Finding peace and serenity in a post-modern, post-pandemic, twenty-first century society with escalating political and social contention, crime, violence, health and safety concerns, and untimely deaths producing anxiety, depression, isolation, and loneliness has been impossible. Or has it? Lasting tranquility is possible when we use the principles Jesus Christ has shown and given us. The Christian Heritage shows us how we can use His captivating model to live productive and fulling lives in an ever-changing world.
Table of Contents
Preface:
Why I Believe in the Christian Heritage
My Story
Living Proof
Changing the World
With Gratitude
Introduction: Called to Glory and Virtue
A Sin Problem
God's Intervention: Jesus Christ
Chapter One: Diligently Add to Your Faith
What is Faith?
The Object of Faith: Jesus Christ
The Result of Faith and Repentance
Chapter Two: Add Virtue to Your Faith
Not for Men Only
Personal Virtue
Social Virtue
God's People Act Differently
Scenario: A Problem with Money
Chapter Three: Add Knowledge to Your Virtue
The Reverend Dr. L. B. Moss
What is Knowledge?
Our Need for Christian Discipleship
Christian Service
The Importance of Christian Experience
Scenario: Double Trouble
Chapter Four: Add Temperance to Your Knowledge
Temperance vs. Self-Indulgence
My Observation
Scenario: What's It Worth?
Chapter Five: Add Patience to Your Temperance
Who Shall Endure?
God's Providence and Preservation
A Persevering Attachment to Christ
Story: A Missionary, a Preacher, and an Old Man
Chapter Six: Add Godliness to Your Patience
God's Holiness and Our Godliness
Godliness Revealed
Scenario: For the Sake of the Call
Chapter Seven: Add Brotherly Kindness to Your Godliness
From Partiality to Family
We Are a Christian Family
Scenario: A True Friend
Chapter Eight: Add Love to Your Brotherly Kindness
A New Commandment
God's Love Becomes Human
The Greatest of These is Love
Scenario: Abiding in Love
Epilogue: Not I, But Christ
One Saturday
Over the Years
The Next Step
Appendices
Appendix A: Suggested Christian Heritage Code
Appendix B: Suggested Scenario Answers
About the Author
