Running the Race Already Won - Wrestling with the Church's Response to Jesus' Mercy and Mandate

Habakkuk writes, "Record the vision, and inscribe it on tablets that the one who reads it may run." Yet poll after poll tell us our current vision isn't exciting men enough to get them off the sidelines and into the race. The vast majority of Christian men have become spectators to the great adventure, rather than disciples of the One who said, "Follow Me." While Jesus has already run and won the race on our behalf, He commands us to run anyway. That calls for action as well as faith, and finding the delicate balance between the two is what Running the Race Already Won is about. I don't promise "5 easy steps to sanctification," but a road map of personal and practical spirituality to help leadership and the men in the back rows of the church to reconnect and begin running together with a new vision! Table of Contents * I - At the Starting Line To Those Ready to Run To Those Holding the Starting Pistols * II - Back to the True Starting Line * III - An Un-level Playing Field The Curse of Adam in the Land of Laodicea The Idol Keeping us from Running Running with Interests Divided * IV - Understanding and Respecting our Lifecoach He Speaks as One in Authority In Awe of God's Otherness Who Do Men Say That I Am? * V - Cross-Training: The Truth and the Tension * VI - In View of the Finish Line Two Commands Become One The Revelation of the Disciple's Heart * VII - Teaching Others to Run One Command Becomes Mission Our Double-Edged Sword Against Sin * VIII - The Fallout of The Classroom Sitting Hamstrung in The Classroom Shepherds, Sheep and The Classroom * IX - A Level Playing Field for a New Race A New Philosophy The Relay Race to the Finish Line Hitting the Ground Running * Epilogue