Jon Matthews

What I needed

Revisado: 05-14-21

This gave the context for my current experience of God as well as needed direction for the current stage I’m in.

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I’m not Anglican but...

Revisado: 06-15-20

I hail from a variety of Christian traditions and I think NT Wright’s stance and explanation is valuable for all.

He explains that rather than trying to determine the cause of the pandemic like Job’s friends, Christians should be future-oriented asking “what are we to do now as God’s hands and feet?”

He also ties together Jesus weeping prior to resurrecting Lazarus and the spirit praying through us with groanings which cannot be uttered to describe God’s view of the effects of original sin (COVID-19) — he suffers with us in our pain, Wright concludes.

Regarding our appropriate response, Romans 8:19 “creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed” tied together with a possible translation of Romans 8:28 (all things work together for good). Could read that “Together, us and God can work good out of all things” and this is our task as the “revealed children of God.”

I spent period of time in the reformed tradition and still appreciate much that it has to offer, but the view that God sent it, God is judging us, and God is not evil despite this apparent evil, represents a minority Christian opinion and it is refreshing to have Wright’s view that squares with a loving Heavenly Father much better.

Disclaimer: I don’t always understand what NT Wright is explaining so I may have misrepresented his arguments. Also he says it much better.

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More about explaining Catholic Dogma

Revisado: 11-29-19

This is an excellent book by a devoted Jesus follower. I was hoping for more focus on the lives, personalities and deeds of the early church fathers.

Unfortunately the majority of time was spent explaining and justifying the origins of Catholic distinctives that are not universally observed in christiandom. Maybe that was the book that was intended and I missed it. Like I said, it was well written and sincere, just not what I was hoping for.

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Not good

Revisado: 05-03-17

I was originally thinking a 3 stars for being a good refresher to the fundamentals of sales but as I kept going through it fell to 2 stars and then I just decided to return it for an actual good book that is worth reading. On a positive note, it is filled with some excellent sales platitudes that could useful in inducing sleep. He also discovered several new universal laws and I'm sure he will one day receive international acclaim for his work.

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