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find the path to deeper living with Jesus
 What would it be like to live a life like Jesus? How would it feel to be launched out on his mission in the world? What did he know that made his life so world-changing -- that even now the effects of his work are felt my billions of people? REVOLUTIONARY is a series of studies about a lifestyle of service that flows organically from relationship and imitation of Jesus of Nazareth. In twelve booklets it follows the life of Christ, gleaning wisdom from his activities and encouraging the reader to apply each thing learned. This book intends to be both theological and practical, offering God-revealing insights and suggestions on pragmatics. More about the series | Copyright info | Acknowledgements GET IT NOW:
Download each e-book below in English or Spanish. This series is still in production as is released in a dreft version only which may contain errors and inaccuracies and be subject to change over time based on editing and user input.  | REVOLUTIONARY: BOOK 1 - CALLED OUT
Jesus is Called Out and Confirmed as God's Son
Our life in Christ must begin with identity. Who are we in Jesus? How does God see us? How should we see ourselves? While every great journey will change who we think we are, we must begin to understand our inheritance and identity through Christ in order to really follow him at all. This e-book, part one of the REVOLUTIONARY series, takes a deeper look into Jesus' identity and who we are discovering ourselves to be. >> Download Now |  | REVOLUTIONARY: BOOK 2 - THE FIRST ASSAULT
The battle between Jesus and Satan begins in the wilderness
Our universe is at war. One one side of the battle: life, God, and goodness. On the other: decay, destruction, and nothingness. And yet, even though conflict surrounds us, we are forever on a quest for peace and harmony. In this e-book, part two of the REVOLUTIONARY series, follow Jesus into the wildreness where he picks a fight with our great enemy by seeking balance in all the connections of his life. >> Download Now |  | REVOLUTIONARY: BOOK 3 - MANIFESTO
Jesus begins his mission with a message
What could be so important that God would send his own Son from heaven just to tell us? Simply this: "The time has come. The Kingdom of God is near. Change your hearts and mind and believe this Good News." In this third book of the REVOLUTIONARY series, we will explore what that message means. How does that impact our message and mission? How will we live differently and work to change our word in the light of this Good News? >> Download Now |  | REVOLUTIONARY: BOOK 4 - THE BRIDE
Christ calls together community
Life in the Revolution is sure not country-club living. Rather, Jesus calls us to form radical bands of world changers forever on the move reshaping the planet. In this fourth book of the REVOLUTION series, we'll explore the character and meaning of the spiritual community. >> Download Now |  | REVOLUTIONARY: BOOK 5 - ON THE ROAD
Jesus takes the community on the missional path
We are not saved to just to be put on the shelf. We are saved to participate in the mission of Christ as he brings shalom -- holistic peace and full living -- through the kind of righteousness that comes from God alone. In book 5 of the REVOLUTIONARY series, we explore the deep and wide mission of God and how we can find our place on the journey that is redeeming mankind. >> Download Now | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
More About the Series... The ideas for this series flow from The Pathways Project, a consortium of simple church planters at the 2005 Abilene Christian University Ministry Summit. These practitioners wondered what it would take to see thousands (or millions) or regular people take personal and group journeys to make Jesus real in the world. These incarnational pathways were based on the idea that Jesus is the Gospel, so more than just a message, the world needs Jesus himself -- really present in the lives of his followers. As we wondered about how to do this, it became clear that we had little information about what an incarnation pathway looked like. We knew we needed some structure, some way of thinking about it, but we didn't want something rigid and had no existing process to build upon. Authors and missiologists Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch (The Shaping of Things to Come) were with us, and they encouraged us to think in order of Jesus --> Mission --> Church (instead of the more common Church --> Mission --> Jesus order). So it was decided that the process we were looking for would most likely be revealed by studying Jesus and getting to know his ways. That's the short story of how this series came about. It is one of several things being done on the Pathways Project. The series is being translated into Spanish and is being tested in many contexts in New York City, Mexico, and other parts of North America. Feel free to join our project by downloading the book below and reflecting on its content and letting us know how you apply it. You can do so by leaving a review on the Books & Resources page for each e-book, or by emailing
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Copyright © 2006 by Benjamin Cheek. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any means physical or electronic without the expressed written consent of the author, except for brief quotes in the literary works, reviews, and articles. Copies of individual e-books, booklets, and chapters may be downloaded and printed from the web and distributed for educational purposes so long as no fee or charge is required for their use. CEV: Scriptures marked as CEV are taken from the Contemporary English Version Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society. Used by permission. NIV: Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. NLT: Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. NRSV: The scripture quotations marked NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. All rights reserved. NKJV: Scripture quotations marked NKJV are from The Holy Bible, New King James Version Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Nashville, TN. All rights reserved. Acknowledgements I’m sure this list will grow as this project continues to take shape and more people participate in it. Currently, I’d like to extent thanks for those who have helped in the following ways: To my wife Susan, for supporting and promoting this work more than she is aware. To Dr. P. Kent Smith for heading up the church planting workgroup at the 2005 Ministry Summit at Abilene Christian University, and for overseeing the project from which this book results. To Henry Gomez, Amy Chan, Rafael Rosario, Jared Looney, Kurt Linder, and Hugo Monroy who have unknowingly contributed much to this work through our conversations together, who have volunteered to be the first guinea pigs in reading and using this material, and who have spoken many words of encouragement that keep me going. To Rocío Bustos Méndez, our Spanish translator, for the hard work of making sense of my writing so it can be communicated to Spanish-speakers. Also, to Hugo Monroy for editing the Spanish version and to Chadd Schroeder and his team of church planters in Mexico for reviewing and testing this material in their context. To. Dr. Thomas L. Robinson, New Testament scholar and experienced urban minister, for his work reviewing, editing, and making many helpful suggestions for accuracy, readability, and coherence. Thanks and Godspeed -- Benjamin Cheek
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