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Wes Howard-Brook teaches at Seattle University and collaborates in the ministry Abide in Me with his wife Sue Ferguson Johnson. His other books include "Came Out My People!": God's Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond; Unveiling Empire (with Anthony Gwyther); and The New Testament; mostrar mais Introducing the Way of Discipleship(co-edited with Sharon Ringe). mostrar menos

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This is one of the less useless commentaries I have used in a while. That is high praise.
 
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DavidCLDriedger | Apr 22, 2015 |
This is a very rich, and perhaps, provocative reading of the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, echoing some themes from Hoard-Brook's earlier work. I found it offered me new perspectives on my faith and life. What more can one ask?
 
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nmele | Apr 6, 2013 |
Theological books by authors with whom I have theological disagreements can be quite unsettling. I can be going along, getting into what's being said when all of a sudden the author makes some statement that totally turns me off. Or in other cases, the author starts off by saying the "wrong" thing and I spend the rest of the book discounting what she or he has to say. Mr. Howard-Brook's tome kind of straddled the line in that respect. He admitted to being a "flaming liberal" (my phrase, not his) up front, and while that made me wary about what he had to say in the rest of the book, I had a great deal of respect for his plain declaration of where he was at. I was very intrigued by his topic -- a look at what the apostles intended the church to be as opposed to what has evolved over the centuries. But every time I started getting into his historical analysis, some phrase or concept would remind me that I disagreed with his view of history and scripture and I would have to reconsider his conclusions. Anyway, while I might agree with him that our churches today have gone astray from the original game plan, I'm not at all convinced that he's on the right track for reformation. (And of course, I must also admit that maybe there was no game plan in scripture for how to operate a congregation, outside of a few general guidelines.) Anyway, I'll rate this as waiting room material, though if you're looking for alternatives to the religious status quo, Wes Howard-Brook's voice is one that should also be heard.
--J.
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Hamburgerclan | Dec 31, 2010 |

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10
Membros
311
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3.8
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3
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