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Tom
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| Posted 4/27/2003 9:19 PM (GMT -6) |   | 
Book Description
The love of God is arguably the most central doctrine of the Christian faith, and yet, remarkably, the subject of God's love has not received the attention it deserves. This new work by an international team of theologians and biblical scholars fills this need, offering a clear, complete, and inspiring discussion on the nature of God's love and its meaning for the Christian life.
After surveying the ways in which the love of God has been understood through the ages, the book constructs an understanding of God's love particularly relevant for today. Though exploring the subject from many angles — biblical theology, historical theology, philosophical theology, and systematic theology — these chapters are united in seeing Jesus, who was at once human and divine, as the ultimate criterion for defining the love of God.
Contributors: Lewis Ayres, Gary Badcock, Roy Clements, David Fergusson, Geoffrey Grogan, Trevor Hart, Paul Helm, Tony Lane, Alan Torrance
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 4/28/2003 3:00 AM (GMT -6) | | Yes, I read it. A few interesting and probing essays, but overall I was frankly a bit disappointed. I didn't much that was ground breaking, especially vis-a-vis reconciling the love expressed in Christ with the harsher elements of the OT. Indeed, it didn't seem to me that any of the authors worked the christocentric motif to its full biblical logical conclusion. Most of the material was quite traditional, and a few (e.g. Helms) were in my opinion really off.
Greg
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¡Que Payaso!
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| Posted 4/30/2003 2:51 PM (GMT -6) | | quote:
...especially vis-a-vis reconciling the love expressed in Christ with the harsher elements of the OT.
A new book that addresses this very topic has hit the streets.
For more info, go to
http://www.zondervan.com/Books/Detail.asp?ISBN=0310245680
Payaso 
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." - Bilbo Baggins
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honorman
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| Posted 4/30/2003 5:01 PM (GMT -6) | | Thanks for the heads up on the book, Payaso. I am definitely going to pick this one up...now there's a book I hope we can discuss here...
I esprecially like that cover...
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Tom
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| Posted 4/30/2003 7:38 PM (GMT -6) | | I'd like to see a book published with the same picture cover as "Show No Mercy" but instead titled "Essays on the Existentialism of Theological Determinism." Hehe.
Tom 
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honorman
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| Posted 4/30/2003 9:52 PM (GMT -6) | | That would be a book I'd be "determined" to read
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BJS
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| Posted 5/1/2003 4:14 AM (GMT -6) | | quote:
That would be a book I'd be "determined" to read
Brett
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Tom
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| Posted 5/5/2003 1:59 AM (GMT -6) | | The best kept secret among open theists! This guy totally ROCKS!
Vincent Brummer!
 This can be found at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521430526/qid=1052135611/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-9007789-5273537?v=glance&s=books
Here’s another winner I’m reading now:
 Can be found at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521444632/qid=1052135611/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/104-9007789-5273537?v=glance&s=books
Doc, knowing of your interest in LOVE, you gotta get Brummer.
Tom
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 5/5/2003 10:09 AM (GMT -6) | | I've read Speaking of the Personal God, but not Model's of Love. Funny: I remember hearing about it, resolving to get it and read it, and then (apparently) I totally forgot about it
TILL NOW.
Thank you mr. tgb (
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