The God-
Centered Life
Centered Life
God-centered teaching for the Christian world
What they're saying about The God-Centered Life:
What if Jonathan Edwards walked into one of our churches today? That fascinating question frames Josh Moody's most helpful new book - a book that will help evangelicals think through some of the most vexing and difficult issues related to cultural engagement in our day. Josh Moody is absolutely correct in pointing to Jonathan Edwards as a model for engaging Enlightenment culture. His suggestions about what the Edwards model would mean for the contemporary evangelical church are potent, thoughtful, and constructive. This is a book that is sure to start many profitable conversations.
R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Josh Moody convincingly demonstrates the transcendent applicability of Jonathan Edwards’ theo-centric, biblio-centric, and cardio-centric theology to both the church and the world of our day. The God-Centered Life is a graced prescription for truly engaging today’s culture – as Edwards did in his day. This is a bracing, energizing read!
R. Kent Hughes, Senior Pastor Emeritus, College Church in Wheaton
The God-Centered Life, by Josh Moody, is a fresh and robust introduction to the life and thought of Jonathan Edwards. Moody carefully interprets Edwards in his 18th Century context and then makes him come alive for the challenges of 21st Century churches. This well-written volume takes key moments and teachings from the life and writings of Edwards to provide theologically and biblically informed responses for the post-enlightenment challenges of our day. For the sagging programmatic and pragmatic efforts that so characterize North American congregations, Moody's work offers an invitation to re-focus on the God-centered life. I heartily commend this work as a timely and valuable resource.
David S. Dockery, President, Union University
I have known [Josh Moody] since his days in student leadership in Cambridge and rejoice to see the flourishing of his ministry in New Haven, with his involvement at Yale. There is much to help us here, as through Edwards’ lens, we refocus Biblical ministry priorities for today.
From the Foreword by David Jackman, President of The Proclamation Trust
I recommend this book most highly, praying that Josh Moody's labors will encourage the kinds of 'Edwards influenced' lives and congregations that our world so desperately needs. Edwards' God-centered life can inspire us all to greater faithfulness, whether or not we affirm every detail of his doctrine. His passions for the gospel and the spread of the kingdom of God have much to teach us in the twenty-first century.
Douglas A. Sweeney, Associate Professor of Church History, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
At last someone who stands in the tradition of Edwards as a Pastor-Scholar interpreting and applying the lessons from Jonathan Edwards for today. A realistic, pastorally sensitive, yet academically based application of Puritan thinking to the key issues of revival, religious experience, modernity, leadership and family life. Josh Moody embodies intelligent insight from the pulpit, counseling room, library in bringing Edwards alive and speak very directly to topics ranging from New Christian Movements to the failures of Christian leaders. A thoughtful, worthwhile read.
E. David Cook, Holmes Professor, Wheaton College, Fellow, Green College, Oxford
With a sure grasp of the details of Jonathan Edwards’ life and the deep structures of his thought, as well as a keen understanding of today’s church scene, Josh Moody is well placed to show where, and where not, Edwards should be heeded. Powerfully challenging and highly recommended.
Michael Haykin, Principal and Professor Toronto Baptist Seminary
The God-centered Life accomplishes a rare feat for a Jonathan Edwards scholar: reaching down without dumbing down. Here you will find why and how Jonathan Edwards’ message, ministry, and even mistakes are relevant and thus sorely needed for contemporary Christians. Discussions as wide-ranging as Enlightenment epistemological shifts and postmodern breakdown of families all converge on how Edwards might figure in these key intellectual and existential issues of great import today. With an incisive perspective on contemporary zeitgeist and equally insightful understanding of the contour of Edwards¹ times and thought, Josh Moody is uniquely qualified to bring the reader along the path of a greater joy of knowing God and loving God through a person whose life was ablaze for this Triune God of glory and grace.
Paul Lim Assistant Professor of the History of Christianity, Vanderbilt University
I feel that the insights here are ones the church today needs to apply. Church leaders: read this book! It’s accessible in style and deep in content. Don’t miss it!
Stephen Gaukroger, Senior Pastor, Gold Hill Baptist Church, Buckinghamshire, England