You are not defined by who you are and what you do, but by who Jesus is and what he has done for you. With the gentle wisdom of an experienced pastor and preacher, Phil Ryken will help you discover the depths of God's grace and its implications for every part of your life. Because God has more grace for us in Jesus than we could ever imagine.

Graham Hooper

PART 1: EXPOSING THE GAP

PART 2: THE GAP IS CLOSED...WHEN WE ARE CHANGED

PART 3: THE GAP IS CLOSED...WHEN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE

PART 4: THE GAP IS CLOSED...WHEN WE GROW THROUGH TOUGH TIMES

PART 5: THE GAP IS CLOSED...AS WE NEAR OUR GOAL

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. The problem

Questions

Answers?

Learning on the job

Gaps and compartments

The integrity of Jesus

Honesty

Consistency

Wholeness

How do we compare?

The gap between us and God

So what's the good news...?

Reflection

2. Facing the truth

The gap between what we are really like and how others perceive us

God's searching diagnosis

Truth revealed

Accountability

3. Loving change

The gap between how I want to live and how I actually live

A divided heart

Change is coming

Reflecting the character of God into the world

Restoring the image

Make every effort...

Change, difficulty and suffering

Under pressure

The cross

4. Growing relationships

The gap between the quality of our relationships and how God intends them to be

Valuing relationships

A life of love

5. Working it out

The gap between what I say I believe and how I behave at work

Some biblical principles

Finding meaning and fulfilment

Major challenges

The way forward

6. A world of difference

The gap between the world as it is and how it could be

A corrupted world

A better world?

Salt and light – making a difference

Rebuilding and restoring

Nehemiah – a leader who made a difference

The need and God's call

Prayer, planning and preparation

Halfway weariness

Overcoming opposition

7. Wisdom at work

The gap between human wisdom and God's wisdom

The value of wisdom

Recognizing wisdom

The wisdom of Jesus

Wisdom – a gift of God

The wisdom of Proverbs

8. Enjoying success

The gaps created by success

What is success?

How does the Bible view success?

Role models for success

Striving for success

A changed view of success

Handling our own success

Handling success in others

A long-term view

9. Recovering from failure

The gap between the success we long for and what we actually achieve

What do we mean by failure?

A painful experience

What can we learn from failure?

The struggle

The fight

Recovery from failure

Practical steps

10. Tested faith

The gaps in our understanding of God

Big issues – big questions

The test of not knowing

Faith = trust

In ‘Undivided’, Graham Hooper helps you face up to, and bridge the gap that keeps you from the relationship with Christ that you desire. Getting you to where you want to be with Christ, from where you actually are, this book is born from a life-time of trying to survive as a Christian in the professional world of work. ‘Undivided’ takes you across the chasm between biblical truth and the frustrations of life in the real world.

In this coming together of biblical teaching and the issues of daily living, Graham Hooper equips you to live more truthfully for Christ in today's culture - making one whole from the two halves of your inner being and outer world. Refreshing and challenging, the message of ‘Undivided’ is written with honesty, integrity, realism and faith to help you close the gap between your experience of everyday life and an exciting life as God agent in God's world.

Graham Hooper’s ‘Undivided’ helps you bring the faith you practice closer to the faith you profess. Written with honesty, realism and understanding ‘Undivided’ helps you span the chasm that can easily open up between biblical truth and faith on one side, and the challenges, frustrations of real life on the other. Graham Hooper doesn’t just give you the vision of Holy Living he equips you with the spiritual tools to make it a reality, undivided from your daily life.

'Graham Hooper reminds us that we are called to follow the Master who was unafraid of facing the reality of life all around him and was only too willing to connect with it fully. Jesus calls us to live in the same way. This book offers a vision of holy living and whole living.' - Neil Hudson, Director, Imagine.

'This is an authentic exploration of the gap between the quality of the Christian discipleship we aspire to and the reality of how we actually live out our day to day Christian lives. Graham Hooper all at once confronts, challenges and encourages 21st century believers to ‘keep on keeping on’ in their walk no matter how far short of the standard they fall. Having read Undivided, the words, "Mind the Gap" will never have the same meaning again!' - Jill Garrett, Director of Leadership and Employee Engagement at LT Consulting.

'This is one of those key, life-changing books, for which we have been waiting for a long time. It is born out of a life-time's practice of living as a Christian in the cut and thrust of the professional world and has all the hallmarks of proven wisdom and experience. In itself the book bridges the gap between the whole spectrum of biblical truth and faith, on the one hand, and the challenges, frustrations and opportunities of its application to life in the real world of the 21st Century, on the other. It is a masterly match of clear biblical teaching with the issues of life today, especially in the work place, pulsating with honesty, integrity, realism and faith.

For anyone longing to live more authentically for Christ in today's culture, this is essential reading. Not only will it refresh, challenge, and inspire, but its message will transform our experience of everyday living as God's people, in God's world, in our generation. I commend it most warmly.' - David Jackman

'Graham Hooper reminds us that we are called to follow the Master who was unafraid of facing the reality of life all around him and was only too willing to connect with it fully. Jesus calls us to live in the same way. This book offers a vision of holy living and whole living.'- Neil Hudson, Director, Imagine  
   
 'This is an authentic exploration of the gap between the quality of the Christian discipleship we aspire to and the reality of how we actually live out our day to day Christian lives. Graham Hooper all at once confronts, challenges and encourages 21st century believers to

Honest, practical and relevant advice to equip Christians to bridge the gap of faith and their everyday lives.

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This book would have been well served with a cover that reflected the tube signs saying 'mind the gap', because in many ways that's what this book is about - minding the gap between what we say and what we do; what we profess to believe and what we really believe or want to believe. It's an excellent book filled with real thought, contemplation and great reflection questions throughout about the disconnect between the life we live and the belief we hold. It covers a number of places where we find this gap and using both Biblical reflection and real life assessment helps to uncover the gap and work on stepping over it safely. For me part three dealt wonderfully with work, success, and making a difference using insight from and into Nehemiah and Proverbs.  
  
An easy to read and well grounded book that looks honestly at a topic most of us probably try to shy away from.

Undivided

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