Good Life, The: What Jesus Teaches about Finding True Happiness - Softcover

Derwin L. Gray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1535995718 ISBN 13: 9781535995719

Publisher: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2020

Synopsis

What is true happiness, and how can we find it?<br /> <br /> Everyone wants to be happy. We spend our money, time, and energy chasing after our version of the good life, and we run ourselves into physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion on the way. But what if the happiness we're all striving for isn't the happiness we were created for?<br /> <br /> Pastor and author Dr. Derwin L. Gray believes there is a better road to happiness, and it is found in the Beatitudes of Jesus. In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus revealed the shocking, countercultural path to true flourishing. It comes not through wealth, fame, or laughter, but through poverty, obscurity, and mourning. <br /> <br /> True happiness comes to a heart directed toward the Kingdom of God and satisfied in Jesus the King.<br />

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About the Author

Dr. Derwin L. Gray is the founding and lead pastor of Transformation Church, a multiethnic, multigenerational, mission-shaped community in Indian Land, South Carolina, just south of Charlotte, North Carolina. Gray met his wife, Vicki, at Brigham Young University (BYU). They have been married since 1992 and have two adult children.<br /> After graduating from BYU, he played professional football in the NFL for five years with the Indianapolis Colts and Carolina Panthers. In 2008, Gray graduated from Southern Evangelical Seminary magna cum laude with a Master of Divinity, with a concentration in Apologetics. While there, he was mentored by renowned theologian and philosopher Dr. Norman Geisler. In 2018, Gray received his Doctor of Ministry in the New Testament in Context at Northern Seminary under Dr. Scot McKnight. In 2015, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Southern Evangelical Seminary.<br /> Gray is the author of Hero: Unleashing God's Power in a Man's Heart (2009), Limitless Life: You Are More Than Your Past When God Holds Your Future (2013), Crazy Grace for Crazy Times Bible Study (2015), and The High-Definition Leader (2015).<br />

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadman & Holman Publishers
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1535995718
• ISBN 13: 9781535995719
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240