Gospel medicine is Barbara Taylor's metaphor for the healing power of
God seen in the active and ongoing restoration of this broken world.
In this new collection of sermons she practices the old-fashioned art
of gospel home remedies like a true evangelist, summoning with
piercing clarity and wit the Old and New Testament stories that have
the power to mend our spirits, strengthen our weaknesses, and restore
us to wholeness. Scripture comes to life in the contemporary people
and places of which Taylor speaks. Georgia apple-growers become God's
sharecroppers of the gospel parable; through Mary's embracing of her
role as God-bearer we are dared to take risks in our own discipleship;
in Jonah's angry stand-off with God we see reflections of our own
struggles with a God who is more forgiving than we want him to be;
with tender awe after years of waiting Sarah wipes her hands on her
apron and goes to tell Abraham she is to bear a child. Through the
stories of Scripture, Taylor addresses with moving simplicity the
contemporary wounds of anger, abandonment, fear of judgment, and a
longing for home, healing, and mercy.
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ISBN
9781561013319
Publisert
2012
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury USA
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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