The prodigal God : recovering the heart of the Christian faith / Timothy Keller . [print]

By:

Keller, Timothy, 1950- [Author]

Contributor(s):

Xi wang zhi sheng bian yi xiao zu

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Chinese Original language: English Series: Sheng ming zao jiu cong shuPublication details: Taibei Shi : Xiwang zhi sheng wen hua you xian gong si, (c)2011., Minguo 101.Edition: Yi banDescription: 168 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789868682528
9868682525

Other title:

Hui huo de shang di : hui fu Jidu jiao xin yang de he xin = The prodigal God : recovering the heart of the Christian faith / [Timotai Kaile = Timothy Keller ; Xi wang zhi sheng bian yi xiao zu yi [Portion of title]
Hui fu Jidu jiao xin yang de he xin

Uniform titles:

Prodigal God. Chinese

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

BT378.X6.T447 2011
BT378

Online resources:

Table of contents

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Contents:

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 lostness : "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 -- Salvation is individual -- Salvation is communal -- Babette's feast.

Subject: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CHINESE COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BT 378 .P8 K4512 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		31923001762380

Translation of: The prodigal God : recovering the heart of the Christian faith

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English contents : 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 lostness : "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 -- Salvation is individual -- Salvation is communal -- Babette's feast.

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.

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