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J-Curve: Dying and Rising with Jesus in Everyday Life is unavailable, but you can change that!

Do we have the wrong map for the Christian life?  Life's inconveniences, disappointments, and trials can leave us confused, cynical, and eventually bitter. But the apostle Paul traces out the path of dying and rising with Jesus—what Paul Miller calls the "J-Curve"—as the normal Christian life.  The J-Curve maps the ups and downs of daily life onto the story of Jesus. It grounds our journeys...

opportunity to enter into the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. She could know Jesus better through the shame of the bench than through starring on the field. Fig. 7A. Participating in Christ Here’s a brief summary of these two complementary ways of knowing Jesus. He comes alive when we see him with both eyes. #1 Justification by Faith #2 J-Curve Symbol: Cross Symbol: J-Curve His suffering, not ours Our suffering, in fellowship with his Believe the gospel