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Jesus the Fool: The Mission of the Unconventional Christ - Couverture souple

Frost, Michael

 
9780801046285: Jesus the Fool: The Mission of the Unconventional Christ
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0801046289 ISBN 13 : 9780801046285
Editeur : Baker Books, 2010

Synopsis

"One who is strengthened by God professes himself to be an utter fool by human standards, because he despises the wisdom men strive for."Thomas Aquinas"Go and do likewise. . . ."Luke 10:37Missiologist Michael Frost is looking for the real Jesusthe man who didn't care what people thought, worked on the Sabbath, touched the unclean, ate with sinners, and generally contradicted what was acceptable to the leadership of his day. He's searching for the Jesus who embodies all the characteristics of the ancient tradition of the holy foolish paradigm as described and commended by Paul, the church fathers, and the medieval saints. And he finds him. . . . Saintly fools prefer life out in the open in the secular world, intentionally make themselves conspicuous, and consistently defy rules set by society. Frost directs our minds and hearts to the greater story of Jesus. He reminds us that following the Savior is rarely safeand that Christ will continue to redraw our blueprint of what's right and what's righteous; and will persist in calling us to take the alternative, dangerous, ridiculous road walked by wise fools down through the centuries of the church. A muchneeded and longedfor challenge to emergent, contemporary, and traditional gatherings and churches alike.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

"One who is strengthened by God professes himself to be an utter fool by human standards, because he despises the wisdom men strive for."Thomas Aquinas"Go and do likewise. . . ."Luke 10:37Missiologist Michael Frost is looking for the real Jesusthe man who didn't care what people thought, worked on the Sabbath, touched the unclean, ate with sinners, and generally contradicted what was acceptable to the leadership of his day. He's searching for the Jesus who embodies all the characteristics of the ancient tradition of the holy foolish paradigm as described and commended by Paul, the church fathers, and the medieval saints. And he finds him. . . . Saintly fools prefer life out in the open in the secular world, intentionally make themselves conspicuous, and consistently defy rules set by society. Frost directs our minds and hearts to the greater story of Jesus. He reminds us that following the Savior is rarely safeand that Christ will continue to redraw our blueprint of what's right and what's righteous; and will persist in calling us to take the alternative, dangerous, ridiculous road walked by wise fools down through the centuries of the church. A muchneeded and longedfor challenge to emergent, contemporary, and traditional gatherings and churches alike.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Frost is professor of evangelism and missions at Morling College in Sydney, Australia, and a Baptist minister. He is the author of Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post Christian Culture and the co-author of The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st Century Church and Re Jesus: A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church.

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Éditeur
Baker Books
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0801046289
ISBN 13 
9780801046285
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
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