Provoke Life:
How you Can Help Jesus Change the World
What if God’s will for your life isn’t some divine mystery? What if it’s been hiding in plain sight for 2000 years?
Provoke Life: How You Can Help Jesus Change the World takes a widely read but frequently overlooked passage of Scripture and explores the impact the Beatitudes can have as a mission statement for every Christian.
“Eric Johnson has given us a new approach to living a happy and fulfilled life. Even believers familiar with the Beatitudes will find fresh insights and new depths in these words of Jesus.”
— Mike Breen, author of Building a Discipling Culture and founder of 3D Movements
“The Beatitudes are one of Jesus's most famous teachings. Countless books and sermons have covered it in depth. What more could be said? But by looking at it through the lens of leadership, Eric Johnson offers readers a new way of viewing and implementing the teaching of Jesus. Imbued with personal insight and professional wisdom, Provoke Life is a call to church leaders to use the Beatitudes as a foundation for their leadership philosophy and practice. Johnson's hope is to move the church beyond a once-weekly meeting into a life-giving, Spirit-breathed entity that promotes community and leads to human flourishing.”
— Josh Olds, lifeisstory.com
About Eric
Eric Johnson is a husband, father, pastor, and coach who serves King of Kings Lutheran Church in Lake Orion, MI. Provoke Life is his debut book.
With over 20 years of leadership experience in ministry, nonprofits, and business, Eric is passionate about Jesus transforming lives and communities and wants to help everyday followers of Christ find their place in Christ’s mission for good.
Eric received his Master of Divinity degree from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN, and is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He lives in Lake Orion with his wife and two daughters.
