{"product_id":"sinners-in-the-hands-of-a-loving-god-the-scandalous-truth-of-the-very-good-news-9781601429513","title":"Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News","description":"\u003cb\u003eGod is wrath? Or God is Love?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his famous sermon \"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,\" Puritan revivalist Jonathan Edwards shaped predominating American theology with a vision of God as angry, violent, and retributive. Three centuries later, Brian Zahnd was both mesmerized and terrified by Edwards's wrathful God. Haunted by fear that crippled his relationship with God, Zahnd spent years praying for a divine experience of hell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What Zahnd experienced instead was the Father's love--revealed perfectly through Jesus Christ--for all prodigal sons and daughters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSinners in the Hands of a Loving God\u003c\/i\u003e, Zahnd asks important questions like\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e Is seeing God primarily as wrathful towards sinners true or biblical? Is fearing God a normal expected behavior? And where might the natural implications of this theological framework lead us? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thoughtfully wrestling with subjects like Old Testament genocide, the crucifixion of Jesus, eternal punishment in hell, and the final judgment in Revelation, Zanhd maintains that the summit of divine revelation for sinners is not \u003ci\u003eGod is wrath\u003c\/i\u003e, but \u003ci\u003eGod is love\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Waterbrook Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781601429513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brian Zahnd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661437595804,"sku":"9781601429513","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3a7a4ac8-a504-4d79-8bb2-d291560d5f7d.jpg?v=1603899483","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sinners-in-the-hands-of-a-loving-god-the-scandalous-truth-of-the-very-good-news-9781601429513","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}