What is the Point of Being a Christian?A&C Black, 2013. jan. 17. - 224 oldal WINNER OF THE MICHAEL RAMSEY PRIZE FOR THE BEST IN THEOLOGICAL WRITING What is the point of being a Christian? One is pointed to God, who is the point of everything. If one thinks of religion as just 'useful' then one has reduced it to another consumer product. But if we are pointed to God, then this should make a difference to how we live. This is not a moral superiority. Christians are usually no better than anyone else. But the lives of Christians should be marked by some form of hope, freedom, happiness and courage. If they are not then why should anyone believe a word they say? In this new book, Timothy Radcliffe is at his best, writing with a prophetic edge. His argument for Christian belief is profoundly Catholic and profoundly human. But what is just as remarkable, Radcliffe's argument for and interpretation of Christian Gospel is couched in a deep understanding of human nature and the problems and anxieties of modern men and women. Radcliffe is far distant from the theologian's ivory tower and yet his understanding of the Gospel is profoundly theological. The frame of reference for this book is wide, and it is based amongst other things on Fr Radcliffe's pastoral experience of dealing with people with problematic marriages, those struggling with celibacy, those trying to understand the nature of religious authority and those trying to remain loyal to the Church which finds their sexual orientation 'irregular'. |
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... Am Because We Are 129 8 Citizens of the Kingdom 143 9 Root Shock 164 10 Breeding Pandas 179 11 Without the Day of the Lord , We Cannot Live 194 Conclusion 209 Bibliography 213 Introduction ' Why be a Christian ?, I was asked.
... Am Because We Are 129 8 Citizens of the Kingdom 143 9 Root Shock 164 10 Breeding Pandas 179 11 Without the Day of the Lord , We Cannot Live 194 Conclusion 209 Bibliography 213 Introduction ' Why be a Christian ?, I was asked.
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... Lord of the Rings fascinate so many people . They touch some deep hunger to set out on an adventure , like Bilbo , restless and incapable of settling down . We must walk with people , as Jesus walked with the disciples to Emmaus , even ...
... Lord of the Rings fascinate so many people . They touch some deep hunger to set out on an adventure , like Bilbo , restless and incapable of settling down . We must walk with people , as Jesus walked with the disciples to Emmaus , even ...
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... Lord grew as those early Chris- tians lost their certainty as to what lay ahead . In the first moment he gave them the gift of his body , and in the second the Gospels . So we should not be fearful of crises . The Church was born in a ...
... Lord grew as those early Chris- tians lost their certainty as to what lay ahead . In the first moment he gave them the gift of his body , and in the second the Gospels . So we should not be fearful of crises . The Church was born in a ...
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... Lord would not let Gideon thrash the Mid- ianites until his army had been reduced from 32,000 men to 300. In the Bible , small is beautiful . Jesus says that whatever we do to the least of his people we do to him . Small acts are both ...
... Lord would not let Gideon thrash the Mid- ianites until his army had been reduced from 32,000 men to 300. In the Bible , small is beautiful . Jesus says that whatever we do to the least of his people we do to him . Small acts are both ...
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Learning Spontaneity | 29 |
The Peaceful Sea | 49 |
Do Not Be Afraid | 69 |
The Body Electric | 89 |
The Community of Truth | 111 |
Citizens of the Kingdom | 143 |
Root Shock | 164 |
Breeding Pandas | 179 |
Without the Day of the Lord We Cannot Live | 194 |
Conclusion | 209 |
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