Dying to Live – Lessons from Mark

Name: Dying to Live – Lessons from Mark
SKU: 9781846947155
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Author: John Churcher
ISBN: 9781846947155

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

AvJohn Churcher

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'Dying to Live' is a radical exploration of the life of Jesus through the memories of Peter the Apostle and his translator Mark. It is a journey, not a destination. It is a continuing quest not in search of integrity but to preserve it. This book offers glimpses of a deeper relevant spirituality for today. The starting point is that the 'Gospel' of Mark was written as an interpretive biography, not as sacred text. To over-spiritualise the reading of Mark is to miss the real Jesus contained within its pages. To follow Jesus is not so much concerned with 'right belief' as it is about how one lives. Jesus accepted people as they were and especially offered the outsider and the rejected dignity and a sense of personal worth. Churches have rightly encouraged charitable giving, especially to the poor and the outcast, but its creeds and doctrines have misrepresented the transformational life and teaching of Jesus, masking the hard cost of discipleship required to address the underlying root causes of violence, hunger and poverty in a world of plenty.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-04-27
Mått140 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt276 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
FörlagCollective Ink
ISBN9781846947155

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In his latest work, 'Dying To Live' John Churcher does well to quote composer John Cage who once stated 'I don't know why people are frightened of new ideas. I am frightened of the old ones.' Writing from the vantage point of a Christian minister living and serving in an increasingly post-church UK, and with the same intellect and fearless scholasticism that hallmarked his previous work, 'Setting Jesus Free' John examines the Gospel of Mark with an eye to discover new ideas in the old text or rediscover those ideas long neglected. Notable, however, is that John has succeeded in presenting those 'new ideas' without any evidence of contempt for the established understandings, but as beautiful new facet to our unfolding understanding of the Divine. Readers will welcome this richly insightful and engaging commentary as a valued companion on the journey to a fuller walk upon the Jesus Way. (Roger McClellan, Director, Co-Founder, Progressive Christian Alliance [Anniston AL])