The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus Is the WayA way of sacrifice. A way of failure. A way on the margins. A way of holiness. All of these ways prepared the "way of the Lord" that became incarnate and complete in Jesus. But somewhere along the line, have we lost the way? In The Jesus Way Eugene Peterson continues his conversation in spiritual theology, considering all the ways that Jesus is the Way compared to the distorted ways the American church today has chosen to follow. BJ Arguing that the way Jesus leads and the way we follow are symbiotic, Peterson begins with a study of how the ways of those who came before Christ - Abraham, Moses, David, Elijah, Isaiah of Jerusalem, and Isaiah of the Exile - revealed and prepared the "way of the Lord" that became complete in Jesus. He then challenges the ways of the contemporary American church, showing in stark relief how what we have chosen to focus on - consumerism, celebrity, charisma, and so forth - obliterates what is unique in the Jesus way. |
Contents
TheWayofJesus | 19 |
Climbing Mount Moriah | 42 |
On the Plains of Moab 59 | 59 |
I Did Not Hide My Iniquity | 78 |
Hide Yourself by the Brook Cherith | 101 |
The Holy | 127 |
How Beautiful on the Mountains | 149 |
OtherWays | 191 |
The Way of Herod | 197 |
The Way of Caiaphas | 220 |
The Way of Josephus | 243 |
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The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus Is the Way Eugene H. Peterson Limited preview - 2011 |
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