The bride of Christ is glorious and beautiful because of its head—but it’s far from perfect yet. Members can lash out on other members through division, gossip, fallen leadership, manipulative practices, or the like. How are we, as members of Christ’s body, to respond to his bride when we have been hurt deeply by her? And how can all of us show compassion to those who have had different, and sometimes harder, experiences than we have? This workshop will help us ask and answer these questions—and in the process love the church even more wisely and deeply.
Workshop Leader: Jackie Hill Perry
Date: June 17, 2016
Event: The Gospel Coalition 2016 Women’s Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana
Free eBook by Tim Keller: ‘The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness’
Imagine a life where you don’t feel inadequate, easily offended, desperate to prove yourself, or endlessly preoccupied with how you look to others. Imagine relishing, not resenting, the success of others. Living this way isn’t far-fetched. It’s actually guaranteed to believers, as they learn to receive God’s approval, rather than striving to earn it.
In Tim Keller’s short ebook, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness: The Path To True Christian Joy, he explains how to overcome the toxic tendencies of our age一not by diluting biblical truth or denying our differences一but by rooting our identity in Christ.
TGC is offering this Keller resource for free, so you can discover the “blessed rest” that only self-forgetfulness brings.
