{"product_id":"the-hope-of-glory-a-theology-of-redemption-paperback","title":"The Hope of Glory: A Theology of Redemption - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan A. McFarland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eHope of Glory\u003c\/em\u003e affirms a Christian hope for life in glory to be conceived as the renewal of \u003cem\u003ethis\u003c\/em\u003e world as opposed to leaving this world behind: it is the same creation that God made \"in the beginning\" that God glorifies and redeems at the end.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen speaking of the redemption of all things, theology finds itself confronted by various pitfalls. On the one hand, this-worldly eschatologies that define Christian hope in terms of transforming the conditions of human existence in the present pay insufficient attention to the possibility of a wholly new creation. On the other hand, eschatologies that focus solely on the world to come fail to attend how Christian hope is a promise for the present as much as it is for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo avoid these pitfalls, says Ian McFarland, we need to seek the balance struck by Paul in the phrase \"the hope of glory\" (Col. 1:27). \u003cem\u003eHope\u003c\/em\u003e is always grounded in present reality; we hope for that which is not yet, but if that hope has no connection to our current experience, it is not hope at all, just wishful thinking. Yet \u003cem\u003eglory\u003c\/em\u003e is different; it refers to the displacement of the suffering and mortality of present experience with incorruption and immortality--a displacement that transcends every possibility of present existence because it is the utterly gracious gift of eschatological consummation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his previous work on creation (\u003cem\u003eFrom Nothing\u003c\/em\u003e) and incarnation (\u003cem\u003eThe Word Made Flesh\u003c\/em\u003e), McFarland demonstrates how, in the resurrection, we see the promise of a final redemption grounded in this-worldly hope yet realized in the glory of a new heaven and new earth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 275\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51495896678688,"sku":"9780664267001","price":43.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/3678\/2112\/files\/c2268e2371fa7d102680fc7074310287.webp?v=1776531215","url":"https:\/\/treewee.store\/products\/the-hope-of-glory-a-theology-of-redemption-paperback","provider":"Tree of Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}