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God Is Stranger: Foreword by Justin Welby

God Is Stranger: Foreword by Justin Welby


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About the Book

Taking a fresh look at Bible passages he thought he knew inside out, Krish Kandiah was struck by the uncomfortable recognition that when God turns up he seems to be much more likely to startle or frighten us, even start a fight on a dark night, than to sit down for a cosy chat. This God seems like a stranger. The one certainty seems to be that he is not like us.

Wrestling with the stories of Bible characters like Abraham and Jacob, Gideon and Ezekiel, the criminal on the cross and the Emmaus disciples, Krish uncovers the truth of a God whose very unpredictability, his challenging strangeness, is the strongest indication of his real presence. We long for a tame God who will do just what we ask, and are disappointed when he doesn't turn up. The truth is, God could be right in front of us and we don't see him, because he's not who we think he is.

The greatest challenge of our faith is to accept and come to know this stranger God as he truly is, for only then when will we equipped to see him at work in the world around us and love the stranger God has put next to us - the neighbour who might be from anywhere in the world, of any religion, the downtrodden or our oppressor: all are in need of God's love and it is us that God has chosen us to share his love with them.

This is the strange truth of our faith - that it is only when we are ready to wrestle with God's strangeness to us that we will be able to see his kingdom advance among us.

About the Author :
Krish Kandiah is Founder and Director of the adoption and fostering charity Home for God, Chair of the Theological Advisory Panel for Tearfund and a member of the Spring Harvest leadership team. He lives with his wife and six children, including fostered and adopted children, in Oxfordshire, UK.

Review :
Praise for Paradoxology: These may seem like heavy theological ideas, yet the author approaches his theme in what is an easily read way through leading characters of the bible from Abraham to Paul. He challenges his readers to consider not only those passages that give us comfort, but also those "dark sayings" which so often perturb people. - The Irish Catholic

Praise for Paradoxology: Allow your mind to test your conclusions about the Bible. Like Thomas in the Easter Story, you might find that exploring doubts and questions will bring you to clearer vision. - Inspire Magazine

Praise for Paradoxology: Amazing...I really loved it. Ths book is a real eye-opener that makes you look at the Bible in a different way. - Families First Magazine


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781473648906
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General Division
  • Publisher Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 352
  • Sub Title: Foreword by Justin Welby
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1473648904
  • Publisher Date: 13 Apr 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • Weight: 460 gr


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