__God Didn't Create Us to Do It All__ God doesn't need you to meet all the needs, know all the answers, or to be superhuman. Yet as Christians, we often confuse our creaturely limits with sin. In You're Only Human, popular speaker and award-winning author Kelly Kapic shows that God just desires you to be a faithful human creature whose finitude fosters freedom, joy, growth, and community.  
  
"Written with beauty and clarity, You're Only Human is a library of wisdom and virtue. This book isn't just about the limits of being human--it's a celebration of being human."  
--__Karen Swallow Prior__, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; author of On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books  
  
"I love this book. With enthusiasm, I will recommend it to all the pastors and ministry leaders I mentor."  
--__Paul David Tripp__, author of New Morning Mercies and Lead: 12 Gospel Principles for Leadership in the Church   
"In this most necessary book, Kelly helps us understand and find relief in the truth that God is God and we are not. I can't recommend You're Only Human highly enough."  
--__Scott Sauls__, senior pastor, Christ Presbyterian Church; author of Jesus outside the Lines and A Gentle Answer   
"Reading this book is like taking that first breath of fresh air after being underwater for too long. Kapic makes a paradigm-shifting case regarding God's gift of finitude that reveals the best of what our Creator God designed us to be."  
--__Julius J. Kim__, president, The Gospel Coalition  
  
"To receive our human limitations as a gift rather than a liability is indeed a great blessing! Kapic shows us why and how in this uplifting work."  
--__Ruth Haley Barton__, founder, Transforming Center; author of Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation  
  
"I'm already breathing a bit easier after reading this exceptionally honest and hopeful book."  
--__Chuck DeGroat__, Western Theological Seminary and Newbigin House of Studies  
  
"This book is a hopeful gift."  
--__John Swinton__, University of Aberdeen  
  
"Kapic weds rock-solid theology to wise guidance for Christian living. This is a book we desperately need in our frenetic age."  
--__Beth Felker Jones__, Northern Seminary; author of Practicing Christian Doctrine   
"Kapic graces us with a mature, winsome, theologically steady, and pastorally gentle invitation to receive with gratitude and rejoice once again in the triune God's good gift of finite creatureliness."  
--__Leopoldo A. Sánchez M__., Center for Hispanic Studies, Concordia Seminary  
  
"Kapic has written a daring book, teaching us to embrace our God-given limitations in a culture that screams for more of everything. It's a rigorous yet personal exploration of a startling, liberating truth."  
--__Mindy Belz__, international journalist and author of They Say We Are Infidels   
"A page-turner! Just have a pen handy--there's a lot to underline in You're Only Human."  
--__Michael Horton__, Westminster Seminary California; author of Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World "As this book helped me to see the manifold ways in which we live in denial about the goodness of limits, I made fresh commitments to seek new, healthier habits. I cannot value and recommend a book more highly than that."--__Daniel J. Treier__, Wheaton College; author of Introducing Evangelical Theology   
"Kapic asks hard and searching questions in order to reveal the beauty of God's created order and Christ's peace that passes all understanding."--__Bishop Julian M. Dobbs__, Anglican Diocese of the Living Word  
  
"No hastily prepared, cheap-fix antidote, You're Only Human is the product of years of reflection and concern, the work of a mature Christian theologian and a fine teacher. It is a love gift to the church."--__Sinclair Ferguson__, Reformed Theological Seminary  
  
"A timely and prophetic word to our culture today. I pray it will sink deep within the church."--__Jedd Medefind__, president of the Christian Alliance for Orphans

__Kelly M. Kapic__ (PhD, King's College, University of London) is professor of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, where he has taught for twenty years. He is an award-winning author of more than fifteen books, including Embodied Hope: A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering, winner of a Christianity Today Book Award. Kapic, a popular speaker, has been featured in Christianity Today and The Gospel Coalition, has worked on research teams funded by the John Templeton Foundation, and contributes to the Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care and various other journals.

__Christianity Today 2023 Book Award (Theology - Popular)  Southwestern Journal of Theology 2022 Book of the Year Award (Applied Theology/Ethics)__ Work. Family. Church. Exercise. Sleep.  
  
The list of demands on our time seems to be never ending. It can leave you feeling a little guilty--like you should always be doing one more thing.  
  
Rather than sharing better time-management tips to squeeze more hours out of the day, Kelly Kapic takes a different approach in You're Only Human. He offers a better way to make peace with the fact that God didn't create us to do it all.  
  
Kapic explores the theology behind seeing our human limitations as a gift rather than a deficiency. He lays out a path to holistic living with healthy self-understanding, life-giving relationships, and meaningful contributions to the world. He frees us from confusing our limitations with sin and instead invites us to rest in the joy and relief of knowing that God can use our limitations to foster freedom, joy, growth, and community.  
  
Readers will emerge better equipped to cultivate a life that fosters gratitude, rest, and faithful service to God.

God doesn't need you to meet all the needs, know all the answers, or to be superhuman. As Christians, we too often confuse our creaturely limits with sin, sadly distorting most aspects of our lives. God just desires you to be a faithful human creature whose finitude fosters freedom, joy, growth, and community.

__Contents  
  
Part 1: Particularity and Limits__ 1. Have I Done Enough? Facing Our Finitude  
2. Does God Love . . . Me? Crucified . . . but I Still Live  
3. Are the Limits of My Body Bad? Praise God for Mary  
4. Why Does Physical Touch Matter? Images, Trauma, and Embodied Worship  
5. Is Identity Purely Self-Generated? Understanding the Self in Context  
__Part 2: Healthy Dependence__ 6. Have We Misunderstood Humility? Joyful Realism  
7. Do I Have Enough Time? Clocks, Anxiety, and Presence  
8. Why Doesn't God Just Instantly Change Me? Process, Humanity, and the Spirit's Work   
9. Do I Need to Be Part of the Church? Loving the Whole Body  
10. How Do We Faithfully Live within Our Finitude? Rhythm, Vulnerability, Gratitude, and Rest  
Indexes

\["For busy individuals feeling overwhelmed by life", "Teaches you to view limitations as a source of peace", "You will cultivate gratitude and joy in your life"\]

This book helps you embrace your human limitations as a gift.

Kapic, Kelly M.

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Work. Family. Church. Exercise. Sleep.  
  
The list of demands on your time seems to be never-ending. It can leave you feeling a little guilty--like you should always be doing one more thing.  
  
Rather than sharing better time-management tips to squeeze more hours out of the day, Kelly Kapic takes a different approach. In the paperback edition of You're Only Human, he offers a better way to make peace with the fact that God didn't create us to do it all by  
  
● exploring the theology behind seeing our human limitations as a gift rather than a deficiency;  
● laying out a path to holistic living with life-giving relationships and meaningful contributions to the world;  
● freeing us from confusing our limitations with sin; and  
● inviting us to rest in the joy and relief of knowing that God can use our limitations to foster freedom, joy, growth, and community.  
  
Readers will emerge better equipped to cultivate a life that fosters gratitude, rest, and faithful service to God.

"You're Only Human" by Kelly M. Kapic explores human limitations as a divine design. It offers insights on holistic living, relationships, and finding joy in God's plan.

\["For Christians feeling overwhelmed by life's demands", "Offers peace with human limitations and guilt-free living", "You will find joy and freedom in your God-given limits"\]

This book helps you embrace your limitations as God's design.

You're Only Human

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