Slow Kingdom Coming – Practices for Doing Justice, Loving Mercy and Walking Humbly in the World
Seiten
2016
Inter-Varsity Press,US (Verlag)
978-0-8308-4455-5 (ISBN)
Inter-Varsity Press,US (Verlag)
978-0-8308-4455-5 (ISBN)
No one said pursuing justice would be easy. How do you stay committed to the journey when God's kingdom can seem so slow in coming? Kent Annan understands the struggle of working for justice over the long haul. In this book, he shares practices he has learned that will guide and strengthen you as you love mercy, do justice and walk humbly in the world.
14th Annual Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year, Social Justice
No one said pursuing justice would be easy.
The road can be so challenging and the destination so distant that you may be discouraged by a lack of progress, compassion or commitment in your quest for justice. How do you stay committed to the journey when God's kingdom can seem so slow in coming?
Kent Annan understands the struggle of working for justice over the long haul. He confesses, "Over the past twenty years, I've succumbed to various failed shortcuts instead of living the freedom of faithful practices." In this book, he shares practices he has learned that will encourage and help you to keep making a difference in the face of the world's challenging issues.
All Christians are called to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly in the world. Slow Kingdom Coming will guide and strengthen you on this journey to persevere until God's kingdom comes on earth as it is in heaven.
14th Annual Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year, Social Justice
No one said pursuing justice would be easy.
The road can be so challenging and the destination so distant that you may be discouraged by a lack of progress, compassion or commitment in your quest for justice. How do you stay committed to the journey when God's kingdom can seem so slow in coming?
Kent Annan understands the struggle of working for justice over the long haul. He confesses, "Over the past twenty years, I've succumbed to various failed shortcuts instead of living the freedom of faithful practices." In this book, he shares practices he has learned that will encourage and help you to keep making a difference in the face of the world's challenging issues.
All Christians are called to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly in the world. Slow Kingdom Coming will guide and strengthen you on this journey to persevere until God's kingdom comes on earth as it is in heaven.
Kent Annan is a writer, speaker and codirector of Haiti Partners. He is the author of After Shock and Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle. He continues to travel to Haiti regularly from Florida, where he lives with his wife and their two children.
Preface
1. Participating in the Coming Kingdom
2. Attention: Awakening to Justice
3. Confession: The Posture for Engaging
4. Respect: The Golden Rule for Helping
5. Partnering: With Not For
6. Truthing: Hard Thinking and Feet on the Ground
7. Practicing Faithfully Even When We?re Overwhelmed
Appendix: Study Guides, Resources and How These Five Practices Work Together
Acknowledgments
Notes
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.05.2016 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Illinois |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 193 g |
| Themenwelt | Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8308-4455-4 / 0830844554 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8308-4455-5 / 9780830844555 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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