Faith's Freedom: A Classic Spirituality for Contemporary ChristiansFortress Press, 23/07/1990 - 200 páginas Johnson believes Christian spirituality needs an intellectual recasting that takes seriously the life of ordinary people in a world shaped by modernity rather than the monastery by discerning the narrative of God's action in their midst. |
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Página 18
... is held out of nothingness by the sustaining and enlivening power of its Creator . Creation is a process that is new every morning . The remarkable consequence of this is that behind every leaf that grows or 18 Connections.
... is held out of nothingness by the sustaining and enlivening power of its Creator . Creation is a process that is new every morning . The remarkable consequence of this is that behind every leaf that grows or 18 Connections.
Página 19
... Creation reveals God not simply in the form of an architect's plans but primarily in its always sur- prising existing at all , in its ever new and never to be taken for granted coming into being . I encounter God when I engage the world ...
... Creation reveals God not simply in the form of an architect's plans but primarily in its always sur- prising existing at all , in its ever new and never to be taken for granted coming into being . I encounter God when I engage the world ...
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... creation . Because the " Word became flesh " all of material reality bears the impress of Spirit and of Life . The Incarnation means more than the " fact " of God's taking on our humanity . It means as well God's involvement with the ...
... creation . Because the " Word became flesh " all of material reality bears the impress of Spirit and of Life . The Incarnation means more than the " fact " of God's taking on our humanity . It means as well God's involvement with the ...
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... creation is always and everywhere out of nothing and that the gift of life and power is given freely by One who is Other than the world and the basis of the world's being . Our conviction is based directly on the res- urrection of Jesus ...
... creation is always and everywhere out of nothing and that the gift of life and power is given freely by One who is Other than the world and the basis of the world's being . Our conviction is based directly on the res- urrection of Jesus ...
Página 27
... creation and friendship with humans . We have learned as well how humans can accept God's gift . Jesus is at once the " Yes " of God to the world , and the " Yes " of the world to God in return ( 2 Cor . 1:20 ) . In the narrative of ...
... creation and friendship with humans . We have learned as well how humans can accept God's gift . Jesus is at once the " Yes " of God to the world , and the " Yes " of the world to God in return ( 2 Cor . 1:20 ) . In the narrative of ...
Índice
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31 | |
Setting the Stage Revelation as a Process of Interpretation | 47 |
The Basic Drama Idolatry Sin Grace Faith | 60 |
The Life of Faith | 78 |
The Prayer of Faith | 99 |
Faith Embodied Power and Possessuions | 114 |
Doing the Truth in Love Anger and Sexuality | 131 |
Christian Realism Evil and Suffering | 152 |
Where the Spirit of the Lord Is There Is Freedom | 174 |
Epilogue | 186 |
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Faith's Freedom: A Classic Spirituality for Contemporary Christians Luke Timothy Johnson Pré-visualização indisponível - 1990 |
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Página 163 - Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
Página 106 - Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.
Página 91 - In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. * Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered...
Página 134 - Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment...
Página 19 - Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Página 91 - For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are— yet was without sin.
Página 176 - But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.
Página 163 - Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us...