Jesus came into a culture saturated with a religiosity which perpetuated heavy burdens that were crushing mankind, but through His teachings, life, and miracles, Jesus challenged us to change those paradigms. Bringing a dead person back to life seems simply impossible; the mere suggestion of loving our enemies and blessing those who curse us sounds absurd and contrary to everything that is natural to us. Associating with sinners and prostitutes is considered unacceptable, yet Jesus did all these things to demonstrate that ours is a paradigm that is obsolete. As time has gone by, believers have slowly moved backwards embracing and accepting as normal the same rancid paradigms of religiosity Jesus confronted, even though Jesus demonstrated the inefficiency of the paradigms of old and introduced the ones that rule over the Kingdom of God, which His disciples embraced and enjoyed. The challenges of the 21 century make a demand upon believers to make changes in our lives, but not just outer changes in the way we do things, but inward changes such as becoming aware of the valuable inheritance that is set before us, and returning to the essence of love, honor, hope, freedom, power, and the presence of God. PARADIGMS is a book that brings hope and will especially refresh the souls of those that are tired of dealing with legalism and rejection, and are thirsty for the freedom that exists where the Spirit of God is.

Jesus se hizo presente en medio de una cultura saturada de una religiosidad que perpetuaba las pesadas cargas que terminaban por aplastar a la humanidad. Sin embargo El, en sus ensenanzas, con su vida y con sus milagros desafio a cambiar esos paradigmas. Traer de vuelta a la vida a un muerto nos parece simplemente imposible; proponer amar a nuestros enemigos y bendecir a los que nos maldicen suena absurdo y contrario a lo natural; convivir con pecadores y prostitutas se considera inadmisible; pero Jesus hizo todo esto para demostrar que el nuestro es un paradigma obsoleto. Pero aunque Jesus demostro la ineficacia de aquellos viejos paradigmas y propuso los que rigen en el Reino de Dios, y a pesar de que sus discipulos abrazaron estos nuevos y disfrutaron de ellos, lentamente y al paso del tiempo los creyentes retrocedieron para abrazar los mismos rancios paradigmas de la misma religiosidad que combatio Jesus, adoptandolos como la norma. Los desafios de este siglo XXI nos demandan a los creyentes cambios, no de forma, sino de fondo: cobrar conciencia de lo valiosa que es la herencia que tenemos en nuestras manos y volver a la esencia del amor, el honor, la esperanza, la libertad, y el poder y la presencia de Dios. PARADIGMAS es un libro que traera esperanza y refrescara especialmente las almas cansadas de legalismo y rechazo, y sedientas de la libertad que hay donde esta el Espiritu de Dios.