A Gentler God

A Gentler God
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 397
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ISBN-10 : 9781725283725
ISBN-13 : 1725283727
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Book Synopsis A Gentler God by : Doug Frank

Download or read book A Gentler God written by Doug Frank and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is God like? Is he the lofty Almighty of conservative religion, with power to stop heartbreaking human holocausts and deadly natural disasters, but who inexplicably declines to do so? Is he the callous Judge, offering the faithful a place in his heaven while summarily casting the faithless into everlasting hell? Is he the vain King on his throne, requiring us to stroke his ego by praising him—unceasingly—for his “awesome power”? If this is the God we have been taught, it is no wonder that many people have come to realize that they do not like, let alone trust him. The simple certainties of their childhood no longer make sense. But the equally assured assertions of today’s atheists also leave them cold. They want a personal connection with God —an honest faith that grows out of their own felt truth and touches them at the deepest levels of their being. This book points the way. It dismantles the “angry, punitive God” of traditional Protestantism and beckons us toward a kinder, more welcoming God. This God does not ask us to grit our teeth and try our best to believe. Instead, this God meets us in our humanity, inviting our hearts to respond in genuine trust and love.


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