Free (nook/Kindle/ePub/DRM-free) A Million Ways to Die [Xtian Spiritual Self-Help]

[ATDrake]

A Million Ways to Die: The Only Way to Live by Rick James (presumably no relation to the memetically famous popular entertainer of the same name) is his spiritual advice guide meditating on themes of death and resurrection and the abnegation of self as applied to a Christ-based lifestyle, free courtesy of Christian publisher David C. Cook.

Currently free, probably just for the rest of the day @ B&N (also UK), Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK), Google Play (available to Canadians), ChristianBook (DRM-free ePub available to select countries), and may also be free via other venues listed on the publisher's web catalogue page. Curiously enough, this doesn't seem to exist at iTunes, which is a bit unusual for a DCC title.

Description
We talk a lot about resurrection. What about the death that must come first? Through story and biblical insight, Rick James reminds us that when Jesus tells us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow him, he is describing a path of death, not a path to death.

Giving up our own plans in order to meet someone else’s needs. Allowing God to shape our dreams, even as we lose a relationship, a job, a hoped-for future. Being alert to these daily opportunities to die to ourselves is how we discover that every act of dying, done in faith, leads to spiritual growth.

As we learn to embrace the little deaths of everyday existence, we lose our taste for lifeless religiosity. Our appetite for a thriving, vibrant life in Christ grows—and our own experience motivates others to live out their extraordinary mission on earth. In truth, death is not an ending. It is the only way to experience abundant life.