How to embrace the tensions in the Bible in order to overcome division, anxiety, and fear.
Love and wrath. Sovereignty and responsibility. Victory and suffering. Some of the truths we read in the Bible seem to be in opposition to each other. We naturally tend to gravitate towards a side, but when we lose sight of one truth in order to protect the other, we are in danger of becoming proud, creating division, and diminishing our faith.
In this compelling, inspiring, and at times provocative book, Adam Mabry urges us to stop taking sides and refuse to participate in tribalism by mapping out a way to hold in tension truths that we so often divide over.
You’ll discover how our joy and our witness rest on us learning to hold to all that the Scriptures teach and growing in virtue as we do. You’ll learn how to wrestle with all that the Scriptures say, to embrace mystery, to listen closely, and to speak with clarity.
| Author | Adam Mabry |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781784984465 |
| Format | Paperback |
| First published | September 2020 |
| Dimensions | 135mm x 216mm x 13.9mm |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 176 |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
© Adam Mabry/The Good Book Company 2020
I suspect this provocative book will be received with delight and suspicion in equal measure. But for those who long for Christian relationships that go beyond the combative or tribal, and that are instead marked by grace and truth, there’s a lot here to make you ponder and pray, with hope and joy.
Challenging, stretching and in some places quite uncomfortable. Adam challenges us to grow in humility towards Scripture and other Christians, especially those who understand things differently to us.
One of the more important skills for the 21st century is learning how to hold our theological convictions without giving in to divisive controversy. The body of Christ is so much more than the sum of its divisions, and Adam Mabry has given us wise guidance on how to maintain unity and disagree agreeably when it comes to complex theological topics.
As I read this book I was challenged. This book will make you think, it will make you search your heart and it will make you run to the Lord for help as you try to live for Him in this world. I would recommend that you buy this book and consider walking through it with someone, think through how you practically hold tensions that naturally arise in the Bible.... continue reading
