虽胜犹败 │The Failure of Success (Simplified Chinese Discovery Series Booklet)

关于「成功」标准的论述，真可谓汗牛充栋。然而，如何定义成败，却是仁者见仁，智者见智，莫衷一是。「成」与「败」有绝对的标准吗？当我们得不偿失时，我们到底是赢了还是输了呢？

接下来，灵命日粮事工教会事工部主任柯贝尔（Bill Crowder）透过检视旧约先知约拿的经历，将针对这些问题展开谈论，并解释为什么先知约拿的经历是虽胜犹败的范例。

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Jonah is not the principal character of his own book—God is!

Much has been published about the principles of success.  Success and failure, however, may be defined in different ways by different people.  Is there an absolute standard for success and failure?  Do we win or do we lose when our accomplishments cost more than we can afford?  In this booklet, Bill Crowder brings these issues into focus by examining the life of the Old Testament prophet Jonah—one man who personally modeled and experience "the failure of success."

Bill Crowder joined the Our Daily Bread Ministries staff in 2001 after more than 20 years in the pastorate stretching from West Virginia to southern California to west Michigan. Over the years, Bill has spent much of his time in a Bible-conference ministry around the world, serving ODBM offices and their outreach to their local communities. Bill is a contributing writer for the Our Daily Bread devotional and has written many Bible study booklets for ODBM’s Discovery Series. He has also published a number of books with ODB Publishing, the latest being Wisdom for our Worries and Gospel on the Mountains. Bill also serves as a co-host with Mart DeHaan, Elisa Morgan, and Daniel Ryan Day on the “Discover the Word” podcast and daily radio program, heard throughout the U.S. and on more than 20 stations in Canada. On the personal front, Bill is now semi-retired and, with his wife, Marlene, lives in North Carolina.