The Jesus Prescription for a Healthy Life - by Leonard Sweet (Paperback)

About the Book

Sweet examines how Jesus laughed, hung out with friends, played with children, enjoyed good times at social gatherings, and poked fun at pious pretensions. Using as its hook the life of Jesus, this book details the ways in which Jesus lived a disciplined life and healthy existence and illustrates the ancient truth: "Being cheerful (is like a medicine that) keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time".--Proverbs 17:22, Good News Bible.

Book Synopsis

Leonard Sweet--with his profound insight and humor--examines how Jesus laughed, played with children, walked, enjoyed the good times, and poked fun at pious pretensions. By examining the life of Jesus, this prescription for health and well-being details the ways and habits through which Jesus lived a disciplined life and healthy existence during his ministry among us. The self-help advice is linked directly to stories about or by Jesus in the Gospels. You are sure to sharpen spiritually and hone your life physically while learning things about Jesus that you have never heard before. "Sweet's off-the-wall prescription will afflict your assumptions and confront your consumption. It will change the way you look at Jesus--and it will change you." --Russell Chandler.

From the Back Cover

Leonard Sweet, with his profound insight and humor examines how Jesus laughed, hung out with friends, played with children, walked, enjoyed the good times at social gatherings, moodled, and poked fun at pious pretensions. By examining the life of Jesus, this prescription for health and well-being details the ways and habits through which Jesus lived a disciplined life and healthy existence during his ministry among us. The self-help advice is linked directly to stories about or by Jesus in the Gospels. You are sure to sharpen spiritually and hone your life physically while learning things about Jesus that you have never heard before.