Prophetic Jesus, Prophetic Church: The Challenge of Luke-Acts to Contemporary Christians (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802803900)

In this and every age, the church desperately needs prophecy. It needs the bold proclamation of God's transforming vision to challenge its very human tendency toward expediency and self-interest -- to jolt it into new insight and energy. For Luke Timothy Johnson, the New Testament books Luke and Acts provide that much-needed jolt to conventional norms. To read Luke-Acts as a literary unit, he says, is to uncover a startling prophetic vision of Jesus and the church -- and an ongoing call for today's church to embody and proclaim God's vision for the world.

Author: Luke Timothy Johnson
ISBN-10: 0802803903
ISBN-13: 9780802803900
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2011
Pages: 198
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d