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Born Again and Again : Jesus' Call to Radical Transformation by Megan K. Westra (2020, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherHerald Press

ISBN-101513806742

ISBN-139781513806747

eBay Product ID (ePID)11038414632

Product Key Features

Book TitleBorn Again and Again : Jesus' Call to Radical Transformation

Number of Pages226 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicChristian Life / General, Christian Theology / General, Christian Life / Personal Growth, Christianity / General

Publication Year2020

GenreReligion

AuthorMegan K. Westra

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight6.4 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2019-059961

ReviewsMegan Westra has found a way of being Christian in the world that values and honors the voices of all God's people. If you are doing the work of reimagining your faith, read this book. You'll find hope and inspiration here., For churches seeking to rediscover their 'born again' life in Jesus' cruciform, other-oriented gospel--and to be saved from consumerist narratives embedded in North American evangelicalism--Megan Westra's passionate, practical book is an able companion., Megan Westra's Born Again and Again offers an especially winsome example of a new post-evangelical spirituality and ethic that is emerging in our time. This book gives me hope for the future., This book should be required reading for every Christian! If you have been left empty and disappointed by a personal relationship with Jesus that failed to address the injustices in the world, this book will challenge and encourage you., A wide-ranging, historically informed, and hopeful book that centers diverse voices and helps us see new possibilities for the church. Megan Westra expands our view of what the church can be in the future with a personal, communal, and public faith., Born Again and Again nails it! Megan Westra gives a way forward that creates in the reader a love for Jesus. Her writing is compelling and page turning. A must-read., A strong, sharp, and wise theologian. . . . Megan Westra has knocked it out of the park with this one.

Table Of ContentForeword Introduction Chapter 1: How I "Got Saved" Chapter 2: You're Invited: Reimaging Personal Salvation Chapter 3: Connection Over Consumption: Expanding Our View of Salvation Chapter 4: The Authorities Are God's Servants: Connection over Consumption in Politics Chapter 5: We Are All One in Christ, Separately Please: Connection over Consumption in Relationship Across Race Chapter 6: Forgive Us Our Debts: Connection over Consumption in Relationship to Finances Chapter 7: Rule and Subdue: Connection over Consumption in Relationship with Creation Chapter 8: I Do Not Permit a Woman: Connection over Consumption in Relationship to Gender Chapter 9: Consuming Christ: What Broken Bread Teaches Me About Salvation The Author

SynopsisGot salvation? What if salvation is not one more thing to acquire but an invitation to radical transformation? Christians often turn life--and faith--into one big quest for the good life. We expect to "get" a good job, loving spouse, a life of comfort, personal satisfaction--oh, and salvation with a cherry on top. Our acquisitive impulses aren't limited to lattes and designer jeans; Christians in power throughout history have focused on getting people saved, possessing the land, and gaining dominance in government. But what if Christianity isn't about striving for something more, but about renouncing the power and privilege that prevent us from receiving God's abundant life? What if we are called not to treat salvation as one more thing to pursue but as an invitation to conform to Christ? Born Again and Again is the story of how a religion birthed on the margins of the Roman Empire became functionally the official religion of today's largest military superpower. Pastor and blogger Megan K. Westra takes on the self-serving form of Christianity that has birthed the doctrine of discovery, planet-killing lifestyles, and civil religion. She leads readers into an encounter with the Jesus who gave up everything to come to us and invites us to give up everything to come to him. Conforming to Christ radically reorients our lives, priorities, and faith away from the pursuit of our own interests and toward a pattern of discipleship, setting us free from fear-based consumption and creating new possibilities for connection and belonging within the community of God's people.

LC Classification NumberBR1642.U5.W475 2020