The Kingdom of God Is Like... Baseball
A Metaphor for Jesus' Kingdom Parables
Description:Jesus used parables to teach his disciples certain truths about the gospel. The parables employed word pictures, such as of planting seeds and other agricultural images, that were familiar to his listeners. What kind of imagery could be used today to talk about the gospel? Baseball, America's pastime, might be one source of such familiar images. In this book Currie has attempted to find theological themes and to describe the gospel in the sport of baseball.Endorsements:From Jim Currie's superbly assembled community of historical baseball players, baseball aficionados, and biblical parables and characters, God's grace, light, heal…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-60899-246-1
- EAN: 9781608992461
- Produktnummer: 11994552
- Verlag: Cascade Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 126 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B12.7 cm x D0.7 cm 144 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 144
Über den Autor
James S. Currie is a retired Presbyterian pastor living in Bee Cave, Texas. He is the author of three other books and the translator of two. He and his wife, Jo Ann, have four children and three grandchildren. He has earned degrees from the University of Texas at Austin (BA), Indiana University (MA), Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (MDiv and ThM), and Rice University (PhD).
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