DescriptionMany today want Christianity to be like a hot tub: sensuous, relaxing, floppy, laid-back -- not in any way demanding . . . but very, very nice, even to the point of being great fun. But if there were no more to our Christianity than that, we should fall short of biblical God-centeredness and the cross-bearing life to which Jesus calls us, and advertise to the world nothing more than our own decadence.
So accurately does J. I. Packer describe current Christianity! And yet Christianity should be anything but an opportunity for relaxed complacency. With this in mind, Packer offers us his biblical reflections on life's tough issues. Discussing topics like pleasure, health, disappointment and holiness, he makes a map of problematical situations and then superimposes all the relevant biblical teachings. In reading his writings, we better understand our own journey through life and come to understand how to navigate it in a godly way.
