A MORE CHRISTLIKE GOD
A More Beautiful Gospel
Author: Bradley Jersak
Publisher: CWR Press
Published: April 2015
Dr Jersak [PhD] tackles the big question,
"If there is a God, what is God like?" in this new book.
Whether our notions of ‘god’ are personal projections or inherited traditions, author and theologian, Brad Jersak, proposes a radical reassessment, arguing for A More Christlike God: a More Beautiful Gospel. If Christ is “the image of the invisible God, the radiance of God’s glory and exact representation of God’s likeness,” what if we conceived of God as completely Christlike—the perfect Incarnation of self-giving, radically forgiving, co-suffering love? What if God has always been and forever will be cruciform (cross-shaped) in his character and actions?
“In the flesh and blood person of Jesus, we have the only life ever lived that perfectly reveals the true nature of God.”
A More Christlike God suggests that such a God would be very good news indeed—a God who Jesus “unwrathed” from dead religion, a Love that is always toward us, and a Grace that pours into this suffering world through willing, human partners. This book presents the challenge to readers to become another of those willing partners.
Chapters engage readers with challenges to contemplate and prayers to prepare hearts in this journey to know and represent a more Christlike God - a more beautiful Gospel.
ENDORSEMENTS:
"Atonement theology like I've never come across. Magnificent." - Eugene H Peterson
"This excellent and much-needed book confronts with both open heart and very good mind the major obstacles that we have created for people in their journey toward God! “Why didn’t people teach us this many years ago?” so many of us are saying. I am so very grateful that Brad Jersak is re-opening the door that Jesus had already opened 2000 years ago. It is so terribly sad that it was ever closed." — Fr. RICHARD ROHR, O.F.M. Center for Action and Contemplation Albuquerque, New Mexico
LOOK INSIDE A MORE CHRISTLIKE GOD:
Sample Pages:
- Foreword by Brian Zahnd
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - p3 to 14
- Pausing to think... pray - p23 to 24
- What is God?
- The Cruciform God
- 'Unwrathing' God
- Endorsements
- Front and Back Cover
MORE about the Author:
He is on faculty at Westminster Theological Centre (Cheltenham, UK), where he teaches New Testament and Patristics.
He also serves as adjunct faculty with St Stephen’s University (St. Stephen, NB. Canada).Brad attends Fresh Wind Christian Fellowship and serves as Reader at All Saints of North America Monastery. His heart is to share the good news that God is Love and that God’s love was shown to us perfectly in Jesus of Nazareth. Through his books and seminars, Brad teaches that anyone can learn to hear God’s voice through the simple practice of ”listening prayer.” Those who practice listening prayer find that God’s love heals wounded hearts and empowers them to heal this broken world. Find My Review of Brad Jersak’s foundational book, Can You Hear Me? Tuning in to the God Who Speaks which trains readers in the ways of “Listening Prayer.”
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