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Presence - Giving and Receiving God (Paperback)
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Presence - Giving and Receiving God (Paperback)
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List price R631
Loot Price R527
Discovery Miles 5 270
You Save R104 (16%)
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Description: As God's eternal life flows through us, we learn to
let go of our pretensions of control and rest into the new life
offered in Jesus Christ. This book is an invitation for you to
become nonresistant to this movement of God's love for you and the
world. Through a variety of sermons and meditations, Sider and
Villegas bear witness to a grace that disarms our guardedness and
makes room for us to fall into the love of God. Preaching becomes a
dispossessive practice, as each person is invited to give and
receive God's transforming power. The proclamation of the gospel,
Villegas and Sider say, should display the priesthood of all
believers. Thus, the call to preach belongs to the whole
congregation and its conversation rather than to the lone preacher
and her (or his) sermon. Presence: Giving and Receiving God draws
on the Mennonite tradition of the Zeugnis (""conversation"") to
explore how the preached Word echoes through all of our voices.
Endorsements: ""This is more than a collection of sermons. It is a
conversation between two friends, a window into the life of a
particular congregation, and a list of bracing questions to take
away when you put the book down: Paul as a rogue organizer? Church
as a place we learn what we really desire? Love as a protest? Read
it for personal devotions, small group discussions, or on your way
to a political demonstration or the community garden."" -Nancy R.
Heisey Undergraduate Academic Dean Eastern Mennonite University
""This is the finest reflection that I've read on the place of the
Word of God in the believing community. In our harried times, the
invitation by the authors to 'relax' into the Word is truly good
news. This is an impressive collection that covers a wide range of
pertinent topics, moving between text and context in a truly
engaging way. It will make you hunger for authenticity and a more
intimate walk with God."" -Stanley W. Green Executive Director
Mennonite Mission Network ""There's a lot of bad theology out
there. The answer to bad theology is not no theology but good
theology. Here are some good sermons-read them in a quiet place,
shout them on a street corner, or share them around a campfire . .
. they are like candy for the soul."" -Shane Claiborne author of
The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical ""Here
are a couple of humble, faithful voices whose proclamations will
feed your faith and expose your flimsy excuses for marginalizing
the good news. These sermons reveal a community viscerally engaged
with the Scriptures, and surprised by revelations of God's graceful
work in our world."" -Jennifer Davis Sensenig Lead Pastor Community
Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia About the Contributor(s):
J. Alexander Sider is assistant professor of religion at Bluffton
University. Isaac S. Villegas is pastor of Chapel Hill Mennonite
Fellowship.
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