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Wrestling with God
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Description
The Bible is full of persons who wrestle with God. As they stumble in their lives, they love and adore their Lord. They also scheme, lie, cheat, steal, quarrel, and fornicate. Abraham, the faith model for Jews, Christians, and Muslims, tells Sarah to lie; Sarah scolds God for ignoring her; Amnon rapes his sister; Judas recognizes Jesus' unconditional love for him; Mary thinks that by distancing himself from her, Jesus hammered a spike into her breast; Peter's wife crawls into their bed and snuggles up; Jesus' relatives think he is crazy. In a word, as seekers of God the biblical characters mirror our lives. Like Jacob we limp away from the wrestling match.
ISBN
9780974099286
Publication Date
2011
Publisher
St. John's University Press
City
Collegeville, MN
Disciplines
Religion
Recommended Citation
McDonnell, Kilian. Wrestling with God. Collegeville, Minn: Saint John's University Press, 2011.