J-Curve

Paul E. Miller (MDiv, Biblical Seminary) is executive director of seeJesus, a global discipling mission that mentors through seminars, cohorts, and interactive Bible studies. He is the bestselling author of A Praying Life and J-Curve. Paul and his wife, Jill, live in the Philadelphia area and have six children and fifteen grandchildren. Listen to the Seeing Jesus with Paul Miller podcast or learn more at seeJesus.net.

• IllustrationsPart 1: Discovering the J-Curve1. “I Will Never Do This Again”: The J-Curve and How It Helps2. "I Take Your Place": The Substitutionary Nature of Love3. Marketing the Self: What We Do Instead of the J-Curve4. Liberating the Self: The Foundation of the J-Curve5. In Harvard: Union with Christ Comes Alive6. In Sports or In Christ?: How Location Changes Everything7. It’s All about Who You Know: Knowing Jesus in the J-Curve8. Missing Justification by Faith: The J-Curve without Justification 9. Missing the J-Curve: Justification by Faith without the J-Curve Part 2: Dying with Jesus10. Dying to Self: Understanding Different J-Curves11. A Cascade of Love: Weaving J-Curves Together 12. Life at the Bottom of the J-Curve: Making Sense of Persistent Evil13. Living in the Borderland: How to Thrive in a Broken WorldPart 3: The Descent of Love14. Love Loses Control: Discovering the Shape of Love15. The Art of Disappearing for Love: How the Incarnation Defines Love16. Recovering a Vision of the Good: The Wonder of the J-Curve17. Celebrating Christ Bearers: Rediscovering Hidden Saints 18. The Hinge of the J-Curve: Understanding the Will19. The Four Steps of Love: Re-enacting Jesus’s Descent 20. The J-Curve Calms a Quarrel: Creating a Path to Reconciliation Part 4: Rising with Jesus21. Discovering the Power of Resurrection: What Makes the J Go Up?22. Repersonalizing the Resurrection: Discovering the Forgotten Half of the J-Curve23. Looking through a Resurrection Lens: The J-Curve Transforms Our Vision of Life24. The Secret of an Irritation-Free Life: The J-Curve Cures Grumbling25. Resurrection Realism: The J-Curve Protects Us from Cynicism26. Delaying Resurrection for Love: Saying No to Good Desire27. Becoming Human Again: The Emotional Life of the J-Curve28. The Art of J-Curve Living: Dying and Rising in Twenty-Four Hours29. Seeing the Big Picture: Multiyear Dying and RisingPart 5: Forming a J-Curve Community30. The Power of Weakness: How the J-Curve Defeats Tribalism31. The Spirit at the Center: Learning Wisdom Down Low 32. Love Treads Softly: Entering the Complexity of Love33. Leadership Goes Low: Re-enacting Jesus in Community34. Keeping Jesus Pure: The J-Curve Divides the Community35. Jesus: The Ultimate Party Crasher36. The Beauty of a Jesus Community: Including the Distant OutsiderConclusionAfterwordAcknowledgmentsGeneral IndexScripture Index