The prodigal God

recovering the heart of the Christian faith

The prodigal God

recovering the heart of the Christian faith
Timothy Keller
Book - 2008

Uses the biblical tale of the prodigal son to provide both an introduction to Christianity and a clarifying primer on the nature of the gospel for believers, in a resource that reveals how Jesus's essential message is revealed by the story in ways that can enable greater understandings of the Christian faith.

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37413313388128 Доступно Non-fiction 226.806 KELLER
Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Keller, Timothy, 1950-
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Язык:English
Опубликовано: New York : Dutton, c2008.
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520 |a Uses the biblical tale of the prodigal son to provide both an introduction to Christianity and a clarifying primer on the nature of the gospel for believers, in a resource that reveals how Jesus's essential message is revealed by the story in ways that can enable greater understandings of the Christian faith. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- The parable -- The people around Jesus : "All gathering around to hear Him" -- Two kinds of people -- Why people like Jesus but not the church -- The two lost sons : "There was a man who had two sons" -- The lost younger brother -- The younger brother's plan -- The lost elder brother -- Redefining sin : "All these years I've been slaving for you" -- Two ways to find happiness -- Two lost sons -- A deeper understanding of sin -- Both wrong; both loved -- Redefining lostness : "The older brother became angry and refused to go in" -- Anger and superiority -- Slavishness and emptiness -- Who needs to know this? -- The true elder brother : "My son, everything I have is yours" -- What we need -- Who we need -- Redefining hope : "He set off for a far country" -- Our longing for home -- The difficulty of return -- The feast at the end of history -- The feast of the father : "He heard music and dancing" -- Salvation is experiential -- Salvation is material -- Salvation is individual -- Salvation is communal -- Babette's feast. 
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