A formation-centered recovery of Christian hope that returns the end to resurrection, renewed creation, faithful endurance, and the character of God revealed in Jesus.
The End That Forms Us
Reclaiming Hope, Resurrection, and the Future of All Things
A formation-centered recovery of Christian hope that returns the end to resurrection, renewed creation, faithful endurance, and the character of God revealed in Jesus.
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The end of the Christian story does not invite fear; it invites faithfulness. The God who raised Jesus has not abandoned creation, forgotten the dead, or surrendered the wounded to what harmed them. His future is secure, and because it is secure, we are free to become fully present now.
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A formation-centered recovery of Christian hope that returns the end to resurrection, renewed creation, faithful endurance, and the character of God revealed in Jesus.
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- What is the central claim of The End That Forms Us?
- Why call it The End That Forms Us?
- How does fear distort Christian hope?
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Faith Foundations Restored
Reexamine inherited Christian language with Jesus at the center and without using fear as the engine of faith.
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Will Bourne discusses why this book was written, the questions it addresses, and the formation he hopes it serves.
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The conversation begins where many end-times conversations do not: not with a chart, a prediction, or the latest crisis, but with the kind of person our hope is making us. For some readers, the future arrived through warning and urgency long before it sounded like good news.
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