Gracious Christianity : Living the love we profess /
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... Full description
| Main Author: | Jacobsen, Douglas. |
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| Other Authors: | Sawatsky, Rodney J. |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, 2006 |
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| 100 | 0 | |a Jacobsen, Douglas. | |
| 245 | 0 | |a Gracious Christianity : |b Living the love we profess / |c By Douglas Jacobsen and Rodney J. Sawatsky | |
| 260 | |a Grand Rapids, Michigan : |b Baker Academic, |c 2006. | ||
| 300 | |a 140p. | ||
| 500 | |a Includes Index and Bibliographical References | ||
| 505 | |a 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. | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 650 | |a THEOLOGY, DOCTRINAL. | ||
| 650 | 0 | 0 | |a LOVE - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS - CHRISTIANITY. |
| 700 | 0 | |a Sawatsky, Rodney J. | |
| 900 | |a 20607 | ||
| 949 | |a RTC Library |b Non Fiction |h 230 JAC |p R218483220 |s Books | ||
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