Navigating by the Son
Finding Our Way in an Unfamiliar Landscape
by Stephen Cox
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Pub Date Jan 13 2021 | Archive Date Mar 10 2021
Troubador Publishing Ltd. | Matador
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Description
This book is an exploration of how Christians can live with deep disagreements. It is about what is important to a healthy church (and society) in rapidly changing times when anger and division are the easy and common responses. Starting with how Jesus lived, the books examines what it means for individuals, and for a church to be Christlike.
What does it mean to say that Jesus was fully human? Unless we give this it’s full weight, how can we realistically be expected to follow Him?
Why did Jesus invite obedience, but never coerced it? Should the church ever take on the role of a law enforcer? Can institutions be Christlike? Does a multicultural and diverse society illuminate understanding of the Bible? Is there a healthy place for human anger? What is truth? Is it ideological, or is it personal, and what are the implications of all of this for politics and civic life in an age of populism?
It is far too undemanding to seek simply to be ‘right’. We aren’t called to be ideologues, we are called to be Christlike. Grasping this afresh will help us be good news, not only to gay and straight people, but to all sides in the growing ‘culture wars’, and to those weary of ‘religion’.
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9781800468665 |
PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 200 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Being a functioning Christian can be difficult, never more so than when genuinely sincere people disagree about God's intentions. This has always been a challenge for the Church and as all kinds of societies all around the world fragment, the volume of argument and even confrontation is rising. And yet Jesus said we would be known by our unity. Stephen Cox brings nearly 50 years of Christian life, most of it as an ordained minister, to this problem.
'Navigating by the Son' is meticulously referenced but accessible. It is beautifully written but also practical.. And by taking us to first principles, to the unarguable foundations of our faith, he demonstrates how we can believe with passion whilst remaining in unity with those whose passion takes them to alternative conclusions..
It is a very important book for our times,