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Escaping Escapism
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Escaping Escapism

Stop putting things off. Start taking things on.

By Dave Griffith-Jones, foreword by Rico Tice
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An inspiring book that shows how knowing and trusting Jesus enables us to do hard things rather than seeking to escape from them

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Almost anything that is worth doing is a struggle. Almost anything that benefits other people is tough to do. Almost anything that makes a difference in this world is hard to see through to the end. Which is why, we’ll often do almost anything to escape doing it!

Yet we want to love people well, even when they’re difficult… tackle challenges that we find difficult… and keep moving forwards through times that prove difficult. Deep down we want to get on with doing hard things, fix what needs fixing and change what needs changing.

This book shows us how a bigger, better picture of Jesus will transform us. Our panic and tendency to avoid difficult things can be replaced with joyful, get-things-done confidence and proactivity when we depend on God’s power.

If you avoid difficult things but want to change, this book is for you.

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Contents

  • 1. The Best Things We Do
    2. A Divided Heart
    3. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
    4. Refuge
    5. Shepherd
    6. Light
    7. Portion
    8. Rock
    9. Strength
    10. Salvation
    11. The Hardest Things We Do

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Contributors Dave Griffith-Jones, Rico Tice
ISBN 9781784981808
Format Paperback
First published January 2018
Dimensions 127mm x 198mm x 11mm
Weight 0.14 kg
Language English
Pages 144
Publisher The Good Book Company
Endorsements

Michael Harvey

Author of Unlocking the Growth; co-founder of Back to Church Sunday

We have made escapism a contact sport. We have so many devices and distractions to keep us busy from an involved life. This book is easy to read, full of self-deprecating humour with plenty of practical examples of people like you and me. Reading a book on escaping escapism is the easy bit, but Dave explores the wisdom contained in Scripture and a relationship with God to help us in our daily lives. This is a hopeful and encouraging book.

Peter Adam

former Principal of Ridley College, Melbourne; Vicar Emeritus of St Jude’s Carlton, Melbourne; author of Written for Us.

What a fine and useful book! It is a really helpful combination of contemporary perception, Biblical insight, practical advice, and an attractive and compelling style. I had not realised my own brilliant escapist ability until I read this book: and it also gave me Biblical and Christ-centred hope!

Ed Shaw

Pastor of Emmanuel City Centre, Bristol & Co-Founder of www.livingout.org

Refreshingly honest and regularly funny, Dave helps us to develop Christ-like, everyday courage by exposing our escapist hearts to who Jesus really is. However you might be seeking to escape from reality this wonderful book will help you return with real joy to the Good News that we so often fail to let determine every part of our lives.

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Our panic and tendency to avoid difficult things can be re- placed with joyful, get-things-done confidence

Methodist Recorder, That Happy Certainty, 15 Dec 2017

We all put off doing difficult things. Escaping Escapism by Dave Griffith-Jones is a hope-filled, hard-hitting book that sets out to show how
knowing and trusting Jesus enables us to do hard things rather than escape from them. “It shows us how a bigger, better picture of Jesus will transform our lives,” says the blurb, and who can quarrel with that? The message is that our panic and tendency to avoid difficult things can be replaced with joyful, get-things-done confidence and proactivity when we depend on God's power.

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