tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298933661911100679.post7082963847041778251..comments2013-07-10T15:37:50.712-07:00Comments on adventuresinfaroffplaces: ResurrectionJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082778145830117854noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298933661911100679.post-12021408041573877192010-05-05T09:22:01.369-07:002010-05-05T09:22:01.369-07:00Yes! I'm loving this book. I've been pro...Yes! I'm loving this book. I've been processing and talking about this stuff for a while, and people either don't know how to respond or they ask me, "Have you read Surprised By Hope?". Now I see why. He puts structure to some of these seemingly abstract thoughts about new creation, new city, and resurrection.<br />You're right about most Easter messages (and this is not just an Easter message but THE message) not touching the flesh and blood reality of resurrection. Eugene Peterson touches this a bit in some of his books, and Tim Keller touches it a bit when he talks about the New City. Theology regarding the New City has taken off recently because church planters (i.e. Acts 29) are getting excited about transforming cities. This is a good thing, but it's just a part. Yes, cities will be transformed, but that's because the whole earth, even the whole cosmos (as Wright likes to say) will be transformed. <br />I feel like I've stumbled upon something that is reshaping things for me. It's like I've gotten to the next chapter in a really good book, and this chapter is reshaping the whole story. I didn't think the book could get any better but now it has!Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13029443779013916438noreply@blogger.com