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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... Interpretation 47 4. The Basic Drama : Idolatry , Grace , Sin , Faith 5. The Life of Faith 78 Part Two : Connecting 6. The Prayer of Faith 99 7. Faith Embodied : Power and Possessions 114 8. Doing the Truth in Love : Anger and Sexuality ...
... Interpretation 47 4. The Basic Drama : Idolatry , Grace , Sin , Faith 5. The Life of Faith 78 Part Two : Connecting 6. The Prayer of Faith 99 7. Faith Embodied : Power and Possessions 114 8. Doing the Truth in Love : Anger and Sexuality ...
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... Joy , who by remaining always other has remained always grace in my life , the most powerful experience of God's love that I have been given . Introduction hristian faith is something to be lived before it Preface xi.
... Joy , who by remaining always other has remained always grace in my life , the most powerful experience of God's love that I have been given . Introduction hristian faith is something to be lived before it Preface xi.
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... grace , then the symbol has no meaning in my life . And if the word grace has no referent either in theology or in life , then it is literally nonsensical . It matters tremendously what words we use to describe and interpret our ...
... grace , then the symbol has no meaning in my life . And if the word grace has no referent either in theology or in life , then it is literally nonsensical . It matters tremendously what words we use to describe and interpret our ...
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... grace . It lifts us beyond ourselves into the most intimate of relationships with God , a share in God's own eternal life . The expectation of sharing in the life of God , of dwelling in that powerful presence of God called glory is ...
... grace . It lifts us beyond ourselves into the most intimate of relationships with God , a share in God's own eternal life . The expectation of sharing in the life of God , of dwelling in that powerful presence of God called glory is ...
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... Grace is not a slight improvement but a totally new possibility . Glory is not simply more of what we have but something else altogether . Nothing could more dramatically state what we believe about God as Creator than the resurrection ...
... Grace is not a slight improvement but a totally new possibility . Glory is not simply more of what we have but something else altogether . Nothing could more dramatically state what we believe about God as Creator than the resurrection ...
Índice
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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 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Abraham absolute acceptance agape anger assert become body challenge Christ Christian identity Christian maturity Christian perfection Christian Realism Christian spirituality claim cognitive dissonance compulsion conviction created creation Creator creed death defined demands depth psychology dimension of faith distortion emotional enables encounter eschatology evil and suffering existence fear Gabriel Marcel gnostic model God's gift God's project Gospels grace Hebrews human freedom human project human spirit idolatry knowledge and love language liberation model lives Lord means Messiah model of spirituality never obedience of faith obedient faith obvious Odo Casel ourselves pain pathein pattern Paul Paul's perception perfect person physical possessions prayer of silence precisely reality relativize religious experience response resurrection resurrection of Jesus revealed righteousness seek sense sexual simply social society soteriology speak story structures symbols theology things Thomas Merton Torah truly truth understanding will-lessness word
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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...