The Rest of the Gospel: When the Partial Gospel Has Worn You Out (Paperback)

~ (Author), Greg Smith (Author) "Most people's Christianity is like an old iron bed: firm at both ends and sagging in the middle..." (more)
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From the Publisher

One Press was founded to proclaim the message of "Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27) to the body of Christ. We believe The Rest of the Gospel is, quite simply, the finest teaching on the believer's union with Christ and Christ living His life through us that we have ever come across. Our prayer is that the Lord may use it to bless your life with an ever-increasing experience of His life and rest.

About the Author

Dan Stone has traveled the U.S. sharing the message of "Christ in you" for over 20 years. A graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dan served as a pastor for 16 years, in administration at Georgetown College and Samford University for 10 years, and as a board member of Union Life Ministries. Dan lives in Cadiz, Kentucky.

Greg Smith currently attends Dallas Theological Seminary. He served as staff writer for Exchanged Life Ministries Texas from 1996 to 1999 after earning a Master's degree from the University of North Texas. Greg and his wife, Ava, reside in Dallas.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 251 pages
• Publisher: One Press (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096751410X
• ISBN-13: 978-0967514109
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #44,097 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars nothing short of amazing, July 7, 2003

By A Customer

One amazing word: union. At times, believers may think they are living life on their own and gaining "help" from God when the going gets rough. Life doesn't have to be like that!!!! When someone is in union with something else, your life is not separate. It is together, it is "one." If you are a child of God, you are "one" with God. I needed to hear that and this book was used instrumentally in revealing that truth. I trust God will lead you to read this as well.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Experiencing the Life of Faith, July 2, 2001

By	Hal Messinger (Redondo Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews

The book deals with a subject that is virtually untouched by pastors and preachers. I believe the reason is that one cannot teach on a subject where they have never been.

Through many years of Christian life, the author knew something in his Christian life was missing and as it was revealed to him, he did a superb job in short, concise chapters of conveying his experiences to others. In the American culture, too often we take our identity from the "things of the world". Then, when we become Christians we are confounded to learn the world in which we live is not reality in the eyes of God.

Stone explains the necessity of taking upon a new identity and living a life of faith out of that identity. He gives us an eternal, biblical perspective from which to learn the thought processes which leads to true life, the abundant life. The book is for true believers who are tired of the pablum dispensed from pulpits. I have gone through the book personally, been in a small group where each chapter was discussed on a weekly basis and I am currently leading a small discussion group with enormous success. It is a subject matter that can be engaged with knowing you will gain better insight in how God sees you and, as a result, experience the life of faith as it is intended to be. It is definitely a "gotta have" book.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This really IS Good News!, September 10, 2003

By A Customer

Wow. At age 41, I didn't think I could really ever read any new book that would blow my mind when it came to the gospel. I thought I pretty much "had it down." It was so very interesting to note, through reading this book, how "Westernized" and self-reliant my pious life was -- and how perfectly freeing it is to live from the perspective of "Christ in me, the hope of glory." I've purchased (thus far) 25 copies of this book and have given each away. Stone uses vivid imagery (e.g., "the line," "the swing," and others) to remind us (and teach us anew) of the original, beautiful gospel that we've sadly muddied with our collective sets of rules, regulations and "how to" books. How fabulous it is to toss them away. I no longer approach God on the basis of my flesh's track record. Woo hoo!