Review: John MacMurray, A Spiritual Evolution: Rediscovering the Greatest Story Ever Told (Open Table Press, 2018).
https://www.aspiritualevolution.com
John MacMurray's Spiritual Evolution is a uniquely accessible account of his own spiritual journey from anxious and arrogant dogmatism into a beautiful and living faith. Embedded within the narrative of his quest for the Christlike and trustworthy God, readers will be introduced to some of the best Trinitarian / Patristic theology available today.
Under the influence great teachers such as St. Athanasius of Alexandria, George MacDonald, T.F. Torrance and C. Baxter Kruger, John MacMurray guides us beyond the fearsome and retributive "monster god" of our nightmares into a glorious vision of Triune Love made incarnate in Jesus Christ.
MacMurray is vulnerable with his own struggle to embrace transforming grace but in his surrender, we se how Trinitarian love heals our hearts and empowers us to pick up Christ's Cross of radical forgiveness–for others and for ourselves.
As a patristic theologian, I was thrilled by John's orthodoxy in an era where so many deconstructionists find themselves moving on, not only from abusive theologies and church situations, but from Jesus Christ as well. My wish is that before such a tragic divorce, disillusioned Christians would pick up this book. Any truly spiritual evolution will take us forward and upward into the life of the God-man unveiled herein.
Brad, There is no need to deconstruct Religion all together, all religions and all scriptures are of divine inspiration that have been carried out by man and his “Free Will”
such books as “A Spiritual Evolution” shall help bring about the reality of this, when we all come to know this truth and depend on our intuitions to help us to determine the difference between Gospel and Dogma the light shall be seen more clearly,
our one God has been busy presenting all of humanity with various parts of the puzzle of life, we just have to figure how to put it all together, all of our tolerance is the key, thank you for your insights.
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