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Personal Stories Endorsements Blog |
Robert from Colorado
says: “The Lazarus Life has greatly impacted my life and given me a deeper understanding of what’s been taking place in my life for years. I’m excited to share this message and to be in the Lazarus Life community where I can get on-going encouragement and wind in my sails to keep going on.” What our community is saying about The Lazarus Life: This book is a resource whose time has come. Steve Smith has written a vulnerable, practical, true-companion guide to finding an identity rooted in the love of Christ. You will return to this book again and again. —Paula Rinehart, author of Strong Women, Soft Hearts and Better Than My Dreams. “Steve Smith has given us a delightful and very readable tour of the subject of the truly converted Christian life. Some might call it life renovation. The Lazarus Life is a book for any man or woman who believes that one should keep on keeping on—loosed from the past, confident of the future, growing in the present.” —Gordon MacDonald, author and pastor “With simplicity and integrity, Steve Smith offers his keen insights taken from the Lazarus story. In so doing, he tells my story of desperate yearning for deep and lasting change. To the soul-sick who are looking for a certain cure, I pray that this book will bring hope and healing to your soul in the profound way that it has renewed mine.” —Fil Anderson, author of Running on Empty “The Lazarus Life is a radiantly hopeful book about the promise of resurrection in the places where we are most dead. Enter into the Lazarus story and say yes to Jesus’ invitation to “Come forth” and live!” —Ruth Haley Barton, co-founder and president, Transforming Center and author of Invitation to Solitude and Silence, Sacred Rhythms, and Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership “Stephen W. Smith is not afraid to tackle one of the intimidating questions: Why is God so silent when we most need His presence? With much experience and wisdom, Smith walks us through the journey of real transformation, as we learn to see God with new eyes, through our suffering and waiting. There is, indeed, purpose in our pain! We have much to learn about our own life as we experience a fresh encounter with the remarkable story of Lazarus and his mysterious friend, Jesus.” —Charlie Lowell, recording artist, Jars of Clay “Steve Smith has plumbed the depths of three things—his own life, the life of ordinary men and women he’s met, and especially the life of Lazarus, ‘whom Jesus raised from the dead.’ As these lives all converge, a wondrous thing happens: Lazarus becomes freshly alive before us and we feel the stirrings of new life within us. And then, more: the Voice of Jesus breaks through the stone of our own tomb, our own heart, and bids us, ‘Come forth!’ This is a book that will allow you to experience personally, deeply, maybe for the first time, Jesus’ love for you, his miracle with you. It’s a book that will give you hope.” —Mark Buchanan, author of The Rest of God and Your God is Too Safe “Steve Smith has unpacked the story of Lazarus’ resurrection as a lens through which we can see the multifaceted dynamics of the spiritual journey out of our deadness into resurrection life. This is one of the most balanced and thorough portrayals of spiritual transformation I have read. This is a must read for anyone engaged in mentoring others on the spiritual journey and a welcome guide for those on the journey. —Dr. M. Robert Mulholland, Jr., author of Invitation to a Journey and The Deeper Journey |
