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Pure Pleasure: Why Do Christians Feel So Bad about Feeling Good? Audiobook
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Gary Thomas, one of this generation's most trusted writers about the spiritual life, explores what it means to build a life of true pleasure - one that will liberate your spiritual life, marriage, family, community, and outreach.
Many Christians assume "pleasure" and "sin" are synonymous. Others define godly pleasure so narrowly that they drastically minimize the powerful and holy role that pleasure can play in their lives. Still others feel guilty even thinking about how to build a life of pleasure.
For all of them, Pure Pleasure provides an entirely new paradigm. It invites Christians to embrace a life of true pleasure as a pathway to obedience, worship, and service. Building on his bestselling books Sacred Pathways, Sacred Marriage, and the ECPA Gold Medallion-winning Authentic Faith, Gary Thomas takes readers to a new level of faith by providing a theological and inspirational framework to help them cultivate the kind of life that pleases God.
Abounding with spiritual insights and practical exercises, this book invites you to shake off the shackles of misunderstanding about sin, provides the freedom to approach life in Christ with new wonder and joy, and challenges you to experience life as God meant it to be: overflowing with pleasure.
Also available: Pure Pleasure small group video study and study guide, Spanish edition, and more.
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"I downloaded this (legally :)) from Gary Thomas' website. I've read and liked several of his other books, but this is by far the best! I needed the reminder that Godly pleasure is crucial to a healthy Christian life and honoring to God. Very encouraging."
— Brenda (4 out of 5 stars)
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" Other than that I found this book to be very repetitive, there were some very insightful points that I needed to hear. Loved the idea/topic of the book. Thomas is a fantastic writer that speaks in a manner that anyone can understand. "
— Brooke, 1/20/2013 -
" In my top 3 favorite books of 2010 because it shaped my theology indelibly. "
— Rachel, 5/28/2012 -
" This must have been a hard book to write. Have to be careful but he handled it well! This guy is one of my fav authors! "
— Carla, 11/15/2011 -
" Another good one from Gary Thomas. I really enjoyed this book, helped to free me of some of my Christian traditions that have no basis. "
— Edward, 3/28/2011 -
" So encouraging, and so helpful-- a nicely balanced look at the topic and one that seems to give a much-needed corrective to much of modern culture's perspective on pleasure, from both sides of the Christian fence. "
— Sarah, 9/7/2010 -
" I really liked his thesis and not much else, this should have been an essay not a full blown book. "
— Dan, 4/10/2010 -
" Very good book about a precious gift given by God but often mis-trusted by Christians. If you've been guilty of being suspicious of anything that feels good, you need to read this book. Would be great in combination with Worldliness by C J Mahaney. "
— Butch, 2/14/2010
About the Authors
Gary Thomas is professor in education, University of Birmingham, having previously worked as a teacher and as an educational psychologist. He has written more than twenty books and as been the editor of several major journals in education.
Gary Thomas is a writer in residence at Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, and an adjunct faculty member teaching on spiritual formation at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of several books, including Sacred Marriage, Sacred Pathways, Pure Pleasure, Sacred Parenting, and the Gold Medallion Award-winning Authentic Faith.