giving and receiving God Sider, J. Alexander. creator Villegas, Isaac S. text bibliography oru Eugene, Or Cascade Books c2011 2011 monographic eng

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xi, 217 pages ; 23 cm. As God's eternal life flows through us, we learn to let go of our pretensions of control and rest into the new life offered in Jesus Christ. This book is an invitation for you to become nonresistant to this movement of God's love for you and the world. Through a variety of sermons and meditations, Sider and Villegas bear witness to a grace that disarms our guardedness and makes room for us to fall into the love of God. Preaching becomes a dispossessive practice, as each person is invited to give and receive God's transforming power. he proclamation of the gospel, Villegas and Sider say, should display the priesthood of all believers. Thus, the call to preach belongs to the whole congregation and its conversation rather than to the lone preacher and her (or his) sermon. Presence: Giving and Receiving God draws on the Mennonite tradition of the Zeugnis ("conversation") to explore how the preached Word echoes through all of our voices. Hope -- Communion -- Desire -- Power -- Money -- Salvation -- Strangers -- Conclusion. by J. Alexancer Sider and Isaac S. Villegas. Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-217) Sermons, American Christian life Sermons BV4241 .S54 2011 248.4 Sid 2011 9781608996711 (pbk) 1608996719 2011414105 YDXCP 170628 20250605135832.0 16911417 eng