Presence: Giving and Receiving God - Couverture souple

Sider, J Alexander; Villegas, Isaac S

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1608996719 ISBN 13 : 9781608996711

Editeur : Cascade Books, 2011

Synopsis

As God's eternal life flows through us, we learn to let go of our pretensions of control and rest into the new life offered in Jesus Christ. This book is an invitation for you to become nonresistant to this movement of God's love for you and the world. Through a variety of sermons and meditations, Sider and Villegas bear witness to a grace that disarms our guardedness and makes room for us to fall into the love of God. Preaching becomes a dispossessive practice, as each person is invited to give and receive God's transforming power. The proclamation of the gospel, Villegas and Sider say, should display the priesthood of all believers. Thus, the call to preach belongs to the whole congregation and its conversation rather than to the lone preacher and her (or his) sermon. Presence: Giving and Receiving God draws on the Mennonite tradition of the Zeugnis ("conversation") to explore how the preached Word echoes through all of our voices.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

J. Alexander Sider is assistant professor of religion at Bluffton University.


Isaac S. Villegas is the pastor of Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship in North Carolina. He serves on the national board of Mennonite Church USA and the governing board of the NC Council of Churches.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cascade Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1608996719
• ISBN 13: 9781608996711
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 230
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