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John L. Bell
The marks and means of authentic Christian spirituality
John deals with issues as diverse as private devotion and public debt, looking at what authentic Christian spirituality is, and suggests that rather than being in a continual blissed-out state, we need to experience the depths to know the heights. Throughout, he paints a picture of God, not as a ‘celestial sadist’ who wants to punish humankind, but as a compassionate being who asks us to do that which we can, to be just & compassionate too.
(1998)
108 pages
ISBN 978-1-901557-07-7
Contents
Dubious beatitudes
The discipline of remembering
The discipline of waiting
The discipline of imagining
Tricky bits in the Bible
A changing God or a changing people
Against the monoculture
A word in public
The renaming of God
Five missing women
Table talk
The lawbreaker and the evangelist
Carrie Styles –
“This is no Noddy’s guide to carefree Christian living. It challenges the reader to live holistically, thoughtfully, creatively instead of purely, passively and in the Christian monoculture.” – CARRIE STYLES (in MOVEMENT http://www.movement.org.uk)