Good And Beautiful Life

Introduction

How To Get The Most Out Of This Book
1 An Invitation To The Good Life
Soul Training: Writing A Letter To God
2 Getting Heaven In Us
Soul Training: Play
3 An Invitation To Blessedness
Soul Training: Hospitality
4 Learning To Live Without Anger
Soul Training: Keeping The Sabbath
5 Learning To Live Without Lust
Soul Training: Media Fast
6 Learning To Live Without Lying
Soul Training: Silence
7 Learning To Bless Those Who Curse Us
Soul Training: Praying For The Success Of Competitors
8 Learning To Live Without Vainglory
Soul Training: Secret Service
9 Learning To Live Without Avarice
Soul Training: Deaccumulation
10 Learning To Live Without Worry
Soul Training: Prayer
11 Learning To Live Without Judging Others
Soul Training: A Day Without Gossip
12 Living In The Kingdom Day By Day
Soul Training: Living One Day Devotionally

Appendix: Small Group Discussion Guide
Notes
Acknowledgments

Additional Info
James Bryan Smith believes we have bought into false notions of happiness and success. We find ourselves caught up in self-serving decisions that lead us further into the vices that cause ruin: anger, lust, lying, worry and judging. In this follow up to his first book, The Good and Beautiful God, Smith traces through the Sermon on the Mount and helps us look behind these sins to replace our false beliefs with Jesus’ naratives about life in the kingdom of God.