Loving God / Charles W. Colson.

First HarperPaperbacks printing: December 1990.

Includes bibliographical references.

OBEDIENCE -- Prologue: paradox -- A Russian doctor -- Faith and obedience -- THE WORD OF GOD -- Take up and read -- Just another book? -- Watergate and the resurrection -- Believing God -- SIN AND REPENTANCE -- A Christian gangster? -- Whatever became of sin? -- It is in us -- Remember me -- We were there -- THE HUNGER FOR HOLINESS -- Be holy because I am holy -- The everyday business of holiness --
And his righteousness -- Contra Mundum -- The radical Christian -- THE HOLY NATION -- The holy nation -- Shared suffering -- The Church on the front lines -- This is my body -- LOVING GOD -- Life and death -- In the arena: an allegory.

What does it mean to love God? Charles Colson's answers are both surprising and inspiring. Loving God, Colson says, does not mean what you may think. The answers spring from the deep traditions of the Christian faith, presented in this groundbreaking book amid a tapestry of richly textured tales and compelling interlocution. Colson's brave new call to love God takes us on a fascinating journey from a Soviet gulag to an Italian estate, from Augustine to Mother Teresa, from an underworld kingpin to an American POW, from the myths behind the "born again" movement to the pat answers of Christian pop culture. Here, Colson helps us rediscover our religious heritage - and our own hearts. Loving God will force you to think, to feel, to question. It presents a view of loving God that could alter the makeup of the church itself. It is tough stuff from a Chrisitian whose love for God knows no compromise.--Back cover.

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