Book details

  • Genre:religion
  • Sub-genre:Christian Living / Spiritual Growth
  • Language:English
  • Pages:174
  • eBook ISBN:9780999810378

Just Love

HOW ONE MISTRANSLATED WORD DISTORTED THE GOSPEL

By Wayne Jacobsen and Tobie van der Westhuizen

Overview

By substituting the word 'righteousness' for the Greek word for justice, our early translators unintentionally shifted the focus away from letting love transform us from the inside to a preoccupation with piety and religious performance.
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Description

This Changes Everything What happened to the Gospel that made Christians more focused on managing sin, performing religious deeds, and trying to reach heaven rather than exploring a love so vast it would transform them with joy? One simple word, mistranslated in our English Scriptures, has distorted our understanding of God's purpose throughout history and has robbed the Gospel of its power to transform us from within and reveal His glory to the world. Let coauthors Wayne Jacobsen and Tobie van der Westhuizen show you how this shift happened and why restoring the word Jesus used reconnects our salvation with his unfolding kingdom. No doubt, it will change you in ways you can't imagine. It might even alter the course of Christianity.
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About The Author

Wayne served as a pastor for twenty years and was also a contributing editor to Leadership Journal. As the director of Lifestream Ministries, he now travels the world helping people learn to live deeply in the life of Jesus and share it freely with others. He has written and worked with others on many books about spiritual intimacy and relational community, including He Loves Me, So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore, A Man Like No Other, and The Shack. You can find his writings at Lifestream.org and hear his podcast at TheGodJourney.com. He lives in Newbury Park, California, with his wife of forty years and enjoys his children and grandchildren.
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