The Jubilee Gospel: The Jubilee, Spirit and the Church

by Kim Tan

This book challenges the church to ask whether or not the gospel as we commonly interpret it today really embodies the jubilee vision of the Bible. Imagine a group of forty adults living in community, assisting each other to buy houses, sharing material wealth and releasing the surplus to help others as a practical outworking of the biblical principles of jubilee. Kim Tan was part of this group, and in The Jubilee Gospel seeks to unpack these principles of sacrificial generosity, stewardship and social holiness. Starting with the OT principle of jubilee and tracing the themes through the Bible, we discover a way of living that reflects Gods justice and compassion and embraces kingdom politics and economics. What may seem buried deep in the early parts of the OT is brought up to date as were confronted by Jesus teaching and principles of wealth distribution, cancellation of debt, hospitality and storehouses.

Genres: Theology

160 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2008

Reviews

[Katrin V · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good, short, overview of the potential outworkings of living the jubilee gospel (which man has only fleetingly done) and the history of those groups who have sincerely tried to live by the principle of economic koinonia. Challenging.