The Liberating Mission of Jesus

The Liberating Mission of Jesus
Author: Dario Andres Lopez Rodriguez
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2012-06-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1610975162
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The Liberating Mission of Jesus deals with the central message of the Gospel of Luke, provocatively arguing that the liberating mission of Jesus has two central themes: the universality of the love of God and the special love God has for the defenseless of society. Both of these pillars form the bedrock of Luke's theological vision, animate his Gospel throughout, and summarize the good news of the reign of God in subversive and radical form. This book shows how the liberating message announced by Jesus, as well as his liberating practice, is manifested throughout the Gospel and its implications for Christian life today. Through this thorough treatment, the full depth of Luke's vision of the liberating mission of Jesus is shown to be a paradigm for the personal and collective witness of believers, regardless of the social, political, cultural, or religious boundaries that try to inhibit them from giving witness to the God of life.

Liberating the Gospel

Liberating the Gospel
Author: David Smith
Publisher: Augsburg Books
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2020-04-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 150646730X
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Liberating the Gospel is prefaced by Tom Wright's claim that Christians have for too long "read scripture with nineteenth-century eyes and sixteenth-century questions," and that it is urgently necessary they learn to read "with first-century eyes and twenty-first-century questions." The central section of the book concentrates on reading the narratives of the Galilean ministry of Jesus within their first century context, then exploring Paul's mission in the setting of the urban and imperial world of Rome, before offering reflection on the Apocalypse in the changed world following the destruction of Jerusalem. Smith then concludes his treatise facing the "twenty-first-century questions," seeking to build a hermeneutical bridge to our globalized world. As a whole, this major book on Christian mission aims to contribute toward an understanding of how the dynamic message of Christ might be liberated to be heard as genuinely good news today, in the process potentially transforming Christianity, provided there is willingness to face opposition from a world resistant to the exposure of its injustices.

The Jesus Mission

The Jesus Mission
Author: Steven K. Scott
Publisher: Waterbrook Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2011
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0307730492
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Top-selling author Scott returns with his third blockbuster book on Jesus. This time, he shows readers exactly what Jesus wants from their lives. Christ completed 27 missions while on Earth; now readers can take up the four he assigned to them.

Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome

Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome
Author: R. Kent Hughes
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2008-01-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433521016
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Every year thousands of God's servants leave the ministry convinced they are failures. Years ago, in the midst of a crisis of faith, Kent Hughes almost became one of them. But instead he and his wife Barbara turned to God's Word, determined to learn what God had to say about success and to evaluate their ministry from a biblical point of view. This book describes their journey and their liberation from the "success syndrome"-the misguided belief that success in ministry means increased numbers. In today's world it is easy to be seduced by the secular thinking that places a number on everything. But the authors teach that true success in ministry lies not in numbers but in several key areas: faithfulness, serving, loving, believing, prayer, holiness, and a Christlike attitude. Their thoughts will encourage readers who grapple with feelings of failure and lead them to a deeper, fuller understanding of success in Christian ministry. This book was originally published by Tyndale in 1987 and includes a new preface.

Jesus the Liberator

Jesus the Liberator
Author: Michael Prior
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1995
Genre: Religion
ISBN:
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The rise of Liberation Theology has coincided with an increase in interest in Luke's concern for the poor. This has been the subject of a number of special studies, and this new one argues for an application of the spirit of the text to contemporary society, uniting a respect for the methods of New Testament study with a commitment to social change enlivened by its values. This book is the first monograph which deals with this major New Testament text. While it engages with the most recent New Testament scholarship, it is written with a wide readership in mind. Prior examines the efforts to situate the traditions about Jesus and the evangelization of the poor in the life of Luke's community. He does not stop there, but insists that enquiry into the Gospel of Luke must concern itself with the place of the text in contemporary society. Sensitive to the concerns of biblical scholarship, this challenging exegesis respects the faith perspective that the Word of God is alive and active, and calls for a response in every generation.

Liberating Jesus

Liberating Jesus
Author: Roberta Grimes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2021-11-25
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781737410720
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Roberta Grimes spent decades studying nearly 200 years of afterlife evidence and forming a detailed picture of what happens at and after death. She then discovered that two thousand years ago Jesus told us things about God, reality, death, the afterlife, human nature, and the nature of reality that perfectly match the afterlife evidence in even small details. She outlines many of these correspondences in appendices to her books The Fun of Dying (2010, 2014) and The Fun of Staying in Touch (2014). In Liberating Jesus Roberta offers compelling evidence that the earliest Christians misunderstood the meaning and the message of Jesus. She demonstrates that all the correspondences between the Gospels and the afterlife evidence amount to nothing less than a new revelation from God. And she shows us that once we put aside the magic-thinking notion that the whole Christian Bible must be the Inspired Word of God just because the earliest Christians said it was, we at last free Jesus to bring to humankind the messages directly from God that long ago were His true life's purpose. His promise remains as fresh today as it was two thousand years ago, and now it is confirmed by the afterlife evidence: if we will live according to the teachings of Jesus, we can create the Kingdom of God on earth.

Liberating the Politics of Jesus

Liberating the Politics of Jesus
Author: Darryl W. Stephens
Publisher: T&T Clark
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2020-09-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567692787
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Bold, faithful, challenging – this volume uncovers the social and political implications of the gospel message by looking at Anabaptist theology and practice from a female perspective. The contributors approach the gospel from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds, liberating the radical political ethic of Jesus Christ from patriarchal distortions and demonstrating that gender justice and peace theology are inseparable. Beautifully illustrated with pen drawings, Liberating the Politics of Jesus recognizes the authority of women to interpret and reconstruct the peace church tradition on issues such as subordination, suffering, atonement, the nature of church, leadership, and discipleship. The contributors confront difficult topics head-on, such as the power structures in South Africa, armed conflict in Colombia, and the sexual violence of John Howard Yoder. The result is a renewed Anabaptist peace theology with the potential to transform the work of theology and ministry in all Christian traditions.

Liberating Black Theology

Liberating Black Theology
Author: Anthony B. Bradley
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2010-02-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433523558
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When the beliefs of Barack Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, assumed the spotlight during the 2008 presidential campaign, the influence of black liberation theology became hotly debated not just within theological circles but across cultural lines. How many of today's African-American congregations-and how many Americans in general-have been shaped by its view of blacks as perpetual victims of white oppression? In this interdisciplinary, biblical critique of the black experience in America, Anthony Bradley introduces audiences to black liberation theology and its spiritual and social impact. He starts with James Cone's proposition that the "victim" mind-set is inherent within black consciousness. Bradley then explores how such biblical misinterpretation has historically hindered black churches in addressing the diverse issues of their communities and prevented adherents from experiencing the freedoms of the gospel. Yet Liberating Black Theology does more than consider the ramifications of this belief system; it suggests an alternate approach to the black experience that can truly liberate all Christ-followers.

The Liberating Gospel of Jesus

The Liberating Gospel of Jesus
Author: Sylvester Ng'ong'a
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2017-09-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781977531551
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The liberating Gospel of Jesus seeks to refocus attention to the poor and the wretched of the earth by destigmatizing and redefining the central place of liberation theology in the church's mission. This simplified and well articulated reflection, lays a brief history and paradigm foundations of approaching theology through the lenses of the poor and the oppressed as opposed to the traditional non reflective non responsive methodologies. It argues convincingly for the urgent need for the church mission to embrace a proposed socio-economic paradigm model that is realistic, wholesome and holistic. For the author, it is not enough to dismiss theology of liberation on the account that it is seemingly Marxist, reactionist and lays emphasis on the material or physical. On the contrary, he stresses its authentic spiritual dimension by arguing that faith is not limited to the affirmation of God's existence but demands a loving response-action. This is a missiological action that goes beyond Marxism and unmasks oppressive ideas and attitudes in both the Christian, the Christian congregation and the community. This book strongly vauches for the reembracing of the theology of liberation for the simple reason that it places considerable interest in the powerful current of historical consciousness, along with an openness to personal and social change and therefore opposes a static or fixed world-view or social order. Its bold and coherent call is that the church must take an analysis of its own historical context with an awareness of its situation of dependacy on God and seek out, with a determination to break out of destructive shackles and bonds. Accordingly herein, the Christian and the Christian community are called by their belief to a praxis that involves real charity, action and commitment to the service of the poor and the wretched of the earth. This book is not only a must read for students of religious studies but also a hand tool for ministers and missionaries in the mission enterprise.

The (Un)Offensive Gospel of Jesus

The (Un)Offensive Gospel of Jesus
Author: Jeremy Bouma
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2012-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780985470371
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Who is the Jesus we're showing? What is the Story we're telling? These honest questions sit at the heart of this punchy, provocative book. In his debut title, Jeremy seeks to drive a conversation in the Church about how we show Jesus and tell His hopeful Story. If Jesus and His Story are what people have been waiting for their whole lives, why are so many people leaving Him and avoiding His people? Jeremy helps us understand why this is happening and what Christians can do about it. Newly revised and filled with discussion questions, the (un)offensive gospel of Jesus sketches a fresh portrait of God's magical, revolutionary Story of Rescue and the good Jesus found in the Holy Scriptures. Through his own experience in the Church, conversations with friends, and an honest look at theology and the Bible, Jeremy explores how Jesus and His gospel are good, sweet news for all the world. Most of all, he helps us understand why both are more hopeful than many of us realize. ENDORSEMENTS: "Jeremy is a deep thinker; he's courageous enough to challenge some popular evangelicals and emergents today. Yet, this is not a screed: Jeremy loves the Church and has a passion for the ostracized and he tells us in this book that grace grinding is the not the way of Jesus and it is not the gospel Jesus preached." -Scot McKnight, Professor, Northern Seminary; Author, The Jesus Creed and The King Jesus Gospel "Jeremy had me at the title. With deep passion for the Church, a sharp awareness of the prevalent, hot, future-shaping emerging conversation, and the courage to slay a few sacred cows, he offers a compelling vision of Jesus and the Church's mission. Jeremy's debut book informs, disturbs, encourages, and challenges. Who is the Jesus we show to the world? What is the Story we tell? These two questions will never be the same for me."-John W. Frye, Pastor, Fellowship Covenant Church; Grand Rapids, MI; Author, Jesus the Pastor and Out of Print "While recognizing our fallen world with failing followers of Jesus, Jeremy paints a brilliant, honest, passionate and redeeming picture of the Christ who heals, speaks with authority and still changes the impossible. As we step back and gaze at this amazing portrait of a liberating magnetic Jesus I find good news, an (un)offensive Jesus, to whom I have too often shamefully been offensive."-Doug Fagerstrom, Former President, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary