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The Quiet Ambition

Scripture's Surprising Antidote to Our Restless Lives

Ryan P. Tinetti
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Year
2025
Language
English
Publisher
IVP Formatio

About

Do you desire to do great things for God but feel like you're falling short?
Does your life feel small, filled with endless demands, seemingly insignificant work, mundane responsibilities, or challenging relationships? If your desire to make an impact for God's kingdom collides with the limits and disappointments of everyday life, it's easy to feel restless, resigned, and discouraged.
Scripture offers a better way. In one of Paul's letters, there's an unexpected, paradoxical call: "Make it your ambition to live quietly . . ."
In The Quiet Ambition, pastor and theologian Ryan P. Tinetti unpacks the rich spiritual wisdom of 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12, showing how it can help you reimagine what following Jesus looks like. Tinetti explores four key postures for living out your Christian life:

- Live quietly.
- Tend your own business.
- Work with your hands.
- Walk gracefully toward outsiders.
This call to quiet ambition frees you to embrace God's presence in the small, ordinary moments of your life. By shifting your focus from self-aggrandizing desires and internalized pressure for spiritual achievement to faithful living in the everyday, you can experience real hope and discover what it truly means to live a life that counts.
Are you ready to reimagine what following Jesus looks like in your everyday life? Order your copy of The Quiet Ambition and start your journey today!

Related Subjects

  • Spiritual Growth
  • Christian Living
  • Religion
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Reviews

"This timely book is 'for those who have not done great things,' which is to say, most of us. It charts a better way to live to Christ without adding busy activities to the tyranny of our overloaded schedules. It all starts with an apparently humdrum verse: 'Make it your ambition to live quietly, tend your own business, and work with your hands' (1 Thess 4:11). Here is a tract for our burnout times. What really matters to Jesus, Ryan P. Tinetti suggests, is attending faithfully to our simplequotidian responsibilities, quietly witnessing to the sufficient grace of Christ."
Sylvie Vanhoozer, author of The Art of Living in Season and The Art of Living in Advent

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