A MORE CHRISTLIKE GOD: A MORE BEAUTIFUL GOSPEL - by Bradley Jersak

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:

Dr. Brad Jersak (PhD) is a Canadian author and teacher based in Abbotsford, BC. Canada.
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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Review: Understanding Jesus - Cultural Insights Into the Words and Deeds of Christ author Joe Amaral

Modern-day readers often bring their own presuppositions and assumptions to the reading of the Bible, not realizing how deeply their understanding of Christ's life and teachings is affected by a 21st-century worldview. 

In UNDERSTANDING JESUS, author Joe Amaral delves deep into Jewish history, societal mores, and cultural traditions, closing the gap created by geographical distance and over two thousand years of history. Using a chronological approach to the life of Christ, he guides the reader through significant events such as Jesus' birth, baptism, and crucifixion, pointing out illuminating details that that the Western mind would normally miss.

Amaral's premise is that to understand Jesus, we must understand the time and place in which he was born, the background from which he drew his illustrations, and the audience he spoke to. Throughout the book he explores specific terms, places, and events for their significance and shows how they add richness and meaning to the text. Topics include the connection between Jesus and John the Baptist, the annual Feasts and why they are important to modern Christianity, Jewish customs such as foot-washing, clean and unclean foods, paying tribute to political governments, and the significance of various miracles.

In UNDERSTANDING JESUS, Amaral draws back the curtain on a way of life that existed during the reign of the Caesars, and in doing so, reveals truths about the way we live more than two thousand years later, half a world away. [Goodreads]

Understanding Jesus: Cultural Insights Into the Words and Deeds of Christ
Canadian author Joe Amaral
publisher FaithWords Apr 7.11

How would we understand the words of Yeshua Jesus if we understood His culture? 
The impact of that culture on the meaning of what He said?
This is as fascinating and insightful a read from Canadian Joe Amaral as he is to hear in person.
I gained much by reading of what would have been commonly known phrases and idioms of speech from the time of Christ's teachings.   Excellent information on distinct cultural traditions and how they play into the meaning of scripture's metaphors.   Easy  to read, accessible and enjoyable all in one.

Highly recommended!