| 書 名 | The prodigal God ： recovering the heart of the Christian faith / |
| 作 者 | Timothy Keller |
| 出 版 項 | New York :; Dutton,; c2008 |
| 稽 核 項 | xv, 139 p. ;; 20 cm |
| 標 題 | Prodigal son (Parable) |
| 標 題 | Christianity |
| 書 目 註 | Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-139) |
| 內 容 註 | Introduction -- The parable -- The people around Jesus : "all gathering around to hear Him" -- Two kinds of people -- Why people like Jesus but not the church -- The two lost sons : "there was a man who had two sons" -- The lost younger brother -- The younger brother's plan -- The lost elder brother -- Redefining sin : "all these years I've been slaving for you" -- Two ways to find happiness -- Two lost sons -- A deeper understanding of sin -- Both wrong, both loved -- Redefining lostne
ss : "the older brother became angry and refused to go in" -- Anger and superiority -- Slavishness and emptiness -- Who needs to know this? -- The true elder brother : "my son, everything I have is yours" -- What we need -- Who we need -- Redefining hope : "He set off for a far country" -- Our longing for home -- The difficulty of return -- The feast at the end of history -- The feast of the father : "he heard music and dancing" -- Salvation is experiential -- Salvation is material -- Sa
lvation is individual -- Salvation is communal -- Babette's feast |
| 摘 要 註 | Uses the biblical tale of the prodigal son to provide both an introduction to Christianity and a clarifying primer on the nature of the gospel for believers, in a resource that reveals how Jesus's essential message is revealed by the story in ways that can enable greater understandings of the Christian faith |
| ISBN | 9780525950790 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0525950796 (hbk.) |
| LCCN | 2008028397 |
| 電子資源URL | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0822/2008028397.html
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