A More Christlike God: A More Beautiful Gospel by Bradley Jersak
by Luke Randall
This is not a lightweight book (over 300 pages!), but nor is it an academic tone. Divided into three sections to include “What is God. Competing images of will and love”, “The cruciform God,” and “Unwrathing God.”
The book deals in depth with some of the more difficult “wrath” passages in the Bible. In chapter ten Bradley writes “If God operates in the world by consent, then we see wrath, not as the retribution of a wilful God, but as a metaphor for the consequences of God’s consent to our non-consent.
Similar to the writings of Brian Zahnd in his book “Sinners in the hands of a loving God,” Bradley suggests that God is perfectly revealed in Jesus, as seen especially on the cross. He suggests that the cruciform nature of God (shaped by the cross) should be the lens through which all scripture is interpreted.
Whilst some may see the writings of Bradley Jersak as on the liberal spectrum, one reviewer wrote “What an enlightening and encouraging book. Brings into a right perspective of what a loving Father really looks like, thanks!”
Possibly a marmite type book that some will love and others won’t?!