For decades, millions of Christians have been leaving church behind.
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Scripture presents God as creative and responsive, however, intentional, initiating, and influenceable-a God who works in partnership with humans.
I\'m thrilled to have a Preaching book to recommend without hesitation! - Tripp Fuller, host of Homebrewed Christianity For far too long, classic Christianity has held to a view of God as unchanging and the nature of God\'s interaction with the world as controlling.
In this timely and needed volume, you hear from a staggeringly diverse collection of proclaimers who haven\'t escaped the call to preach but insist the goodness of God should not be compromised because the power of God is love.
Too often, the goodness of God is hidden under the bushel of Almighty dogma and a controlling tradition.
McLaren, author of Do I Stay Christian? Anyone who ventures behind a pulpit is taking a risk, wagering there\'s good news left in our ancient texts.
Enthusiastically recommended! - Brian D.
This book could help tens of thousands of churches and pastors imagine a better way forward...real-life Sermons from the fresh and needed Perspective of open, relational, and Process theology.
But more and more of us are coming to the conclusion that many people are leaving because they see deep and significant problems in what most Christians believe and preach.
To stop this trend, some focus on hot music or cool graphics or casual dress or catering to what people want politically.
Endorsements for Preaching the Uncontrolling Love of God Just about everyone knows that large numbers of people-especially younger and more educated people-are dropping out of church.
It is a powerful resource for pastors, ministers of Worship arts, lay church leaders, professors of preaching, worship, and practical theology, and anyone seeking a deep understanding of God that aligns with the Bible, science, and inclusive Love and justice for all life on Earth.
This rich and diverse collection of sermons, essays, and Worship Elements explores how to preach, teach, and practice Open, Relational, and Process theological perspectives in local faith communities.
They yearn, instead, for a profound relationship with the ever-present God who is loving, inclusive, persuasive, and uncontrolling.
Among those who have stayed, not only individuals, but entire congregations are rejecting traditions that fail to address the challenges of our contemporary world.
For decades, millions of Christians have been leaving church behind
