Today is my stop on the But God: Two Words to Freedom Blog tour and I have a great guest post from author Jennings Wright to share with you all. Plus a giveaway at the bottom of this post.
WHY THIS TOPIC? For
Breath of Life
BUT GOD: Two Words to
Freedom is about a journey. There is a lot of autobiographical information
in it, only because I want the reader to know that I’m living this out. It’s
not an academic exercise for me. But the journey is there for any Believer who
is willing to start it, and I wrote the book to encourage people who might be
feeling something along the lines of,
“Isn’t there more to the Christian life than this??”
What is godly freedom? For a lot of us, that seems like a
scary question. We know what worldly freedom is, and have seen that it
invariably leads to more bondage. It’s not living like the world, and asking
forgiveness later. It’s really an ever-widening path, a journey that takes a
lot of work on our part. It’s a bit like our journey from baby to adult. We are
entrusted with more freedom as we take the steps to show that we can handle it.
As I look around the Church, it makes me sad that so many
people live in “religion” but really don’t live by faith. There’s a lot of fear
among Christians, a lot of wariness about trusting God to be bigger than we
are, bigger than our circumstances, bigger than the world’s problems. We tend
to gravitate to a lot of rules and regulations, because, like a child in a
fenced yard, we feel safer.
But are we meant to be safe? In The Chronicles of Narnia, it is repeatedly said of Aslan that “he
isn’t a tame lion.” Is God tame? Is Jesus safe? If we follow the Holy Spirit
wherever He leads, will that journey be boring?
The answer to all of those questions is a resounding “no.”
There is a lot more going on in our world than we realize.
There is a spiritual dimension that we typically ignore, because we can’t see
it, we may not know about it, and we’re scared to look for it. Our world is
really a battlefield, like The Lord of
the Rings or The Matrix. We each have a purpose, a destiny, that only
we can fill. But we can’t do our jobs if we don’t know what they are, and we
can’t know what they are if we don’t know how to live a Kingdom life.
And that’s where BUT
GOD comes in. It’s a book to teach us how to begin that journey, how to
start to see and hear with our spiritual senses, and how to live a life that is
truly free, in the way that God intended. It’s a book to take you to Aslan’s
country.
About the Book
Do you find yourself unsatisfied with “church as usual,” but don’t know why? Do you wonder if the Christian life you’re living, which is like all the other Christians around you, is all there is?
Do you wonder why all
the exciting stuff in the Bible seems so far from your own life? Jesus came to
set us free, but most of us don’t know what that really means. Find out in BUT
GOD: Two Words to Freedom! Each chapter expands on the definition of Godly
freedom in this life, and is followed by study questions to help you fulfill
the purpose God has for you in His Kingdom on earth. Find out how living
outside the Christian box; following Biblical principals regarding debt,
forgiveness and relationships; and acknowledging the battle we face if we are
advancing God’s Kingdom can set you free to be all that God created you to be.
About the Author
Born and raised in Rockledge, Florida, Jennings spent her early years reading anything she could get her hands on, when she wasn't spending time in and on the water. She won a prize in the 6th grade for her science fiction stories. Jennings attended the University of the South and the University of Tampa, graduating with a B.A. in Political Science, and almost enough credits for B.A.s in both English and History. She spent time over the years doing various kinds of script doctoring, business writing, editing, and teaching writing, but mostly having and raising her family, homeschooling her children, owning and running a business with her husband, and starting a non-profit to Uganda. Thanks to a crazy idea called NaNoWriMo Jennings got back into creative writing in 2011 and hasn't stopped since. She's written four novels and a screenplay in less than a year, with more ideas on the drawing board. She currently lives in North Carolina with her husband, also a writer, and two children, and travels extensively
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