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Tony Jones writes historical fiction set in the late Roman world, an age of frontier wars and palace intrigue. His debut trilogy traces the rise of a soldier's son — born to a concubine on the empire's margins — to Constantine the Great, drawn not as a saint or a symbol, but as a man: ambitious, ruthless, and human. He has three adult children, and he lives in Minnesota with his wife and two dogs. ...more

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	The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier 3.62 avg rating — 346 ratings — published 2008 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Did God Kill Jesus?: Searching for Love in History’s Most Famous Execution 4.02 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Better Atonement: Beyond the Depraved Doctrine of Original Sin 3.68 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The God of Wild Places: Rediscovering the Divine in the Untamed Outdoors 3.72 avg rating — 314 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Teaching of the Twelve: Believing & Practicing the Primitive Christianity of the Ancient Didache Community 3.89 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Postmodern Youth Ministry 3.40 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Liveaboard Guide: Living afloat on the inland waterways 4.11 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Church Is Flat: The Relational Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church Movement 3.23 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Read. Think. Pray. Live. (TH1NK) 3.84 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soul Shaper 3.42 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There are two ways,” he told me, “and they are love and not love. I choose love.”
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“God’s power, it turns out, comes in God’s willingness to abdicate power. God saves the world through submission to the point of solidarity with human weakness. Jesus’ final teaching to his disciples was to wash their feet and then tell them to go and do likewise, to act as servants to the world. Too often, Christians have done just the opposite.”
― Tony Jones, Did God Kill Jesus?: Searching for Love in History's Most Famous Execution – Essential Biblical Theology on Atonement and Grace

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“Paul famously wrote, “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”5 How often do we measure Christian ideas and beliefs by these criteria?”
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