Patrick Henry Reardon

Fr. Patrick Reardon shows that Revelation has to be understood in the terms of the Early Church’s understanding. In essence, Revelation describes the world we exist in now and the world that is to come. It is foremost, a liturgical prophecy and spoke directly the the early Christians regarding their trials. Yet, there is still much wisdom to be gained about the nature of worship and the Kingdom of God from reading Revelation. It's a common sense, non-fear based approach to interpretation and I appreciate it.… (mais)

Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon seeks to address a theme that, in much of non-Orthodox Christianity, has been skewed and distorted: the atonement. For Fr. Pat, it's critical that the atonement isn't narrowed to the topic of our redemption by Christ's atoning death on the cross -- though that is clearly critical -- rather "atonement" is the only properly English word that approximates the Greek "theosis" or the Latin "deification." Thus "atonement", for Fr. Pat, encompasses the entirety of salvation in Christ, which is why it must begin with the Incarnation, which is the focus of this volume.

For that reason, many may find this volume to not really be about atonement, in the way it's normally understood and discussed. One suspects that in the second volume, on the passion and the cross, these expectations will be met. But the seemingly "off-topic" nature of this volume is precisely the point: the cross and atonement can't be approached before or apart from the mystery of God-become-man, and in the teachings of the fathers, Christ's taking on flesh is itself salvific and atoning.

Fr. Pat relays early in this volume the patristic tripartite division of men from God -- being/well-being/eternal-being in St. Maximos and nature/sin/death in St. Nicolas Cabasilas -- and how these are correspondingly healed by Christ's Incarnation, Passion, and Resurrection. This is the basis for structuring his work this way, and it brilliantly conveys the full scope of Orthodox salvation, and that each specific 'element' -- including Christ's life and teaching, for instance -- can't be separated from any other.… (mais)

The Jesus we Missed by Patrick Henry Reardon is the senior editor of touchstone,
this book is foreword by Russell D Moore whom is a Doctor. Dr. Moore is the Dean of the School of Theology and Senior Vice-President for Academic Administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also serves as a preaching pastor at Highview Baptist Church, where he ministers weekly at the congregation’s Fegenbush location. Moore is the author of several books, including The Kingdom of Christ, Adopted for Life, and Tempted and Tried.

I would like to share that BookSneeze gave me a copy for my honest review. This book is definitely not for the non believer and it is more of a theology book verses just a book to read. In theology the reading is more in depth and harder to read in just one sitting. I would say it is great as a reference and has many scriptures to back up his claims. Seeing that I already know my bible and have read it cover to cover 8 times I already knew most of which the author spoke of and did not learn of new things of the four gospels and its claims. It does go into talking about Mary the Mother of Jesus and that is something most readers should understand.

Here is the CONTENTS PAGE:

• Growing up
• Two conversations
• Baptism
• The human Condition
• The public Ministry
• Learning and Teaching
• Jesus at Prayer
• Jesus and the Women
• The growing crisis
• The Garden
• The bridegroom Is Taken away
• Risen in the Flesh
• Epilogue

Quotes: “The best treatment of the humanity of our Lord Jesus that I’ve ver encountered.” Russell D. Moore
Jackie Paulson © 2012
http://getreadingnow.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/the-jesus-we-missed-by-patrick-hen...… (mais)