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By Warner M. Bailey,Thomas W. Currie

Twenty-first century Christians stay in diaspora, simply one voice between many, with no having fun with their once-privileged position in society. this can be relatively the case when you fight to be a church that mirrors the capaciousness of God's grace. we're assaulted by way of the venting of pent-up furies, that are stoked by means of profound anxieties over the lack of a loved worldview and worry approximately an unacceptable yet unstoppable destiny. usually, we fight to talk an actual be aware of God amidst the cross-talk of many voices. This book--a canonical examine of Hosea via Malachi, referred to as jointly The e-book of the Twelve--describes a biblical version of devoted talking lower than related conditions. It publications response to this loss towards severe engagement with Scripture and theology for you to experience back the which means of conversing what's on the center of religion, God's unalterable dedication to carrying on with faithfulness with us.

"An updated and fascinating presentation of the Twelve from the viewpoint of modern scholarship. the writer unlocks an attitude of imaginative and prescient that feeds at once into theological and pastoral program, and he does so with power and readability. This stability is what makes for this kind of powerful contribution to theological exegesis for our day. hugely recommended."
--Christopher R. Seitz, Senior learn Professor of Biblical Interpretation, Wycliffe university, college of Toronto

"Bailey has composed a brief yet attractive apology for the importance of The publication of the Twelve for a church this day that unearths itself alienated and in crisis. Drawing on contemporary biblical scholarship that perspectives the Twelve as an meant solidarity, Bailey indicates how 'embedded speech' during this corpus is the most important to unlocking its theological relevance. might function an excellent supplementary seminary textbook for a direction at the (Minor) Prophets, outdated testomony Theology, or Hermeneutics."
--Mark Sneed, Professor of Bible, Lubbock Christian University

"More than a section of heady biblical scholarship at the prophets, Bailey bargains a real contribution to the theological-ethical interpretation of Scripture that pastors and students all for the lives of groups of religion will do good to take care of. Out of his examine of the Twelve, Bailey articulates a type of piety for modern congregations to undertake in the course of an international that has obvious the Christian church's privileged cultural place disappear."
--Timothy J. Sandoval, Brite Divinity School

Warner M. Bailey is Director of Presbyterian reports at Brite Divinity institution, Texas Christian collage. he's the writer of The Self-Shaming God Who Reconciles (Pickwick, 2013).

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