Peter Rollins
Theological firebrand Peter Rollins asserts that mainstream Christianity reduces God to an idol, made in our own image, for the purpose of providing certainty and satisfaction.,You canâ€™t be satisfied. Life is difficult. You donâ€™t know the secret., ,Whether readers are devout believers or distant seekers, ,The Idolatry of God ,shows that we must lay down our certainties and honestly admit our doubts to identify with Jesus. Rollins purposely upsets fundamentalist certainty in order to open readers up to a more loving, active manifestation of Christâ€™s love. ,In contrast to the usual understanding of the â€œGood Newsâ€ as a message offering satisfaction and certainty, Rollins argues for a radical and shattering alternative. He explores how the Good News actually involves embracing the idea that we canâ€™t be whole, that life is difficult, and that we are in the dark. Showing how God has traditionally been approached as a product that will render us complete, remove our suffering, and reveal the answers, he introduces an incendiary approach to faith that invites us to joyfully embrace our brokenness, resolutely face our unknowing, and courageously accept the difficulties of existence. Only then, he argues, can we truly rob death of its sting and enter into the fullness of life.
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The Idolatry of God: Breaking Our Addiction to Certainty and Satisfaction