Christian Archy

Pages: 72
ISBN:
Pages: 72
ISBN: 1-893729-77-X
SKU: 189372977X
Price: $9.99
Author: Black, David Alan
Note: Exploring the New Testament meaning of being part of the kingdom of God

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Areopagus Critical Christian Issues Series

What is the Kingdom of God? What does it mean to be part of the kingdom? These are questions that should occupy the mind of every Christian. But we frequently shy away from the full meaning of God's rule.

In Christian Archy, Dr. David Alan Black examines the New Testament to find the truly radical and all-encompassing claims of God's kingdom. In doing so, he discovers that the character of this kingdom is widely different from what is commonly contemplated today. Its glory is revealed only through suffering — a point that Jesus' disciples, then and now, have been slow to understand. This truth has tremendous implications for church life. The kingdom of God is in no way imperialistic. It has no political ambitions. It conquers not by force but by love. It is this humble characteristic of the kingdom that is a stumbling block to so many today. Christ's claim to our total allegiance is one we seek to avoid at all costs. But there is only one way to victory and peace, and that way is the way of the Lamb.

This is the first volume in the new Areopagus Critical Christian Issues Series from Energion Publications. We believe it is an appropriate way to begin that series by addressing this foundational question of who we are as part of the Christian church, and why it is important for us to immerse ourselves in God's word.

Black, David Alan

David Alan Black holds a doctorate in theology from the University of Basel in Switzerland and has taught New Testament and Greek for over 30 years. He is also the editor of the popular website, Dave Black Online. He has published over 20 books, including The Myth of Adolescence, Interpreting the New Testament, It's Still Greek to Me, and Why Four Gospels? He and his wife live on a 123-acre working farm in southern Virginia and are self-supporting missionaries to Ethiopia, which they visit twice each year.

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Further Thoughts about Christian Archy
A discussion of the results of reading the book in a group.
Review of Christian Archy by David Alan Black
Ted M. Gossard writes the review at Jesus Community. His conclusion:

I believe the thrust and heart of this book are needed and crucial for the faith, life and witness of the church today. It is short, concise and affordable, one of those books one may want to work on, and good for reference. So I highly recommend at least getting your hands on it and working through it. These are thoughts that I believe are at the heart of our daily existence as God's people in the mission of God in Jesus for the world.

Dave Black has done it again in this short volume, 35 pages, and cogently expressed things that need to be heard by sectors of evangelical Christianity that have become enamored of causes other than the gospel, or means of spreading the gospel inappropriate to the message itself. ...