The Beautiful Fight
By Gary
Thomas
Suggested Interview
Questions
- What is the “beautiful
fight”?
- What prompted
you to explore this idea?
- How did your previous books, like Sacred Marriage, Sacred Parenting, and Authentic Faith influence the Beautiful Fight?
- How can
Christians come to understand holiness beyond a moral perspective?
- How can people
keep up the strength to keep fighting this beautiful fight on a daily
basis?
- Why do most
Christians fall short of living this kind of life?
- You talk about
the concept of being “holy available.” What do you mean by that? What does
it look like?
- How do we get
past the point of mere sin-avoidance to a life that radiates Christ’s
transformation?
- You talk about
how Christians too often undercut God’s transformational powers. What are
some ways we may be unintentionally—or
intentionally—doing that?
- How can we allow God to transform us? What
does God’s presence look like in our mind, our senses and our service?
- Christianity is commonly characterized
with words like “struggle,” and “passion,” and now with you use the word
“fight.” What are some of the struggles you have faced and battles you
have fought with Christianity? How did you overcome them?