{"product_id":"prodigal-christianity-isbn-9781118203262","title":"Prodigal Christianity","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn engaging and thoughtful book that guides readers into the frontiers of being a missional Christian\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProdigal Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e offers a down-to-earth, accessible, and yet provocative understanding of God's mission of redemption in the world, and how followers of Christ can participate in this work. It speaks into the discontent of all those who have exhausted conservative, liberal, and even emergent ways of being Christian and are looking for a new way forward. It offers building blocks for missional theology and practice that moves Christians into a gospel-centered way of life for our culture and our times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a compelling and creative vision for North American Christians\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePuts forth a theology and ten critical signposts that must be observed to follow a missional way of life: post-Christendom, missio Dei, incarnation, witness, scripture, gospel, church, sexuality, justice, pluralism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAsks questions and points to issues that trouble many leaders in the post-modern, post-denominational, post-Christendom church\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book can fill the gap for the average Christian left discontented with the current options \"after evangelicalism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Following Jesus into the Far Country—the Winter of Our Discontent xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSignpost One: Post-Christendom 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInto the Far Country: The Journey into Post-Christendom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSignpost Two: \u003ci\u003eMissio Dei \u003c\/i\u003e16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWith the Prodigal God: The Journey into God’s Mission\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSignpost Three: Incarnation 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Ground: The Journey into Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSignpost Four: Witness 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the World: The Journey into the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSignpost Five: Scripture 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiving Our Story: Journeying by the Book That Is More Than a Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSignpost Six: Gospel 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking All Things Right: The Journey into Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSignpost Seven: Church 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Kingdom Communities: The Journey as the Body of Christ into the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSignpost Eight: Prodigal Relationships 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWith Our Brokenness: The Journey Toward Sexual Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSignpost Nine: Prodigal Justice 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmong Our Neighborhoods: The Journey Toward Local Justice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSignpost Ten: Prodigal Openness 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor the Good News: The Journey into Diverse Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: The Prodigal Returns 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 185\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Authors \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID E. FITCH\u003c\/b\u003e is a copastor and founder of Life on the Vine Christian Community and coaches church-planting for the Midwest District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. He is the B.R. Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary, Chicago, and is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Giveaway\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe End of Evangelicalism?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEOFF HOLSCLAW\u003c\/b\u003e is a copastor at Life on the Vine Christian Community and an adjunct professor of theology at Northern Seminary. He is the Mid-West regional coordinator for Ecclesia Network.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProdigal Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e asks the questions that point to the issues troubling church leaders in the newly secularized post-Christendom cultures of North America. How is God revealed? What is the gospel? Where is the kingdom of God? And, most importantly, how do we live these realities amidst the sexualities, pluralism, and injustices of our time? Faced with these questions, many are looking for a way beyond the Emergent and Neo-Reformed movements, which seem to speak only to the people already convinced. \u003ci\u003eProdigal Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e moves us beyond Christian-culture-bound ways of being Christian to living radically as Jesus’s people present in the world.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing ten “signposts,” \u003ci\u003eProdigal Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e charts the journey every Christian must take into “the far country.” It is a journey that is radical and yet generous, defined by the very way God has come to us in Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit. Nothing is compromised as this journey breaks down boundaries around the postmodern, post-Christian, relationally scarred, sexually broken, economically marginalized peoples of our day. Exploring the depths of the Christian faith, \u003ci\u003eProdigal Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e opens the pathway for every Christian and every church to journey forward into the missional frontier God is calling us to in these new and different times.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eABOUT LEADERSHIP NETWORK \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mission of Leadership Network identifies and connects innovative church leaders, providing them with resources in the form of new ideas, people, and tools. Contact Leadership Network at leadnet.org.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989863186661,"sku":"NP9781118203262","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118203262.jpg?v=1761785717","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/prodigal-christianity-isbn-9781118203262","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}