Meet the Author
Craig Groeschel is the founding pastor of LifeChurch.tv, which has grown from a single campus in 1996 to a multi-campus church with weekly worship experiences in fourteen locations, including an online campus. Groeschel has written six books, including The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living as if He Doesn’t Exist (2010, read my review here) and It: How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2011).
Book Basics
Altar Ego: Becoming Who God Says You Are is an upbeat, realistic, motivational text written with a pastoral voice. Craig Groeschel humbly, frankly, and succinctly challenges his readers to set aside the views they have of themselves and those they have adopted based on cultural norms in order to more fully embrace the vision God has for those who seek to follow God’s will and walk in God’s way. Living into the “altar ego” established by God for God’s people requires ongoing acts of intentional obedience, and is a lifestyle worth pursuing. Rather than merely illuminating a path established millenia ago, Groeschel explores his own journey while recognizing it is not yet complete and invites others to begin or continue down the same road. In short, this book offers an easy to read, positive, and practical approach to living out conservative Christianity.
So What?
Groeschel repeatedly remarks “you are not yet who you are supposed to be.” He understands that the journey of faith is a way of traveling toward such. How does this phrase invite you in or encourage you to continue as a follower of the way of Jesus?
Craig Groeschel. Altar Ego: Becoming Who God Says You Are (Zondervan, 2013). ISBN: 9780310333715.