Bibliograph

Prophetic Jesus, prophetic church, the challenge of Luke-Acts to contemporary Christians, Luke Timothy Johnson

Type

Label

Prophetic Jesus, prophetic church, the challenge of Luke-Acts to contemporary Christians, Luke Timothy Johnson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Prophetic Jesus, prophetic church

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Luke Timothy Johnson

Sub title

the challenge of Luke-Acts to contemporary Christians

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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