Description: What is the way of the cross? Why does it create
resistance? How do we answer objections to it? The revival of
interest in Christ's kingdom and radical discipleship has produced
a wave of discussions, but sometimes those discussions are
scattered. This book aims to pull together in one place the core
claims of the way of the cross. It aims to examine the deeply
cherished assumptions that hinder us from hearing Jesus's call.
When we do that, we'll see that the gospel of Christ is not
primarily about getting into heaven or about living a comfortable,
individually pious, middle-class life. It is about being free from
the ancient, pervasive, and delightful oppression of Mammon in
order to create a very different community, the church, an
alternative city-kingdom here and now on earth by means of living
and celebrating the way of the cross--the reign of joyful weakness,
renunciation, self-denial, sharing, foolishness, community, and
love overcoming evil. Endorsements: "This provocative book asks
hard questions of contemporary expressions of Christianity,
especially its] deep embeddedness in contemporary societal and
cultural values, practices, and structures. Engaging a wide range
of biblical texts, this book wrestles with and sketches some
alternative ecclesial practices that are variously challenging,
disruptive, scary, inviting, and freeing." --Warren Carter,
Professor of New Testament, Brite Divinity School "Dismiss this
book Reading it will make a holy mess of your life. But if you want
to enter into the pain of the world and see the Jesus revolution
ignite, then] pick up this fuel. Jones explains Jesus' gospel of
renunciation, enemy-love, weakness, deliverance, and sharing in
practical terms. His book gives us the tools to form a
revolutionary community of people who practice the way of Jesus."
--Tim Otto, Teaching and Preaching Pastor, The Church of the
Sojourners "Dismissing Jesus identifies and invites us to remove
the blinders that seduce us from the way of our crucified and risen
Lord. Ultimately, Jones calls the church to be more fully herself.
. . . His book is unsettling; frequently, it is unsettling in just
the way Jesus is. Doug's barbs sink deep, and, persuaded or not,
every reader will profit from a slow, receptive engagement with
this book." --Peter J. Leithart, from the foreword About the
Contributor(s): Douglas Jones is an ordained minister in the
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) and a former
senior fellow of humanities of New St. Andrews College, Moscow,
Idaho. He helps oversee CREC Myanmar.
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