Surprised by Jesus: Subversive Grace in the Four Gospels - Couverture souple

Dane Ortlund

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1783973161 ISBN 13 : 9781783973163

Editeur : Evangelical Press

Synopsis

When God-in-the-flesh showed up twenty centuries ago in Palestine, the religious PhDs rejected him and the prostitutes and social outcasts flocked to him. Why? . . Because the open welcome of divine grace that Jesus offers, open to anyone who would simply leave their moral resume at home, is not predictable. It is not safe. It is subversive. . .

In this book, Dane Ortlund reflects on this subversive grace as it uniquely emerges in each of the four Gospel accounts. In each Gospel, the message and mission of Jesus is deeply surprising:

- In Matthew, we see the surprise of disobedient obedience
- In Mark, we see the surprise of the king undergoing the fate of a criminal
- In Luke, we see the surprise of the insiders becoming outsiders and the outsiders becoming insiders
- In John, we see the surprise of the Creator of the universe becoming one of his own creatures.

Such surprises confound our law-marinated hearts. But the good news that Jesus won with his own blood will not be tamed. This good news is defiant. This book exists to exult in this good news and the scandalous mercy Jesus loves to pour out on needy sinners, on people like you and me.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dane Ortlund (PhD, Wheaton College) is senior Bible editor at Crossway in Wheaton, Illinois, USA. He is the author of numerous books including Gentle and Lowly.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Evangelical Press
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1783973161
• ISBN 13: 9781783973163
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
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