The Good and Beautiful Life: Putting on the Character of Christ (The Good and Beautiful Series)

"I have never met a person whose goal was to ruin his or her life. We all want to be happy, and we want it all of the time." So begins James Bryan Smith in The Good and Beautiful Life. The problem is, he tells us, we have bought into false notions of happiness and success. These self-centered decisions lead us further into the vices that cause ruin: anger, lust, lying, worry and judging. Eventually we find ourselves living a beautifully packaged life of self-destruction. Following the Sermon on the Mount, this follow-up to The Good and Beautiful God guides us to look behind these character flaws and to replace our false beliefs with Jesus' narratives about life in the kingdom of God.

• The Good and Beautiful Community: Following the Spirit, Extending Grace, Demonstrating Love (Apprentice (IVP Books))
• The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows (The Apprentice Series)
• The Good and Beautiful Community: Following the Spirit, Extending Grace, Demonstrating Love by James Bryan Smith (August 2010)
• Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context
• The Magnificent Story: Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth (Apprentice Resources)
• A Spiritual Formation Workbook - Revised edition: Small Group Resources for Nurturing Christian Growth
• The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
• God in My Everything: How an Ancient Rhythm Helps Busy People Enjoy God
• The Magnificent Journey: Living Deep in the Kingdom (Apprentice Resources)
• The Making of an Ordinary Saint: My Journey from Frustration to Joy with the Spiritual Disciplines