Pure Pleasure: Why Do Christians Feel So Bad about Feeling Good?

Thomas invites Christians to shake off the shackles of misunderstanding about sin and experience the liberating power of living a life of holy pleasure--a life that feeds relationships, protects spiritual integrity, and energizes worship and service. n nGary Thomas, one of this generation's most trusted writers about the spiritual life, explores what it means to build a life of true pleasure - one that will liberate your spiritual life, marriage, family, community, and outreach.n nMany Christians assume pleasure and sin are synonymous. Others define godly pleasure so narrowly that they drastically minimize the powerful and holy role that pleasure can play in their lives. Still others feel guilty even thinking about how to build a life of pleasure.n nFor all of them, Pure Pleasure provides an entirely new paradigm. It invites Christians to embrace a life of true pleasure as a pathway to obedience, worship, and service. Building on his bestselling books Sacred Pathways, Sacred Marriage, and the ECPA Gold Medallion-winning Authentic Faith, Gary Thomas takes readers to a new level of faith by providing a theological and inspirational framework to help them cultivate the kind of life that pleases God.n nAbounding with spiritual insights and practical exercises, this book invites you to shake off the shackles of misunderstanding about sin, provides the freedom to approach life in Christ with new wonder and joy, and challenges you to experience life as God meant it to be: overflowing with pleasure.n nAlso available: Pure Pleasure small group video study and study guide, Spanish edition, and more.n