Your Secret Name: Discovering Who God Created You to Be - Softcover

Oberbrunner, Kary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0310285461 ISBN 13: 9780310285465

Publisher: Zondervan, 2010

Synopsis

We all have one–a Secret Name that is. The Bible tells us so. Yet few of us know ours. Ignorantly, we’re stuck, caught up in the “Name Game.”Using the story of the biblical patriarch Jacob as a backdrop, author Kary Oberbrunner calls us to stop accepting the world’s labels and start wrestling with God to discover our true identity. Jacob spent years living out the meaning of his earthly name: “deceiver.” Caught up in pretending to be someone he wasn’t, he was unaware that God would build a nation through him, unaware that Jesus would be one of his descendents, unaware of the lands he would inherit. Then he heard God speak his true name and the future God had for him unfolded. Oberbrunner reminds us that we’ll be unable to discern what God wants to build through us until we discover how God has seen us all along. In Your Secret Name, readers will find the courage to abandon what they know in order to become who they were born to be.

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About the Author

Kary Oberbrunner, MDiv, DMin, founded Redeem the Day, a movement connecting people to a process that ignites their souls on fire. Author of The Fine Line, Called, and The Journey Towards Relevance, Kary serves as a pastor at Grace Church in Ohio. He and his soul mate, Kelly, have three kids. In his free time he enjoys reading, the outdoors, and playing disc golf.

Review

Peaceful is my secret name. It's something I've struggled with for years. Thanks to Kary Oberbrunner I was reminded of the power of identity and my position in Christ. If you want to know who you are and who God says you are, I encourage everyone to pick up a copy of Your Secret Name. --- Renee Johnson, The Devotional Diva, is the author of Faithbook of Jesus and creator of Throw Mountains, a pro-church speaking tour for adults in their twenties and thirties and the churches who love them. www.devotionaldiva.com. -- Renee Johnson, Author

Kary, the cool guy with the girl's name, sucks you into the mystery of names. This book examines how labels can subtract from a person's well-being, how titles prompt us to judge a person's worth and how God's names assign a secure and transforming identity. You'll never look at names the same way again. ---Sarah Cunningham, author of Picking Dandelions, and blogger. www.sarahcunningham.org -- Sarah Cunningham, Author

Most of us are on a quest---a quest to prove 'them' wrong, carve our own path, and make a name for ourselves. In Kary's new book he asks a disarming question: “Why get caught up in this name game when we already have a Secret Name fashioned by God himself?” Brace yourself as you get ready to discover yours. ---Tony Morgan, pastor, author, strategist. TonyMorganLive.com -- Tony Morgan, Pastor and Author

“Finding our identity in the Cross of Christ is one of the most freeing moments in a believer’s life and Kary knows it’s also one of the most important moments. Kary has written a book that every believer needs to read because every believer needs to know their secret name and find the freedom in that name.” ---Shawn Wood, teaching pastor at Seacoast Church and author of 200 Pomegranates and an Audience of One and Wasabi Gospel. -- Shawn Wood, Pastor and Author

Finding life's purpose often begins with the stunning revelation that we are loved. But our vision must then move quickly beyond ourselves lest we drown in the subtle quicksand of narcissism. 'To find our life we must lose it' by doing something beautiful for others that allows them to hear the whisper that they too are beloved...especially those who have been told their whole lives that they are anything but loveable. Shane Claiborne, author, activist, and recovering sinner. www.thesimpleway.org -- Shane Claiborne, Author And Activist

About this edition

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0310285461
• ISBN 13: 9780310285465
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208