Nice
(eBook)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Contributors:
Published:
[United States] : Baker Publishing Group, 2019.
Content Description:
1 online resource (224 pages)
Status:
Description

God never called us to be nice. What happens when we replace courage with compromise? What happens when we replace honesty with likability? What happens when we replace conviction with clichés? What happens when we replace discipleship to Christ with a devotion to nice? We live in a culture that prizes niceness as one of its highest virtues. Niceness keeps the peace, wins friends, gains influence, and serves our reputations well, but it also takes the teeth out of our witness and the power out of our faith. When we choose to be nice instead of faithful, we bear fruits that are bland, bitter, empty, and rotten to the core. In this life-changing book, Sharon Hodde Miller explores the seemingly innocent idol that has crept into our faith and quietly corrupted it, producing the bad fruits of cowardice, inauthenticity, shallowness, and more. Then she challenges readers to cultivate a better tree, providing practical steps to reclaim our credibility as followers of Christ, and bear better, richer, more life-giving fruits.

Also in This Series
More Like This
Other Editions and Formats
More Copies In Prospector
Loading Prospector Copies...
More Details
Format:
eBook
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781493409464, 1493409468

Notes

Restrictions on Access
Instant title available through hoopla.
Description
God never called us to be nice. What happens when we replace courage with compromise? What happens when we replace honesty with likability? What happens when we replace conviction with clichés? What happens when we replace discipleship to Christ with a devotion to nice? We live in a culture that prizes niceness as one of its highest virtues. Niceness keeps the peace, wins friends, gains influence, and serves our reputations well, but it also takes the teeth out of our witness and the power out of our faith. When we choose to be nice instead of faithful, we bear fruits that are bland, bitter, empty, and rotten to the core. In this life-changing book, Sharon Hodde Miller explores the seemingly innocent idol that has crept into our faith and quietly corrupted it, producing the bad fruits of cowardice, inauthenticity, shallowness, and more. Then she challenges readers to cultivate a better tree, providing practical steps to reclaim our credibility as followers of Christ, and bear better, richer, more life-giving fruits.
System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Tagging
Tags:

No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!


Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Miller, S. H. (2019). Nice. [United States], Baker Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Miller, Sharon Hodde. 2019. Nice. [United States], Baker Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Miller, Sharon Hodde, Nice. [United States], Baker Publishing Group, 2019.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Miller, Sharon Hodde. Nice. [United States], Baker Publishing Group, 2019.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
35c651f8-c59e-f2c6-5ebe-e1cde179a72e
Go To GroupedWork

Hoopla Extract Information

hooplaId12311046
titleNice
kindEBOOK
price0.8
active1
pa0
profanity0
children0
demo0
rating
abridged0
dateLastUpdatedApr 30, 2022 08:35:55 PM

Record Information

Last File Modification TimeJan 04, 2024 04:09:25 PM
Last Grouped Work Modification TimeJan 04, 2024 04:00:02 PM

MARC Record

LEADER02400nam a22003735a 4500
001MWT12311046
003MWT
00520231027023349.0
006m     o  d        
007cr cn|||||||||
008231027s2019    xxu    eo     000 0 eng d
020 |a 9781493409464|q (electronic bk.)
020 |a 1493409468|q (electronic bk.)
02842|a MWT12311046
029 |a https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/bak_9781493409464_180.jpeg
037 |a 12311046|b Midwest Tape, LLC|n http://www.midwesttapes.com
040 |a Midwest|e rda
099 |a eBook hoopla
1001 |a Miller, Sharon Hodde,|e author.
24510|a Nice|h [electronic resource] /|c Sharon Hodde Miller.
264 1|a [United States] :|b Baker Publishing Group,|c 2019.
264 2|b Made available through hoopla
300 |a 1 online resource (224 pages)
336 |a text|b txt|2 rdacontent
337 |a computer|b c|2 rdamedia
338 |a online resource|b cr|2 rdacarrier
347 |a text file|2 rda
506 |a Instant title available through hoopla.
520 |a God never called us to be nice. What happens when we replace courage with compromise? What happens when we replace honesty with likability? What happens when we replace conviction with clichés? What happens when we replace discipleship to Christ with a devotion to nice? We live in a culture that prizes niceness as one of its highest virtues. Niceness keeps the peace, wins friends, gains influence, and serves our reputations well, but it also takes the teeth out of our witness and the power out of our faith. When we choose to be nice instead of faithful, we bear fruits that are bland, bitter, empty, and rotten to the core. In this life-changing book, Sharon Hodde Miller explores the seemingly innocent idol that has crept into our faith and quietly corrupted it, producing the bad fruits of cowardice, inauthenticity, shallowness, and more. Then she challenges readers to cultivate a better tree, providing practical steps to reclaim our credibility as followers of Christ, and bear better, richer, more life-giving fruits.
538 |a Mode of access: World Wide Web.
650 0|a Electronic books.
7102 |a hoopla digital.
85640|u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12311046?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435|z Instantly available on hoopla.
85642|z Cover image|u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/bak_9781493409464_180.jpeg