Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just

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Penguin, Nov 2, 2010 - Religion - 256 pages
Renowned pastor and bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet Timothy Keller shares his most provocative and illuminating message yet. 

It is commonly thought in secular society that the Bible is one of the greatest hindrances to doing justice. Isn’t it full of regressive views? Didn’t it condone slavery? Why look to the Bible for guidance on how to have a more just society? But Timothy Keller challenges these preconceived beliefs and presents the Bible as a fundamental source for promoting justice and compassion for those in need. In Generous Justice, he explores a life of justice empowered by an experience of grace: a generous, gracious justice. This book offers readers a new understanding of modern justice and human rights that will resonate with both the faithful and the skeptical.




 

Contents

Praise for Timothy Keller
TWO JUSTICE AND THE OLD TESTAMENT
THREE WHAT DID JESUS SAY ABOUT JUSTICE?
FOUR JUSTICE AND YOUR NEIGHBOR
SIX HOW SHOULD WE DOJUSTICE?
DOING JUSTICE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE
EIGHT PEACE BEAUTY AND JUSTICE
Acknowledgments
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Timothy Keller was born and raised in Pennsylvania and educated at Bucknell University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary. His first pastorate was in Hopewell, Virginia. In 1989 he started Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City with his wife, Kathy, and their three sons. Today, Redeemer has nearly six thousand regular Sunday attendees and has helped to start more than three hundred new churches around the world. He is the author of Hidden Christmas, Making Sense of God, The Songs of Jesus, Preaching, and Prayer, as well as The Meaning of Marriage, The Prodigal God, and The Reason for God, among others.

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