Centering Jesus, Derek Vreeland
Centering Jesus, Derek Vreeland
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Centering Jesus
How the Lamb of God Transforms Our Communities, Ethics, and Spiritual Lives

Author: Derek Vreeland

Narrator: Derek Vreeland

Unabridged: 7 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 08/22/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

What happens when Jesus becomes obscured from our point of view?

With all the hostility boiling just under the surface of our world, we need a renewed vision of Jesus as the Lamb of God who can lead us in the peaceable ways of the Kingdom. When we fail to keep Jesus at the center of our lives, we lean into the desires of our hearts more than the desires God has for us. As a result, our entire spirituality becomes driven by the self and for the self. We need renewed practices of centering Jesus in our hearts and minds.

In Centering Jesus, Derek Vreeland invites you to imagine what it looks like to keep Jesus as the Lamb of God at the center of three key areas of our lives―our spiritual formation, our moral lives, and our common life together. With the deep divide in American culture and the polarization that continues to grow, we need a renewed focus on the Lamb so that we might blaze a path forward into civility and kindness.

Learn how to identify the problems that occur when Jesus is obscured from our view; walk through some of the key biblical descriptions of the Lamb; describe a Lamb-shaped and Jesus-centered approach to the Christian virtues of faith, hope, and love, the foundation of our moral lives; and experience the Lamb at the center of common life together, specifically worship life, participation in acts of justice, and political life.

About The Author

Derek Vreeland is the discipleship pastor at Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri.  He is the author of Shape Shifters, Primal Credo, and By the Way and is a regular contributor at Mission Alliance.  He and his wife, Jenni, live in Missouri and have three sons.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marty

In this book, Vreeland has provided a grounded and safe resource for a very significant and difficult conversation today. Evangelicals have often found a way to compartmentalize our faith among the many cabinets of life’s ideologies, hobbies, and other allegiances. We’ve allowed cultural dialogue to......more

Goodreads review by Avery

This book was lovely. The author is an evangelical pastor who has fallen in love with liturgical expressions of prayer and worship and who has a deep love of creedal Christianity. This book was also inspired by the author reading Revelation and contemplating what it looks like to follow in its patte......more

Goodreads review by Lucas

Eines der besten Bücher zum Thema Nachfolge, die ich bis jetzt so gelesen habe. Es ist eine Antwort auf einige Probleme der Evangelikalen in Amerika. Jesus wieder in die Mitte rücken als das gewaltlose und sich hingebende Lamm. Dabei bringt so viele Inhalte zusammen, die mir die letzten Jahre wichti......more

Goodreads review by Traci

Learn to walk in the way of Rabbi Jesus, a humble servant. It's different than showing up for a Sunday service. I appreciated the wide spectrum of examples and church traditions offered in this book.......more

Goodreads review by Tristan

I won this on goodreads! Can’t wait to dive in! Thank you good reads giveaways!......more