Living Faith Participant's Guide: A Guide to the Christian Life

by John Schwarz

How were the books of the Bible chosen? What was the Roman world like during Jesus' life and ministry? And how are Christians to live out their faith in today's world? Living Faith offers thoughtful and engaging answers to questions about the faith, enabling believers of all backgrounds to understand Christianity more fully. John Schwarz compares and contrasts Christianity with other world religions, proposes helpful disciplines for a believer's spiritual growth, and provides a clear and balanced look at such controversial topics as free will and end-times theology.

Informative, insightful, and practical, Living Faith is an ideal resource for group or personal study, and also serves as the participant's guide in the curriculum series Living Exploring the Essentials of Christianity by Tom Wright.

Genres: Theology

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2005

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book reads as if the author gathered all his notes from a Church History class and bound them into a book: "Cliff's Notes for Christianity". It definitely hits the highlights, and it offers a good overview of the faith, but it doesn't get into a lot of deep detail. It's a good refresher, but I suggest the reader follow it up with something that gets deeper into one or two of the subjects. N.T. Wright's "Simply Christian" would be a good choice.

[James · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this book as part of Tom Wright's curriculum by the same name. This book was overly simple, uninteresting and did a poor job of presenting the same topics which Wright did masterfully. The book predates Wright's curriculum and makes you wonder why Baker books thought it was a good idea to package Schwarz and Wright together.

[Sage Streck · Rating 4 out of 5]

My small group just finished this Bible study. It was pretty basic, but definitely prompted great discussion!

[Daniel Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a very basic outline of foundational beliefs of the Christian faith. Recommend this book to new or young Christians.

[Jonathan Frazier]

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