Why Jesus Makes Me Nervous (ePub)
Ten Alarming Words of Faith
(Sprache: Englisch)
Jesus offers grace and mercy but he's also ratcheted up all the rules.
Nice as it would be to frame Jesus as fun-loving, or a mercy-dispensing friend, the stories we have about him are a lot more disturbing than that.
We hear about celebrations that...
Nice as it would be to frame Jesus as fun-loving, or a mercy-dispensing friend, the stories we have about him are a lot more disturbing than that.
We hear about celebrations that...
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Jesus offers grace and mercy but he's also ratcheted up all the rules.
Nice as it would be to frame Jesus as fun-loving, or a mercy-dispensing friend, the stories we have about him are a lot more disturbing than that.
We hear about celebrations that began as a wake, and about people who didn't use their talents well being bounced clear out of the club. Jesus clearly thought that following the way of truth involved a lot more than simply avoiding things like murder, stealing, committing adultery or telling lies.
When Jesus truly makes you nervous, he is worth living and dying for, and becomes the greatest source of meaning and purpose in life imaginable.
"Holiness. Abundance. Forgiveness. Hope. In these musings about 'ten stained-glass words of faith,' Joy Jordan-Lake strips away the clichés and church-bulletin nostrums and exposes the honest, challenging, comforting, and yes, sometimes alarming claims that are at the center of Jesus' life and teaching. This book is downright restorative."
--Lauren F. Winner, author of Girl Meets God and Mudhouse Sabbath
Nice as it would be to frame Jesus as fun-loving, or a mercy-dispensing friend, the stories we have about him are a lot more disturbing than that.
We hear about celebrations that began as a wake, and about people who didn't use their talents well being bounced clear out of the club. Jesus clearly thought that following the way of truth involved a lot more than simply avoiding things like murder, stealing, committing adultery or telling lies.
When Jesus truly makes you nervous, he is worth living and dying for, and becomes the greatest source of meaning and purpose in life imaginable.
"Holiness. Abundance. Forgiveness. Hope. In these musings about 'ten stained-glass words of faith,' Joy Jordan-Lake strips away the clichés and church-bulletin nostrums and exposes the honest, challenging, comforting, and yes, sometimes alarming claims that are at the center of Jesus' life and teaching. This book is downright restorative."
--Lauren F. Winner, author of Girl Meets God and Mudhouse Sabbath
Autoren-Porträt von Joy Jordan-Lake
After graduate studies at a theological seminary, Joy Jordan-Lake earned a Ph.D. in English Literature. She has served as the associate pastor of a multi-ethnic church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she led compassion ministries targeting low-income families, and was a Baptist chaplain at Harvard. She is the author of several books including Working Families: Navigating the Demands and and Delights of Marriage, Parenting and Career. With her husband and their three children, Joy currently lives just south of Nashville, where she writes and teaches at Belmont University.Author's website: www.joyjordanlake.com
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Joy Jordan-Lake
- 2007, 176 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Paraclete Press
- ISBN-10: 1612614477
- ISBN-13: 9781612614472
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2007
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