Did God Kill Jesus?: Searching for Love in History's Most Famous Execution

by Tony Jones

Book Overview

The popular Patheos blogger wants to restore the cross as primarily a symbol of God's overwhelming love for us and to rescue Christians from the shame and guilt from seeing our situation as "sinners in the hands of an angry God," which was an invention of the medieval church and became enshrined as orthodox Christianity.

Many Christians believe that God the Father demanded his only Son die a cruel, gruesome death to appease His wrath, since...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062297961
• ISBN13: 9780062297969
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"