"To love [God] with all your heart, with all yourunderstanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighboras yourself is more important than all burnt offerings andsacrifices." --Jesus' words in Mark 12:33
Without question the crucial issue in living the Christian lifeis the condition of your heart. Actions may be temporarilydeceiving, but ultimately our outward behavior will reflect what'sinside, because our internal attitudes form who we really are.Those inner attitudes are also what God deems most important.
In this book one of Christianity's most respected Bible teachersand pastors examines the foundational attitudes, or "pillars," ofChristian character as outlined in God's Word. Pillars such asgenuine faith, obedience, humility, selfless love, forgiveness,self-discipline, gratitude, and worship.
To some degree each trait, on its own, marks a person as one ofGod's own and reveals an active, living faith. Each is an essentialelement of mature Christianity. But there is transforming powerwhen you combine them in your everyday living as God commands. Yourcharacter will be grounded in godliness; you will see things froman eternal perspective; and your faith, your actions, your witnessto others will be revitalized from the inside out.
