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The Rest of Your Story: The Path to the Christian Life You Want
God never intended the Christian life to be boring, empty, or irrelevant. In The Rest of Your Story , Pastor Greg Lindsey takes us on a journey past forgiveness to freedom.
The journey starts with diving deep into our own stories so we can let go of the shame, regret, and pain that are holding us back. Only then can we discover all the ways we need Jesus’ help—and become people of godly passion who live out the true desires of our hearts.
Many of us find that despite our best religious efforts, we’re still chasing God’s abundant life instead of enjoying it. In The Rest of Your Story , Pastor Greg Lindsey shows us why believing the “right” things or behaving the “right” way will never lead to our fullest life. True spiritual growth happens when we journey with Jesus back into our stories.
The Rest of Your Story is a roadmap to what God wants our Christian life to passionate, joy-filled, fulfilling, significant, and freeing.
Along with his own vulnerable story of redemption, Greg
What you’ve done and what you’ve experienced is not who you are. As you identify how your past is keeping you from experiencing Jesus’ abundant life, you’ll find that God can turn the deepest pain into your richest treasure.
The journey starts with diving deep into our own stories so we can let go of the shame, regret, and pain that are holding us back. Only then can we discover all the ways we need Jesus’ help—and become people of godly passion who live out the true desires of our hearts.
Many of us find that despite our best religious efforts, we’re still chasing God’s abundant life instead of enjoying it. In The Rest of Your Story , Pastor Greg Lindsey shows us why believing the “right” things or behaving the “right” way will never lead to our fullest life. True spiritual growth happens when we journey with Jesus back into our stories.
The Rest of Your Story is a roadmap to what God wants our Christian life to passionate, joy-filled, fulfilling, significant, and freeing.
Along with his own vulnerable story of redemption, Greg
What you’ve done and what you’ve experienced is not who you are. As you identify how your past is keeping you from experiencing Jesus’ abundant life, you’ll find that God can turn the deepest pain into your richest treasure.
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208 pages, Paperback
Published May 7, 2024
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April 2, 2024
Lindsey hit bottom when, while being a pastor, he fell into adultery. He realized his Christian life was missing something vital. Now, nineteen years later, he shares what he has learned since.
He encourages us to not resign to a Christian life where we feel something is missing, we feel what we have is all there is. He encourages us to take the journey of from the life we are living to the life we want. He focuses on three aspects of the journey.
First, we must look deep within. We are to cultivate a habit of continual self-examination and reflection. He helps us understand how to understand the work of the enemy and the messages attached to our past failures.
Second, we are to experience Jesus. “Experiencing Jesus should leave us different.” (125) Unfortunately, while Lindsey gives very practical suggestions for the first step of introspection and the third step of living a sacrificial life, we are given no suggestions as to how to experience Jesus other than that it's not at church (and perhaps it is by watching The Chosen).
The third step is live to rescue. We are encouraged to live an unconventional life, one of sacrifice.
This is a book that would appeal particularly to men as Lindsey shares much about sports and military experiences. I had high hopes for this book. Many Christians experience the tension of feeling like something is missing in their Christian life. I think experiencing Jesus is essential in addressing that feeling and I was disappointed Lindsey did not offer some practical ideas in that area.
I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.
He encourages us to not resign to a Christian life where we feel something is missing, we feel what we have is all there is. He encourages us to take the journey of from the life we are living to the life we want. He focuses on three aspects of the journey.
First, we must look deep within. We are to cultivate a habit of continual self-examination and reflection. He helps us understand how to understand the work of the enemy and the messages attached to our past failures.
Second, we are to experience Jesus. “Experiencing Jesus should leave us different.” (125) Unfortunately, while Lindsey gives very practical suggestions for the first step of introspection and the third step of living a sacrificial life, we are given no suggestions as to how to experience Jesus other than that it's not at church (and perhaps it is by watching The Chosen).
The third step is live to rescue. We are encouraged to live an unconventional life, one of sacrifice.
This is a book that would appeal particularly to men as Lindsey shares much about sports and military experiences. I had high hopes for this book. Many Christians experience the tension of feeling like something is missing in their Christian life. I think experiencing Jesus is essential in addressing that feeling and I was disappointed Lindsey did not offer some practical ideas in that area.
I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.
June 6, 2024
Pastor Greg is raw with his story and is upfront and honest. His story makes him relatable since we all have a story of our own. There were areas of this book that seemed like he talks directly to the reader instead of it being written. He mentions things that will make you realize are common themes in peoples lives and that you're not the only one to experience it or have those thoughts. There were moments of lightheartedness that made me smile, areas that made me sad, as well as areas that switched on a lightbulb. Everyone, and I mean everyone, should get their hands on this book. Definitely a book I could see myself reading again.
April 24, 2024
Greg is proof God uses all of our stories to bring good to those around us. He writes exactly what he preaches consistently at DCC and what you see is what you get when you know both Greg and Stacy. They are genuine Christ followers who want a better life and story for us. This book is easy to read, thought provoking and also has easy to follow steps that are allowing me to walk through my story. I want to experience God’s grace in my story too!!
June 17, 2024
I’m so glad Greg is sharing his story and the redemptive power of story work. The way he has allowed his story to be used for good is beautiful.
As he shared his journey, I found myself wanting to know more about the experience from his wife and daughters’ perspectives but that’s another book, I suppose.
Kudos to Greg for the hard, beautiful healing work he is doing and the way he’s using his platform to invite others to the same work.
As he shared his journey, I found myself wanting to know more about the experience from his wife and daughters’ perspectives but that’s another book, I suppose.
Kudos to Greg for the hard, beautiful healing work he is doing and the way he’s using his platform to invite others to the same work.
August 21, 2024
Excellent book, dives into a lot of the themes of Christianity I've discovered over the past 10 years or so and deeply resonated with me.
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