{"product_id":"9780830835324","title":"The Good and Beautiful Life: Putting on the Character of Christ","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I have never met a person whose goal was to ruin his or her life. We all want to be happy, and we want it all of the time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins James Bryan Smith in The Good and Beautiful Life. The problem is, he tells us, we have bought into false notions of happiness and success. These self-centered decisions lead us further into the vices that cause ruin: anger, lust, lying, worry and judging. Eventually we find ourselves living a beautifully packaged life of self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the Sermon on the Mount, this follow-up to The Good and Beautiful God guides us to look behind these character flaws and to replace our false beliefs with Jesus' narratives about life in the kingdom of God.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"InterVarsity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032057626864,"sku":"9780830835324","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780830835324_p0.jpg?v=1763815283","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780830835324","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}