Nice Participant's Guide: Why We Love to Be Liked and How God Calls Us to More

From the Back CoverGod never called us to be nice.Niceness. It keeps the peace, wins friends, gains influence, and serves our reputations well. It looks a lot like following Jesus, but it takes all the power and freedom out of our lives. With this eye-opening participant's guide, Sharon Hodde Miller shares her own battle with this false faith, confesses the bad fruit it produced in her life, and offers practical steps for cutting down the tree at its root. You'll learn how to· identify the most common forms of nice Christianity and how they manifest in your life· stop being nice and start practicing true kindness, honesty, courage, and joy· develop a deeper, sturdier faith that can withstand life's storms and even flourish in the middle of themTake a stand, take back your faith, and follow the Savior who was kind, gentle, compassionate, patient, and good, but never simply nice.Sharon Hodde Miller leads Bright City Church in Durham, North Carolina, with her husband, Ike. In addition to