Walking Like Jesus

E. McCall Larry

Description

This challenging but easy-to-read handbook helps Christians better understand what it means to walk as Jesus did. McCall explains that mirroring the character of Jesus should be the normal pattern of life for a Christian. The author lays out 14 character traits of Jesus' life, and he explains how those traits can and should be reflected in the daily lives of Jesus' followers. Field-tested discussion questions make the book a "natural" for small-group use.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie

Informations

• Publié par: BMH Books
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2005
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780884692874
• Langue: English

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What others are saying about this book
Walking Like Jesus is a gem. This is a primer on the practical details of living the Christian life. Whether used as a discipleship manual by new Christians or an encouragement for mature saints, this book will stimulate Christlike living. This will be a valuable tool for small group use or one-on-one mentoring.
Tedd Tripp , author of Shepherding a Child’s Heart Pastor, conference speaker
In a culture of life hacks and tips for greater productivity, Walking Like Jesus is a refreshing, countercultural call to the slow, steady way of Jesus. In it, author Larry McCall offers readers a glimpse of what it might look like to live in Christlikeness today even as we await our future glory. Pastoral and full of hope, this book will turn your eyes to the Savior.
Hannah Anderson , author of Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul
Larry McCall has contributed a timeless treasure to the Christian world in this work. I wish every believer desiring to obey Christ could read this wonderful work. It is solidly biblical and a source of inspiration as well as instruction. I highly recommend it!
Olan Hendrix Leadership Resource Group
This work has changed my life and continues to do so! If you have been called to a leadership role there is no greater leader to follow than the Son of God! Let me encourage you to keep this work by your desk, your bedside, and most importantly in your heart! A must-read to all in leadership roles!
Rod K. Mayer President and Cofounder, Nextremity Solutions LLC
Written with a pastor’s heart and a preacher’s pen, Larry McCall helps us see the beauty of Jesus Christ and the Christlike character that the Spirit produces in the lives of his followers. Reading this book will stir fresh affections for the one who loved us and gave himself for us.
Matthew S. Harmon , Ph.D., professor of New Testament Studies, Grace College and Theological Seminary, and author of Asking the Right Questions: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Applying the Bible
Into a world that often asks the question “What Would Jesus Do?” and then goes on its merry way, Larry McCall leads us to look repeatedly at the more basic question: “How can we be like Jesus?” Is there a difference? You bet there is! It is character that counts, specifically the character of Jesus Christ. Actions must arise from character, to please the Lord. In chapter after chapter of this book we have the Lord Jesus displayed to us so that we can absorb and reflect his character. Larry helps us visualize the people who move across his pages, leaving us with gripping mental pictures as well as words. It is a pleasure to commend both the book and its author.
Tom Wells , author of The Priority of Jesus Christ
The Christian delights in Christ and longs to look more like the one they love. Yet, the path for doing so is not always clear. At times, we make it more difficult than it needs to be. Still, at other times, we treat the entire endeavor too simply. Larry McCall provides a resource for all stumbling along this path. Walking Like Jesus provides a careful, rich, and yet simple study for the Christian seeking to look more like their Savior. If you want to grow in Christlikeness, take a Bible in one hand, Walking Like Jesus in the other, read, pray, and be prepared for the challenge and encouragement to follow after Christ even as you depend upon Christ.
Jason Helopoulos , senior pastor, University Reformed Church, East Lansing, Mich., and author of A Neglected Grace: Family Worship in the Christian Home
In a day of many “secrets” on how to live, we sometimes miss the obvious. Larry McCall drives us back to the foundations of Christian maturity summed up in the words, Walk as Jesus Did . How true! And how relevant! If we miss this, we’ve missed it all.
Jim Elliff , author, pastor, conference and radio speaker President, Christian Communicators Worldwide
Becoming like Jesus Christ began growing as a passion in my life about 35 years ago. It is an immeasurable privilege to recommend Larry McCall’s profound presentation of the character of our Lord. Over the years this book could have been used hundreds of times in my pastoral counseling and discipleship to point struggling people to God’s perfect standard for us—Jesus Christ, his Son.
Roger Peugh , coauthor Transformed in His Presence and The Need for Prayer in Counseling
Here’s a wonderful treatment of an important subject that every Christian ultimately must master. Larry McCall is uniquely qualified to write about Christian maturity and Christlikeness. I appreciate the gentleness and grace that always colors his teaching, his conversation, and his pastoral ministry. That Christlike spirit comes through in his writing, and it provides a vivid, living example that makes this an extremely powerful study.
Phillip R. Johnson , Executive Director, Grace To You
This book is Gospel-centered, doctrinally-sound, and biblically precise while also being a practical guide that truly turns one’s eyes to Christ. After reading this book I have a greater love for Christ, a stronger desire to flee sin, and to be transformed into the image of Jesus. Buy this book! I can’t recommend it highly enough.
Josh Mulvihill , Ph.D., GospelShapedFamily.com , author of 50 Things Every Child Needs to Know Before Leaving Home
Walking like  Jesus
Walking like  Jesus

How to Reflect His Character Every Day
By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. 1 John 2:5–6
Dr. Larry E. McCall
Box 544 Winona Lake, IN 46590 bmhbooks.com 800-348-2756
Walking Like Jesus How to Reflect His Character Every Day
Copyright ©2005 by Larry E. McCall
Revised Edition 2022
Print ISBN: 978-0-88469-096-2
eBook ISBN: 978-0-88469-287-4
Printed in the United States of America
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Published by BMH Books
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Unless otherwise noted, Scripture references are from
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
DEDICATION
This book is lovingly dedicated to the memory of my parents, Carl and Connie McCall, who for decades consistently reflected Christ in their everyday lives. I believe I speak not only for their children and grandchildren, but for scores of other people whose lives were impacted by their simple but profound example of Christlikeness, in saying, I thank God for them.
CONTENTS
“By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.”
—1 John 2:5–6
Introduction: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus
Chapter 1: Why Walk Like Jesus?
Chapter 2: Walking in Meekness Like Jesus
Chapter 3: Walking “On Mission” Like Jesus
Chapter 4: Living Incarnationally Like Jesus
Chapter 5: Walking in Holiness Like Jesus
Chapter 6: Accepting Others Like Jesus
Chapter 7: Showing Compassion Like Jesus
Chapter 8: Suffering Like Jesus
Chapter 9: Persevering Like Jesus
Chapter 10: Practicing Patience Like Jesus
Chapter 11: Forgiving Like Jesus
Chapter 12: Praying Like Jesus
Chapter 13: Serving Like Jesus
Chapter 14: Walking in Joy Like Jesus
Chapter 15: Loving Like Jesus
Chapter 16: The Cost of Walking Like Jesus
Chapter 17: The Privilege of Walking Like Jesus
Appendix: How to Be Right with God
Endnotes
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
OVER THE DECADES, IT HAS BEEN MY DEEP JOY TO PREACH AND TEACH on the subject of walking like Jesus. Of the many people who have joined me in these life-challenging studies in the character of Christ, two in particular encouraged me to put this teaching into print. For years, they prayed for me and encouraged me to fulfill the commission of writing this book. My deep appreciation goes to my precious wife, Gladine, and to Rod Mayer, my longtime friend and spiritual accountability partner.
This book also bears the fingerprints of several gracious and competent friends who volunteered their precious time to help me sharpen and clarify the content. My thanks go to Susan Hight, Dee Woods, Don Clemens, and Steve Smilay. Lord willing, their efforts will help this book be more useful in the lives of the readers.
Terry White, the former senior editor of BMH Books, and his faithful team, encouraged me in seeing the first edition of this book come to fruition in 2005. Liz Cutler Gates, the current senior editor of BMH Books has been kind in guiding this revised edition of Walking Like Jesus. I count these BMH team members as friends as well as coworkers in the Lord’s service.
But most of all, I thank my Lord Jesus Christ, “who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20). May my life, in some small way, be a reflection of his glory as I seek, by his grace, to walk as he walked. And may the Lord use this book to encourage a new generation of Christ followers to be faithful in this journey.
Larry McCall Winona Lake, Indiana January 2022
FOREWORD by Jerry Bridges
THE NEW TESTAMENT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT GOD’S ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE for all believers is conformity to the likeness of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 8:29 that God predestined us to be conformed to the image or likeness of his Son. Having predestined us to that end, God sets about to transform us into that image through his Spirit at work in us (2 Corinthians 3:18). Then the writer of Hebrews tells us that the purpose of God’s fatherly discipline in our lives is that we may share in his holiness. That’s simply another way of saying we are being conformed to his image.
The process of conforming us to the image of Jesus Christ is usually called sanctification. It is a process carried on by the Holy Spirit but involving the intentional response and cooperation of the believer. All of the moral and et