John Eldredge is a household name around here. We’ve both read and enjoyed many of his books, including Love & War, Wild at Heart, and Waking the Dead. Jason is currently in the middle of John’s newest title, The Utter Relief of Holiness: How God’s Goodness Frees Us from Everything that Plagues Us, and is definitely enjoying it.
Holiness may seem an unattainable goal, a perfection we humans can’t quite reach, or it may seem boring—the spiritual equivalent of flossing. What it proves to be is a relief, says New York Times best-selling author John Eldredge in his new book, The Utter Relief of Holiness: How God’s Goodness Frees Us from Everything that Plagues Us. “If we could recover a vision of what holiness is, we would be absolutely captured by it,” Eldredge says.
Eldredge has devoted his career to helping people find the restoration that is available in Jesus Christ. In The Utter Relief of Holiness, he shows how we can share in that “beautiful goodness”: “Jesus can heal what has gone wrong inside each and every one of us. He does this by imparting to us his goodness. God makes us whole by making us holy, he makes us holy by making us whole.”
You can connect with John Eldredge on his website, on Facebook, on Twitter, or on YouTube.
The Giveaway
One Simple Pen Reader will win a copy of The Utter Relief of Holiness.
To enter: Simply leave a comment telling us your favorite John Eldredge title. Or if you’re new to his writing, you can leave any comment.
Entries will remain open until Tuesday, February 5 at 9 p.m. EST. One winner (US address only) will be randomly chosen. The winner will be emailed and will have 48 hours to respond. If there is no response, a new winner will be chosen.
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for hosting this giveaway. All opinions are – as always – honest and mine (and Jason’s 😉 ).
what agreat book!! hope i win
He’s on my list to read, so winning this would be a good way to start. 🙂
The 2 books that I have read are Captivating and Love & War, which are written by both John & Stasi. My husband & I read Love & War together and did the workbook. One word…WOW!!! My husband has read Wild at Heart and did the study on it. He really liked it.
I currently do not read as often as I’d like or should – I do read the Bible and that can be quite a tough read. I would love to give this author a shot and even more if your hubby likes it maybe I can get mine to take a crack at it too. Just finished Judges and could use some uplifting follow up. Many thanks.
I read Captivating twice in two different women’s groups. I loved it both times. This new book sounds very interesting. Holiness is such an important, yet not talked about topic.
Waaaaah, I’m new to his writing :'( Sounds like a pretty good book!
Wild at Heart!
I’ve heard of his books but haven’t read any yet.