{"product_id":"christianitys-surprise-a-sure-and-certain-hope-9781791008208","title":"Christianity's Surprise: A Sure and Certain Hope","description":"At its beginning Christianity was surprising, powerful, creative, world-shaking.\u003cbr\u003e Today in the West it is many times familiar, common, and\u003cbr\u003e expected, losing its power to surprise and transform. We have developed\u003cbr\u003e societal amnesia and ignorance of what Christianity originally was - and\u003cbr\u003e what it still can be. We need to recover the surprise of Christianity. We\u003cbr\u003e need to ask the same fundamental questions as the early Christians, which\u003cbr\u003e will help us rediscover the surprising power of Christianity in our midst.\u003cbr\u003e Focusing on the surprise of the gospel message takes us into the heart of\u003cbr\u003e what it is to understand Christianity at all, and thus what it is to remember\u003cbr\u003e and relearn the life-giving power and witness that went with being Christian\u003cbr\u003e at the beginning. This remembering and relearning can, in turn, surprise us\u003cbr\u003e all over again and chart a course for our witness today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abingdon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781791008208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128","brand":"C. Kavin Rowe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36669194436764,"sku":"9781791008208","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7375fe8f-443e-4086-a407-081cc997fbac.jpg?v=1603919474","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/christianitys-surprise-a-sure-and-certain-hope-9781791008208","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}