Jesus Changes Everything: A New World Made Possible [Paperback]

How can we make the gospel central to our lives?

For decades, Stanley Hauerwas has been provokingChristians with his insistence that if they would only follow their Master, it would impact all areas of life, from the personal to the societal.

The lanky Texan whomTimemagazine dubbed “America’s theologian” for his zinging insights into today’s ethical questions says Christians should stop bemoaning their loss of cultural and political power and instead welcome their status as outsiders and embrace the radical alternative Jesus has had in mind for them all along.

These accessible readings selected from Hauerwas’s seminal books will introduce a timely, prophetic voice to another generation of followers of Jesus tired of religion as usual.

If the world is really a placewhere God blesses the poor, the hungry, and the persecuted for righteousness’s sake, then we must act in accordance with that reality.

To be rich and a disciple of Jesusis to have a problem. His disciples do not seek to be subversives; it just turns out that taking Jesus seriously cannot help but challenge the way things are, not to mention how we use our credit cards.

When Christianity is identified with national interests or a political party or a social ideal, it needs to be called out for what it is: idolatry.

Jesus reveals God’s politics, how God reconciles people to himself and one another. In this way, Christian discipleship creates a new order in which a new humanity is born.

If all Jesus meant by claiming kingship is that he wants to rule each individual’s heart, then why was he killed?

Although it is good that the church is free to preach the gospel, such freedom only matters if the church actually demonstrates GodRlãz