By Willie James Jennings
ISBN-10: 0664234003
ISBN-13: 9780664234003
In this new remark for the idea sequence, award-winning writer and theologian Willie James Jennings explores the relevance of the booklet of Acts for the struggles of this day. whereas a few see Acts because the tale of the founding of the Christian church, Jennings argues that it's so even more, depicting revolution—life within the disrupting presence of the Spirit of God. in accordance with Jennings, Acts is like Genesis, revealing a God who's relocating over the land, "putting into position a holy repetition that speaks of the willingness of God to invade our on a daily basis and our each moment." He reminds us that Acts came about in a time of Empire, while the folk have been stuck among diaspora Israel and the Empire of Rome. The spirit of God intervened, providing new existence to either. Jennings exhibits that Acts teaches how humans of religion can yield to the Spirit to beat the divisions of our current world.
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