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    Gracious Christianity: Living the Love We Profess
    Gracious Christianity: Living the Love We Profess
    Gracious Christianity: Living the Love We Profess
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    Gracious Christianity: Living the Love We Profess

    By Douglas Jacobsen and Rodney J. Sawatsky

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    What does our culture think of when the word Christian is mentioned? Unfortunately, stereotypes and misconceptions abound, and those who follow Christ are sometimes considered mean-spirited, narrow-minded, and uncharitable.

    Douglas Jacobsen and Rodney Sawatsky provide a blueprint for recovering a vibrant faith as they demonstrate how believers can manifest the fruit of the Spirit to a watching world. This book not only serves as an introduction to or review of the basics of the Christian faith but also shows how true, Spirit-led Christianity is a force for peace, justice, and goodness in today's volatile and violent world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateFeb 1, 2006
    ISBN9781441206008
    Gracious Christianity: Living the Love We Profess
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    Douglas Jacobsen

    Douglas Jacobsen (PhD, University of Chicago) is distinguished professor of church history and theology at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of ten books, including Gracious Christianity; Thinking in the Spirit: Theologies of the Early Pentecostal Movement (Pneuma Award of the Society for Pentecostal Studies); The American University in a Postsecular Age (Lilly Fellows Program Book Award); No Longer Invisible: Religion in University Education; and The World's Christians: Who They Are, Where They Are, and How They Got There.

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