How to Inherit the Earth: Submitting Ourselves to a Servant Savior - Softcover

Bessenecker, Scott A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830837280 ISBN 13: 9780830837281

Publisher: IVP, 2009

Synopsis

Ambition isn't bad; it just does bad things. In a culture that too often prizes leadership uncritically and unreflectively, a faith that calls us to take up crosses, lay down lives and otherwise submit ourselves to something outside ourselves simply sounds like a bad idea. Nevertheless, this is the faith that we find Jesus talking about. Scott Bessenecker has learned from new friar communities, from the history of Christianity and from the mouth of Jesus that there's something wonderfully subversive about saying no to ourselves every now and then, something that could even change the world.

About this title

About the Author

As the director of global projects for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Scott Bessenecker each year helps send some 700 to 800 college students to nearly every continent on earth. Some of the people Scott has met along the way are profiled in his book The New Friars. You can read about his ongoing adventures at his blog, The Least of These, hosted by urbana.org.

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830837280
• ISBN 13: 9780830837281
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 158