concrete examples of ways you can make them practical and life-transforming."
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We are only happy when we pursue a transcendent purpose--something
larger than ourselves. This pur
Synopsis
We are only happy when we pursue a transcendent purpose, something larger than ourselves. This pursuit involves a deeply meaningful relationship with God through a selfless preoccupation with the spiritual disciplines.
The Lost Virtue of Happiness takes a fresh, meaningful look at the spiritual disciplines, offering concrete examples of ways you can make them practical and life-transforming.
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The search for happiness can lead people either to emptiness or fulfillment, but this book will enable readers to know true joy by practicing the ancient spiritual disciplines.
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Jayne Schooler offers proven advice for parents and families of unwed mothers and fathers.
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Unplanned teen pregnancies impact the entire family. This book chronicles the story of one such a family, from initial heartbreak and shock to a new level of love and spiritual commitment.
Includes expert advice and spiritual insights.
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"Mom, Dad...I'm Pregnant." These are words you never want to hear from your unmarried daughter. In an instant, your dreams and hopes for your daughter or son permanently change. You feel battered by an array of conflicting emotions. What you and your family need now more than ever is compassion, understanding, and direction. Long-time educator, writer, and speaker on family life issues, Jayne Schooler offers a comprehensive guide to the challenges faced by parents of children who experience unplanned pregnancies. As a mother and grandmother, Jayne also chronicles her own family's experience--from the initial heartbreak and shock upon hearing her daughter's news to a new level of love, maturity, and spiritual commitment. By sharing her own story and those of other parents, as well as the expertise of a broad range of professionals, Jayne offers deep insight and hope to those who need to know that God's love and grace is readily available for all.
About the Author
J. P. Moreland is Distinguished Professor of philosophy at Biola University in La Mirada, California and Director of The Eidos Christian Center. Dr. Moreland has 4 earned degrees: a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Missouri, a Th. M. in theology from Dallas Seminary, an M. A. in philosophy from the University of California-Riverside, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Southern California. Dr. Moreland has authored, edited, or contributed papers to 35 books with publishers ranging from Oxford University Press, Blackwell, Routledge, Wadsworth, and Prometheus to InterVarsity and Zondervan. Among his books are Christianity and the Nature of Science, Does God Exist? (with Kai Nielsen), The Creation Hypothesis, Philosophical Naturalism: A Critical Analysis, The Kingdom Triangle, The Lost Virtue of Happiness and Body and Soul. He has also published over 100 magazine articles in such publications as Christianity Today and Christian Research Journal, and over 60 journal articles in venues such as Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, American Philosophical Quarterly, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, MetaPhilosophy, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Southern Journal of Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Faith and Philosophy. Dr. Moreland served for eight years as a bioethicist for PersonaCare Nursing Homes, Inc. headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. His research interests lie in analytic ontology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind, and in the interface between Christian thought and spiritual formation.. He has also planted two churches, served with Campus Crusade for Christ for ten years, spoken and debated on two hundred college campuses and hundreds of churches, and appeared numerous times on radio and television as a spokesperson for a Christian worldview.Klaus Issler is a professor of Christian Education and Theology at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, CA. However, he doesn't merely educate by teaching in a seminary classroom. His ministry as a seminary professor is really an extension of his writing and research. And being a husband, father and previously an associate pastor, are all ways that God is flourishing him in his calling. All of this flows from who he is becoming as a disciple of Jesus Christ, or as Dallas Willard would say, "Am I learning to live my life as Jesus would live my life if He were me?" The importance of being called by God, the integration of various fields of knowledge, the ministry of writing and researching, the role and significance of mentors and the indispensible value if the local church are all crucial themes concerning how he envisions his work as an educator and as a Christian thinker.