The title, Rediscovered Joy, derives from Galatians 4:15 (NLT). The Galatians had lost the joy of God's blessing because they had departed from the truths of the gospel. The Reformation - and the book - is an invitation to rediscover the joy of the gospel. Despite the common claim that the Reformation is either out-dated or divisive, its rediscovery of the apostolic message was a rediscovery of joy - a message that is as relevant today as it was 500 years ago and 2,000 years ago.  
  
The book will be different to Why the Reformation Still Matters as it will be much lighter with more focus on biblical exposition and pastoral application.  
  
__Contents__  
  
1\. How to hear God's voice - Galatians 1  
Reformation link: Scripture alone  
  
2\. How to win God's approval - Galatians 2  
Reformation link: justification by faith alone through Christ alone  
  
3\. How to recognise God's people- Galatians 3 &amp; 4:21-31  
Reformation link: the marks of a true church  
  
4\. How to enjoy God's love - Galatians 4  
Reformation link: the work of the Spirit  
  
5\. How to do God's will - Galatians 5-6  
Reformation link: gospel virtue

Tim Chester

INTRODUCTION

Let's talk about joy

1. HOW TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE(Galatians 1)

Rediscovering the joy of Scripture alone

2. HOW TO KNOW GOD’S APPROVAL(Galatians 2)

Rediscovering the joy of faith alone in Christ alone

3.HOW TO RECOGNIZE GOD’S PEOPLE(Galatians 3 – 4)

Rediscovering the joy of mother church

4. HOW TO ENJOY GOD’S LOVE(Galatians 4)

Rediscovering the joy of adoption

5. HOW TO DO GOD’S WILL(Galatians 5 – 6)

Rediscovering the joy of life in the Spirit

NOTES

The title, Rediscovered Joy, derives from Galatians 4:15 (NLT). The Galatians had lost the joy of God's blessing because they had departed from the truths of the gospel. The Reformation - and the book - is an invitation to rediscover the joy of the gospel. Despite the common claim that the Reformation is either out-dated or divisive, its rediscovery of the apostolic message was a rediscovery of joy - a message that is as relevant today as it was 500 years ago and 2,000 years ago.  
  
The book will be different to Why the Reformation Still Matters as it will be much lighter with more focus on biblical exposition and pastoral application.  
  
Contents  
  
1\. How to hear God's voice - Galatians 1  
Reformation link: Scripture alone  
  
2\. How to win God's approval - Galatians 2  
Reformation link: justification by faith alone through Christ alone  
  
3\. How to recognise God's people- Galatians 3 &amp; 4:21-31  
Reformation link: the marks of a true church  
  
4\. How to enjoy God's love - Galatians 4  
Reformation link: the work of the Spirit  
  
5\. How to do God's will - Galatians 5-6  
Reformation link: gospel virtue

The title, Rediscovered Joy, derives from Galatians 4:15 (NLT). The Galatians had lost the joy of God's blessing because they had departed from the truths of the gospel. The Reformation - and the book - is an invitation to rediscover the joy of the gospel.

The title, Rediscovered Joy, derives from Galatians 4:15 (NLT). The Galatians had lost the joy of God's blessing because they had departed from the truths of the gospel. The Reformation - and the book - is an invitation to rediscover the joy of the gospel. Despite the common claim that the Reformation is either out-dated or divisive, its rediscovery of the apostolic message was a rediscovery of joy - a message that is as relevant today as it was 500 years ago and 2,000 years ago.

Dr Tim Chester is a pastor of Grace Church in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire and a tutor with the Acts 29 Oak Hill Academy. He blogs at www.timchester.co.uk. He has previously been Research and Policy Director for Tearfund UK and an adjunct lecturer in both Reformed spirituality and missiology. His many books include You Can Change and Total Church (both IVP).

This study of Galatians brings to light the sheer joy that can be found in reading the Gospels, and in understanding the Reformation.

\["An accessible Bible study for every Christian","Want to find joy in reading the Gospels and the Reformation?","Tim Chester shows how Christianity is still as life-giving as ever"\]

'Where is that joyful and grateful spirit you felt then?'

It can seem to easy to lose joy. Issues, theologies, implications, and dictums can soon mount up, and that joy at first faith can seem long past. The Galatians themselves had same that same thing. They had lost the joy of being in God's presence, as God's people, and became weighted under problems that were not of God's word.

But how do you return to that simple place?

In Rediscovering Joy, the answer isn't found by simple, facile decluttering. Nor by looking ahead, past present problems. Rather, Tim Chester calls on us to look back, back to those who were weighed by ordinance and worldly precepts.

Timed to coincide with the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, Tim Chester rediscovers the message of the pivotal moment in Church history. The point where, nailed to the door were the ideals that sought to bring the Church back to God. That there is a need to regain a purity and joy in God's presence.

Rediscovering Joy is a book which brings back simple truths, and shows faith as a life-giving, and joy-bringing, source of contentment and wholeness. It is as fresh today as it was 2,000 years ago.

Rediscovering Joy

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