I have sent my next book to the printers… The book is called The Atonement of God, and is now available for pre-order at Amazon.
And I am SO excited, because I believe this is my best book yet.
If you have been following my blog for a while, you know that I have been struggling with the violence of God in the Bible. About 5 years ago, I thought I had a solution to this problem, and started writing a book to present it. I wrote 200,000 words before giving up.
But in the process, I developed a different solution. I am not quite ready to publish a book on THAT solution, but this book which is now available for pre-order from Amazon contains a large part of the solution. This book forms the foundation for that future book.
If you sort of read between the lines of the book, my solution to the problem of the violence of God in the Bible is in this book, but it is not really stated explicitly.
Instead, this book really just presents Jesus as the solution to it all, and shows how a proper understanding of the crucifixion of Jesus helps sort out a lot of other areas of theology as well.
The book ships on March 21, so order your copy today!
Will this be available as an actual book or only on kindle? I only see the kindle version on Amazon.
Yes. I am trying to get the two linked.
Here is the Kindle: http://amzn.to/1TYyY9F
Here is the paperback: http://amzn.to/1TYyZdW
Thanks
I look forward to reading your book. I went to Amazon and read the description there, and it looks similar to my view of the atonement, only probably much better stated. I’m interested in seeing what you have to say.
What happened to the free books for subscribers. I live in South Africa and our currency being very weak causes books etc being very expensive.
I read most of your blogs and listen to your podcasts so will definitely get this book eventuality.
Just asking.
Read the “look inside this book on Amazon” – can’t wait for my copy to arrive.
I have been devouring your posts this evening, starting with your latest post on “boners in the Bible,” great stuff. Surprised I haven’t read more of your blog before. I also think I will enjoy your posts on Genesis 1, since I have done a lot of research on that chapter myself in its ancient historical context.
Concerning your post on Jesus as the solution, I no longer see how Jesus is the solution. I was a Christian, but now I’m open to practical moral wisdom from all sources, and seek the best in every book and every person, and use my own better judgment based on all the experiences and knowledge gained throughout life. I like John Hick and others who don’t see any one religion as having “THE” truth. I also have gotten over my fear of atheism/atheists. But it was all a slow process for me, starting with a conservative Christian worldview that I had dug into hard in high school and college.
Speaking of Jesus, Hector Avalos’ book The Bad Jesus just came out. Interesting read.
Yes, I just looked at my comments and saw you’ve been busy! Ha!. Thanks for reading and for the links to some of your own articles. I will come on over and read them.