She Has Done a Beautiful Thing: Women and the New Testament

Politics & Social Sciences

Dozier, Verna J.

Philosophy

UNKNO

The Dream of God is a classic rediscovery of discipleship. The church, as an institution, has fallen away from the dream that God has for us -- to follow Jesus and not merely worship him. Through her adept sense of storytelling and knowledge of the Bible, Dozier engages Christians in the call to lead the church again toward the dream of God.

The Dream of God: A Call to Return

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Today as the traditional roles assigned to men and women shift in confusing ways, the church is in need of a biblical metaphor that will redefine appropriate relationships between the sexes in a Christian community. The image this book commends is that of sisters and brothers, living and working together as a new family.

Sisters and Brothers: Reclaiming a Biblical Idea of Community

Adams, James R.

Cowley Pubns

"The Dream of God is a small masterpiece. . . . Her vision of the Bible is insightful and persuasive, her writing accessible and powerful." -- Marcus Borg "This contemporary prophet has touched lives and transformed hearts through her books and talks. Many centuries before Verna Dozier, there was Amos, from the country, speaking out in the market square against the corrupt practices of merchants who 'sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes.' In this century we have Dozier, a black female, spreading God's word in the nation's capital, across the country, and outside its borders." -- Washington Diocese Again and again the Christian church has fallen away from the dream God has for it, a dream in which we are called to follow Jesus and not merely to worship him. Through adept storytelling and Bible study, Dozier reawakens our sense of calling and our desire for truth.

The Dream of God: A Call to Return (Seabury Classics)

Seabury Books

Product Description 
A beloved teacher helps modern people live the Bible’s message more fully. 
Respected teacher and author Verna Dozier explores the ways that humanity and the institutional church have strayed far from Jesus’s original message. To help us get back on track, she examines the Bible: a theological and historical record of hundreds of years in which two communities of faith (Jewish and early Christian) explored their own life experiences. Our task now is not to ask which interpretations are correct, but to ask “what did it mean to them” and “what does it mean for us?” Dozier encourages us to see Christianity not as creed or institution, but as “the vision of a new possibility for human life rooted in an ancient understanding of God and lived out by a Nazarene carpenter.” 
Through adept storytelling and study, Dozier reawakens our sense of calling and our desire for truth. This new and revised edition includes a new foreword by Sophfronia Scott and a study guide. 
 Review 
Praise from the first edition: 
 “This contemporary prophet has touched lives and transformed hearts through her books and talks. Many centuries before Verna Dozier, there was Amos, from the country, speaking out in the market square against the corrupt practices of merchants who ‘sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes.’ In this century we have Dozier, a black female, spreading God’s word in the nation’s capital, across the country, and outside its borders.”―The Episcopal Diocese of Washington 
 "The Dream of God is a small masterpiece. . . . Her vision of the Bible is insightful and persuasive, her writing accessible and powerful." ―Marcus Borg 
 About the Author 
VERNA J. DOZIER (1917-2006) single-handedly revived the study of the Bible and renewed the church’s understanding of the ministry of all believers. Known all over the country and overseas for her Bible teaching, conferences, preaching, and work with lay groups in the church to strengthen their callings and ministries, she was also the author of The Authority of the Laity,The Calling of the Laity, and Equipping the Saints: A Method of Bible Study.

A beloved teacher helps modern people live the Bible's message more fully. Respected teacher and author Verna Dozier explores the ways that humanity and the institutional church have strayed far from Jesus's original message. To help us get back on track, she examines the Bible: a theological and historical record of hundreds of years in which two communities of faith (Jewish and early Christian) explored their own life experiences. Our task now is not to ask which interpretations are correct, but to ask "what did it mean to them" and "what does it mean for us?" Dozier encourages us to see Christianity not as creed or institution, but as "the vision of a new possibility for human life rooted in an ancient understanding of God and lived out by a Nazarene carpenter." Through adept storytelling and study, Dozier reawakens our sense of calling and our desire for truth. This new and revised edition includes a new foreword by Sophfronia Scott and a study guide.

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She Has Done a Beautiful Thing: Women and the New Testament

The Dream of God: A Call to Return

Sisters and Brothers: Reclaiming a Biblical Idea of Community

The Dream of God: A Call to Return (Seabury Classics)

The Dream of God: A Call to Return

The Dream of God: A Call to Return