Full name: Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most

Author: Marcus J. Borg Year: 2014 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Religion Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780062269980 0062269984

Marcus J. Borg, preeminent theologian and Bible scholar, refects on his life and how he developed his most bedrock convictions and why they matter. The result is a manifesto for all progressive Christians who seek the best path for following Jesus today. With each chapter embodying a distinct conviction, Borg writes provocatively and compellingly on the beliefs that can deeply ground us and guide us: • God Is Real and a Mystery • Salvation Is More About This Life Than an Afterlife • The Bible Can Be True Without Being Literally True • Jesus's Death on the Cross Matters - But Not Because He Paid for Our Sins • God Is Passionate About Justice and the Poor • To Love God Is to Love Like God Rich in wisdom and insight, Convictions is sure to become a classic of contemporary Christianity. Similar books: The Heart of Christianity by Marcus J. Borg Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time by Marcus J. Borg The God We Never Knew by Marcus J. Borg Speaking Christian by Marcus J. Borg Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi Holy Bible by Anonymous The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis I Declare by Joel Osteen God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIV The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander Heaven by Randy Alcorn Cold-Case Christianity by J. Warner Wallace One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp