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TitleGracious Christianity : Living the love we profess / By Douglas Jacobsen and Rodney J. Sawatsky
AuthorJacobsen, Douglas. / Sawatsky, Rodney J.
Call No230 JAC
CollectionNon Fiction
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International Standard Book Number 9780801031397
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 230 JAC
Personal Name Jacobsen, Douglas.
Title Statement Gracious Christianity : Living the love we profess / By Douglas Jacobsen and Rodney J. Sawatsky
Imprint Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, 2006.
Physical Description 140p.
General Note Includes Index and Bibliographical References
Formatted Contents Note Introduction : what is gracious Christianity? -- God and creation -- Human nature -- Hearing God's voice -- The fullness of salvation -- The Spirit and life -- Being church -- The Bible -- The future.
Summary, Etc. In today's postmodernist and relativistic culture, Christians must contend with being perceived as argumentative, vindictive, and petty--along with the criticism that religion, in general, is a source of violence and destruction. These pejorative labels and connotations do not resonate with the fruit of the Spirit or with Christ's mandate to love God and neighbor. But graciousness is a nonnegotiable dimension of Christian faith. It goes to the very core of the gospel. It is what makes the gospel good news. Without grace and graciousness, Christianity loses its message. In this book, Douglas Jacobsen and Rodney Sawatsky offer a succinct proposal to recover Gracious Christianity. It is a concise but relatively comprehensive overview of Christian beliefs showing how historic Christianity supports graciousness in faith and life. The eight chapters cover God and creation, humankind, hearing God's voice, the fullness of salvation, the Spirit and life, being church, the Bible, and the future.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term THEOLOGY, DOCTRINAL.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term LOVE - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS - CHRISTIANITY.
Added Entry, Personal Name Sawatsky, Rodney J.