Scandalous Gospel of Jesus What's So Good about the Good News?

Name: Scandalous Gospel of Jesus What's So Good about the Good News?
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ISBN: 9780060000738

ISBN-10: 0060000732

ISBN-13: 9780060000738

Edition: 2007

Authors: Peter J. Gomes

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Jesus came preaching, but the church wound up preaching Jesus. Why does the church insist upon making Jesus the object of its attention rather than heeding his message? Esteemed Harvard minister Peter J. Gomes believes that excessive focus on the Bible and doctrines about Jesus have led the Christian church astray. "What did Jesus preach?" asks Gomes. To recover the transformative power of the gospel-"the good news"-Gomes says we must go beyond the Bible and rediscover how to live out Jesus' original revolutionary message of hope: "Dietrich Bonhoeffer once warned against cheap grace, and I warn now against cheap hope. Hope is not merely the optimistic view that somehow everything will…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/6/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Introduction


The Trouble with Scripture


We Start with the Bible


An Offending Gospel


The Risks of Nonconformity


What Would Jesus Have Me Do?


The Gospel and the Conventional Wisdom


The Gospel and Fear


The Gospel and Conflict


The Gospel and the Future


Where Do We Go from Here?


A Social Gospel


An Inclusive Gospel


A Gospel of Hope


Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index