Restored Christianity, co-authored by a Christian counselor and an
historian of early Christianity, integrates historical analysis
with an in-depth examination of the current state of Christian
belief toward restoring the earliest known, foundational beliefs of
Christianity and applying those restored beliefs to contemporary
life in order to bring healing to the aspects of today's church
that can be detrimental to its members or may keep non-believers
away. The authors don't shy away from controversy, challenging both
the Church, and individual Christians and non-Christians, to
evaluate currently held beliefs and embrace an intimate
relationship with God. The authors confront current beliefs about
such topics as the nature of God, the mysteries of God, the
intention and use of the Bible, the meaning of faith, the
sovereignty of God, our purpose, suffering, and the efficacy of
prayer. The authors use Paul's letters for their evaluations, based
on these documents standing as the earliest known Christian
writings. According to the authors, "It became apparent to us that
historical knowledge is vital for understanding Christianity, both
at the time of its conception as well as today. At the same time,
we have witnessed how some of the present-day beliefs espoused by
the Church have wounded its members, and given those individuals
outside of the Church a negative impression of Christ's character.
We wrote this book with the hope of planting a seed that could grow
and blossom into a renewed understanding and experiencing of a
deep, intimate relationship with Jesus Christ." The 2nd Edition
adds 200 pages of information, including a new chapter devoted to
prayer. It is like getting two books in one. According to William
Houser, Ph.D., author of Who Is This Jesus Christ?, "Restored
Christianity may be likened to a purifying process, where the
authors, like patient jewelers, heat and purify their material
until all the dross has been removed and the simple precious metal
remains. Of course, their project and scope is giant in size:
finding the elemental core of the Holy Scriptures after separating
out centuries of wrongful, if well-intentioned, interpretations
which have reduced the pure and simple content of God's Word and
Will. The authors work in tandem, one dealing with the linguistic
and historic roots of the original Bible writings, and the other
setting them in a context of Christian living for today. The effort
works, and is gratifyingly successful in helping the earnest reader
understand God's intentions, His plans and hopes, and greatest of
all, His unconditional love for humankind represented forever by
the incarnation and sacrifice of His own Son, Jesus Christ. This is
not a Reformed work, or a Protestant work, or a Catholic work, this
is a Christian work and is refreshingly focused on the Gospel
basics that ignited the world when the Good News was first preached
in its truest and most earnest forms to a desperate world." Dr.
Colin Harris, Professor Emeritus of Religion, states, "The serious
reader...will be led on a theological and historical journey that
will both inform and sharpen the perspective for participating in
what I'm sure will be one of the major conversations of the
twenty-first century. It is an excellent and systematic treatment
of central areas of theological concern - a unique blending of
rigorous historical/critical scholarship, careful and penetrating
analysis of...theological themes and concepts, and creative
application to contemporary human experience through a wholesome
partnership of theology, philosophy, and psychology. A careful and
attentive reader will be rewarded with a new window, or "lens,"
through which to see and think about concepts that have been a part
of religious life for a long time. A reader who has not been around
church much will find a challengingly and refreshingly sensible
presentation of Christian faith with an appeal not unlike C. S.
Lewis' Mere Christ
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