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Miroslav Volf
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Pages: 256 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0310265746
Pub: Zondervan Publishing House
Pub date: 2006-02-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 90204
Reader Reviews:
A modern essential (10/10 people found this helpful)
I'd spent a few weeks back in college ploughing through Volf's profound Exclusion and Embrace so when I heard about this book I placed my order in advance.
I wasn't disappointed in any way. This book is eminentally readable but not less deep than Volf's other books. Its written in clear, jargon free language so I would happily share it with non-Christian friends. It is appropriately vulnerable as the Croat theologian shares from his own experience. Most importantly, it clearly illustrates again the radical heart of Christianity in the Grace offered by Jesus. The Conversation With A Skeptic at the end of the book is excellent.
I heartily recommend it to every reader.
Good Discipline (23/23 people found this helpful)
I purchased this title and decided on the strength of the recommendations on the back cover to read it as part of my Lenten discipline for 2006. In contrast to some of Volf's other books which are stimulating but hard work this one is remarkably user friendly. No sooner had I finished the Prelude than I knew I was going to be hooked, and so it has turned out. It is easy to read BUT the challenges he presents us with are something else altogether. It is hard to live gracefully in a culture stripped of grace, but the glory of this book is that it keeps holding the challenge before you in such a way that by grace you will want to have your life changed into the likeness of Christ.
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