J-Curve: Dying and Rising with Jesus in Everyday Life

by Paul E. Miller

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2019

Overview

Do we have the wrong map for the Christian life? 

Life's inconveniences, disappointments, and trials can leave us confused, cynical, and eventually bitter. But the apostle Paul traces out the path of dying and rising with Jesus—what Paul Miller calls the "J-Curve"—as the normal Christian life. 
The J-Curve maps the ups and downs of daily life onto the story of Jesus. It grounds our journeys not in some abstract idea but in union with Christ and his work of love. Understanding our lives in light of the J-Curve roots our hope, centers our love, and tethers our faith to Christ.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Both the manager and the therapist have pieces of wisdom, but they miss love. Because they play it safe, they miss life in all its richness. They miss that not only was God resurrecting my soul and saving me from pride during my trip with Kim, but also that my mini-death gave Jill a mini-resurrection. That’s how love works.” (source)

“Here’s the thing: when we understand that substitution is the heart of love, we see life through a different lens. We realize that all of life is love. Love is 24-7.” (source)

“Union with Christ thrives under stress, because stress drives us more deeply into Christ” (source)

“In fact, a saving faith is a living faith that participates in his life.” (source)

“the foundation of the J-Curve: justification by faith” (source)

Product Details

• Title : J-Curve: Dying and Rising with Jesus in Everyday Life
• Author: Miller, Paul E.
• Publisher: Crossway
• Publication Date: 2019
• ISBN: 9781433561597

About Paul E. Miller

Paul E. Miller is executive director of seeJesus, the global discipling mission he founded in 1999 to help Christians and non-Christians alike “see Jesus.” Today, seeJesus works in over 30 countries and has books and interactive Bible study materials translated into at least a dozen languages.

Paul is the author of more than a dozen interactive Bible studies and books, including the best-selling A Praying Life and J-Curve. If you read any of Paul’s writing, you’ll quickly see that he loves to tell stories—most of which start with his own failures and mishaps and end with God’s faithfulness. Paul is married to Jill, who is known for her sense of humor and faith. They have six children and a growing number of grandchildren and live in the Philadelphia area.