A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace
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We know Jesus the Savior, but have we met Jesus,
Prince of Peace?
When did we accept vengeance as an acceptable part of the
Christian life? How did violence and power seep into our
understanding of faith and grace? For those troubled by this trend
toward the sword, perhaps there is a better way.
What if the message of Jesus differs radically from the
drumbeats of war we hear all around us?
Using his own journey from war crier to peacemaker and his
in-depth study of peace in the scriptures, author and pastor Brian
Zahnd reintroduces us to the gospel of Peace.
Top Highlights
“We have embraced a privatized, postmortem gospel that stresses Jesus dying for our sins but at the same time ignores his political ideas.” (source)
“Believing in the divinity of Jesus is the heart of Christian orthodoxy. But believing in the viability of Jesus’s ideas makes Christianity truly radical.” (source)
“call the state to repentance and to surrender to the King who is Lord.” (source)
“in the here and now and not forever relocated to the ‘sweet by-and-by’?” (source)
Product Details
- Title : A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace
- Author: Zahnd, Brian
- Publisher: David C Cook
- Publication Date: 2014
- ISBN: 9781434707925
Brian Zahnd is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life
Church, a nondenominational congregation in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Brian is a passionate reader of theology and philosophy, an avid
hiker, mountain climber, and authority on all things Bob Dylan.
Brian and his wife Peri have three adult sons and three
grandchildren.