The New Life

Does the Christian life have to be such hard work?

There are endless books describing how to live a “better” and “more disciplined” Christian life, and the long list of things to remember, eliminate, or put into practice can start to feel discouraging. The aim of this book is to go deeper—to ask what it’s all about in the first place. Why did God save you? What does it mean, practically speaking, to love him? Why is it sometimes so difficult to live in his ways?

Come and discover the heartbeat of your new life in Jesus, and find that you can truly enjoy being a Christian.

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“How should we live the Christian life? And how can we enjoy it? Covering such themes as adoption, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, love, holiness, meditation upon the cross, and the relish of divine things, this simple, experiential guide is ideal for believers seeking to live every day and all of life for the glory of God.”

Joel R. Beeke,
Chancellor and Professor of Systematic Theology and Homiletics,
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary,
and Pastor of Heritage Reformed Congregation, Grand Rapids, Michigan

“This is a beautiful and biblical book about the beautiful new life that’s ours in our beautiful Saviour. If you want to grow in your new life in Jesus, this little book will lift your eyes away from falling back on your own efforts to the joyful reality of a new life joined to Jesus in the love of the Trinity. Open up these pages and let Daniel Hames show you from the Scriptures how great the salvation is that Jesus gives.”

Jonathan Black,
Director of Training, The Apostolic Church UK,
and author, The Lord’s Supper

“Scholar-pastor Daniel Hames is a twenty-first century Richard Sibbes. His latest book is a delight and a welcome set of the sail in an age when the church has too often substituted secular therapeutic self-help for biblical discipleship. Dan puts Jesus front and centre, inviting us to love and be loved by Jesus, to walk with him and be transformed into his likeness, and to joyfully make him known to the world.”

Simon Ponsonby,
Pastor of Theology, St Aldate’s Oxford

“For twenty-two years, the greatest problem I faced was my natural desire for the world’s junk food—an appetite for empty calories and fleeting pleasures that could never satisfy my soul. Lamenting how I wasted the first half of my life, I now see what was wrong: my desires were broken. But the greatest news in the universe is that God stepped into my life to change that appetite, giving me a new taste for the greatest and most satisfying good—for himself. The gospel transformed me and gave me a new delight in seeking God and the discovery that as I seek my joy in him, I simultaneously fulfil my role in glorifying him.

These are the greatest realities in the universe, and they’re explained and celebrated in Daniel Hames’s little book, one that can change you forever by showing you the new life, the new heart, the new you.”

Tony Reinke,
author of 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You and The Joy Project

“This is life—both now and for all eternity—to know the Father in the face of Christ. In this brilliant, short book, Dan Hames gets us to the heart of all reality: enjoying God. Whether you want an introduction to the Christian life or a refresher for weary souls, this will do you much good.”

Glen Scrivener,
Director of Speak Life and Creator of the 321 Course