{"product_id":"9781942199045","title":"Life in Tension: Reflections on the Beatitudes","description":"When God comes into our lives, we change. \u003cp\u003eOur new identity is in Christ comes into tension with our old identity in ourselves as the Holy Spirit works in our hearts and minds. This tension arises between who we were and who God created us to be, between us and God, and between us and those around us. The Apostle Paul calls the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives sanctification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHEAR THE WORDS; WALK THE STEPS; EXPERIENCE THE JOY!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife in Tension reflects on Jesus' Beatitudes in the context of scripture. The Beatitudes serve as an introduction to the Sermon on the Mount and lay out Jesus' priorities in teaching his disciples. Because the sermon serves as a kind of ordination service for the Apostles, the importance of the Beatitudes for the early church, Christian spirituality, and discipleship today cannot be overstated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Stephen W. Hiemstra (MDiv, PhD) is a slave of Christ, husband, father, tentmaker, writer, and speaker. He lives with Maryam, his wife of 30+ years, in Centreville, VA and they have three grown children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat people are saying... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe live in a fallen world. It leads to life in tension, and sometimes a life full of stress. Stephen Hiemstra takes us on a needed tour of the kind of character it takes to face such a life. \u003cbr\u003e - Darrell L. Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe don't often think of our life as one lived in tension, but as believers that's exactly how we live. Stephen Hiemstra's Life in Tension takes us through the Beatitudes and provides a blueprint for Christians to navigate this tension with ourselves, with the world, and with Christ. - Sarah Hamaker, Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Christian life is filled with tension, paradox, and upside down requisites for obedience to the biblical text and the clarion call of God. - Stephen Macchia, Pierce Center for Disciple-Building\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Hiemstra's Life in Tension reminds me of Bonhoeffer's Cost of Discipleship, because it is an earnest, personal effort to hear and follow the voice of Jesus here and now. \u003cbr\u003e - Jonathan Jenkins, Pastor\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"T2Pneuma Publishers LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056489349360,"sku":"9781942199045","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781942199045_p0.jpg?v=1763790139","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781942199045","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}