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Born Again and Again: Jesus' Call to Radical Transformation

Born Again and Again: Jesus' Call to Radical Transformation


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Got salvation? What if salvation is not one more thing to acquire but an invitation to radical transformation?

Christians often turn life--and faith--into one big quest for the good life. We expect to "get" a good job, loving spouse, a life of comfort, personal satisfaction--oh, and salvation with a cherry on top. Our acquisitive impulses aren't limited to lattes and designer jeans; Christians in power throughout history have focused on getting people saved, possessing the land, and gaining dominance in government. But what if Christianity isn't about striving for something more, but about renouncing the power and privilege that prevent us from receiving God's abundant life? What if we are called not to treat salvation as one more thing to pursue but as an invitation to conform to Christ?

Born Again and Again is the story of how a religion birthed on the margins of the Roman Empire became functionally the official religion of today's largest military superpower. Pastor and blogger Megan K. Westra takes on the self-serving form of Christianity that has birthed the doctrine of discovery, planet-killing lifestyles, and civil religion. She leads readers into an encounter with the Jesus who gave up everything to come to us and invites us to give up everything to come to him. Conforming to Christ radically reorients our lives, priorities, and faith away from the pursuit of our own interests and toward a pattern of discipleship, setting us free from fear-based consumption and creating new possibilities for connection and belonging within the community of God's people.



About the Author :
Megan K. Westra is on the pastoral staff team at Transformation City Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A dynamic and passionate public speaker, Westra has presented at the Christian Community Development Association's national conference in 2015 and 2017. Westra is pursuing her MDiv at Northern Seminary. She lives in Milwaukee with her husband of eight years, Ben, and their six-year-old daughter, Cadence.


Review :
"Born Again and Again nails it! Megan Westra gives a way forward that creates in the reader a love for Jesus. Her writing is compelling and page turning. A must-read."
--JO ANNE LYON, ambassador and former general superintendent of the Wesleyan Church and founder of World Hope International "A strong, sharp, and wise theologian. . . . Megan Westra has knocked it out of the park with this one."
--DANIEL WHITE HODGE, professor of communications at North Park University and author of Homeland Insecurity: A Hip Hop Missiology for the Post-Civil Rights Context "A wide-ranging, historically informed, and hopeful book that centers diverse voices and helps us see new possibilities for the church. Megan Westra expands our view of what the church can be in the future with a personal, communal, and public faith."

--ED CYZEWSKI, author of Reconnect: Spiritual Restoration from Digital Distraction and Flee, Be Silent, Pray: Ancient Prayers for Anxious Christians

"Beautiful and insight-filled."
--LISA SHARON HARPER, author of The Very Good Gospel, from the foreword "For churches seeking to rediscover their 'born again' life in Jesus' cruciform, other-oriented gospel--and to be saved from consumerist narratives embedded in North American evangelicalism--Megan Westra's passionate, practical book is an able companion."
--CHERITH FEE NORDLING, associate professor of theology at Northern Seminary "Megan Westra has found a way of being Christian in the world that values and honors the voices of all God's people. If you are doing the work of reimagining your faith, read this book. You'll find hope and inspiration here."
--AMY K. BUTLER, public theologian and former senior minister of the Riverside Church "Megan Westra's Born Again and Again offers an especially winsome example of a new post-evangelical spirituality and ethic that is emerging in our time. This book gives me hope for the future."
--DAVID P. GUSHEE, professor of Christian ethics and director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University and author of After Evangelicalism: The Path to a New Christianity "This book should be required reading for every Christian! If you have been left empty and disappointed by a personal relationship with Jesus that failed to address the injustices in the world, this book will challenge and encourage you."
--KAREN GONZÁLEZ, author of The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong


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  • ISBN-13: 9781513806747
  • Publisher: Herald Press (VA)
  • Publisher Imprint: Herald Press (VA)
  • Height: 196 mm
  • No of Pages: 226
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 231 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1513806742
  • Publisher Date: 11 Aug 2020
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Jesus' Call to Radical Transformation
  • Width: 130 mm


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