The family of God
From the Source, through the flow of truth, beauty, and goodness, to joy and liberty.
A Taste of Joy and Liberty
A new book by Jeffrey Wattles, PhD
Discover anew the living Jesus—our world’s greatest teacher—in this riveting work of short, lucid chapters that explore his life. And learn how to follow in the way of Jesus’s example: living the gospel of love in the kingdom of God, and knowing the joy of serving in God’s universal family. Authored by a university professor and gospel evangelist, this unique depiction shows us how to live like Jesus: fresh, alive, original, spontaneous—and as a wellspring of love, mercy, and service.
Paperback: $18.00 / eBook: $9.99 • Origin Press • 270 pages • JoyAndLiberty.org
Available at Amazon (ships on September 15)
Important errata note (for page 12 in the book)
Jeffrey Wattles, PhD, a retired professor of philosophy at Kent State University, has focused with heart and mind on the gospel of Jesus for over fifty years. He is best known as the author of The Golden Rule (Oxford University Press, 1996) and Living in Truth, Beauty, and Goodness (Cascade, 2016). Dr. Wattles has led more than three thousand students through experiential projects in philosophy and religion. His degrees are in philosophy from Stanford and Northwestern.
Sample Chapters
- Chapter 3. The Saving Faith of a Little Child
- Chapter 5. Jesus’s Scientific Knowledge
- Chapter 14. Loving God and the Neighbor Wholeheartedly
Corrections for the second printing
The second printing has 84 corrections; you can see them all by clicking on this link.
Four of these corrections I regard as major, and I include links to them here. First, on the copyright page, the second printing still says “first printing.” To determine whether you have a second printing, check for any of the other changes listed below. Next, I have added “Questions and Invitations” sections at the end of both the Introduction and the final chapter. And finally, on page 12, paragraph 1, an editorial note to the typesetter was inadvertently left in the published text (“we need to insert…”). The second printing removes this note and presents the paragraph as intended.