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Borrowing from the parental imagery of 'authoritative' and 'nurturing, ' Sanders dismantles the traditional view of God as an authoritative dictator who fiercely punishes disobedient children and draws a picture from Scripture of the God who nurtures with love, teaches with patience, empathizes with compassion, and saves us through grace. Because we tend to imitate the God we imagine, Sanders asserts that our 'view of God has real consequences for life.' Imagine, then, how the world would change if Christians everywhere rejected the authoritative tyrannical God who trades in wrath and punishment and decided instead to imitate the scriptural God who nurtures, loves, and saves through Jesus Christ. This is the God Sanders reveals to us. --Sharon L. Putt, Messiah College

"""Borrowing from the parental imagery of 'authoritative' and 'nurturing, ' Sanders dismantles the traditional view of God as an authoritative dictator who fiercely punishes disobedient children and draws a picture from Scripture of the God who nurtures with love, teaches with patience, empathizes with compassion, and saves us through grace. Because we tend to imitate the God we imagine, Sanders asserts that our 'view of God has real consequences for life.' Imagine, then, how the world would change if Christians everywhere rejected the authoritative tyrannical God who trades in wrath and punishment and decided instead to imitate the scriptural God who nurtures, loves, and saves through Jesus Christ. This is the God Sanders reveals to us."" --Sharon L. Putt, Messiah College"

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John Sanders is Professor of Religious Studies at Hendrix College. He is the author of several books including Theology in the Flesh (2016) and The God Who Risks (2007).

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