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Soaring Hope
Imagine Life As it Ought To Be
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By Lynn Thrush
See the world with hopeful eyes!
Reading the Bible with an open imagination allows you to see the world as God intends.
In much of the world the good news of God has been reduced to a personal, private, psychological interaction with God that gets one ready to go to Heaven. This version of the Gospel does not envision God's Kingdom coming on earth and His will being done here as it is in Heaven—thus hope for what might be is aborted.
If you believe that Christian faith is largely irrelevant to world events and that Christians have little to offer history, Soaring Hope is a thrilling, clarion call to reality—the reality of life more wonderful than you have ever imagined!
When assumptions of what cannot be done on earth are removed, and the Scriptures are allowed to speak their great hope that God is reconciling all things to Himself, then faith arises. Jesus said, "According to your faith may it be to you" (Matt. 9:29). As faith rises, the closer you move toward God.
With Soaring Hope, you can snuggle right up into the arms of your heavenly Father—today!
Christians will never change the world, Lynn Thrush contends, apart
from hope and imagination. But hope and imagination suffer when private
morality trumps the common good and when the life to come obscures the
life we live today. In this powerful, practical, and intensely
constructive book, Thrush guides us into a deeper, richer, and more
faithful understanding of the Biblical text—an understanding that can
liberate Christians for the world transforming work that God has called
us to undertake.
—Richard T. Hughes, Director, Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan Studies at Messiah College
- A Glimpse of What Could Be
Part II: Biblical Expectations That Contradict Hopelessness
- The Rule of God—Now
- Possess the Land—The Soil of Dreams
- The Nations Come to the People of God
Part III: Overcoming the Tragedy of the Squelched Imagination
- The Power of the Framing Story
- Tracking the Storyline of Hope
- The Importance of Jesus' Coming—as a Baby
- Incredible, Competent Love
- The Last Is Second, and the Second Is Now
Part IV: The New Creation
- God Starts with a Promise—to Bless!
- What the New Earth and Heavens Look Like
- Imagine That!
Part I: When Good News Gets Aborted: Why This Book Is Important
Pages: 220
PDF File Size: 2.52 MB
