The Psychology of Apostasy, Part Two: How discipleship can lead us back

By Stephen Willis

God's original intentions for his creation were for them to be good. Because people were allowed to choose their own ways, it was only a short time before they had chosen poorly. They lost the close relationship with their loving Creator, were cursed, but given hope. God taught them in a unique way - allowing them to see all the various ways that wouldn't work before giving them the real answer. Jesus was sent and men and women were transformed through his teaching and example, and the lives of those who carried on the work. This didn't last. Changes were made to the message and the "good" was degraded to mediocre and worse. Christians learned to settle for something much less thatn what God intended.In this book, the author deals with how to find our way back to the power that Jesus brought to this world - the resources to be transformed into his image and live exceptional lives through discipleship. This requires embracing some ideas that early Christians understood to be essential and, at the same time, letting go of human traditions and the world's operating principles which have been added to the simple, effective message for which Jesus sacrificed himself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1537356712
• ISBN13: 9781537356716
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"