Embraced: Prodigals at the Cross

by Steve Sherwood, Leonard Sweet (Foreword)

In a post-modern world leery of abstracted theology, might the answers to the deep question of why Jesus died on the cross be found, not in theology textbooks, but in the stories of the Bible? What if the playing out of one Hebrew word, hesed, tells us who we are, who God is, and what Jesus' life and death were all about? Prodigals at the Cross tells the story of hesed, God's steadfast love, as it weaves its way from our creation for relationship, through our rejection of that relationship, to God's centuries-long pursuit of reconciliation. The story ends in embrace, the embrace of a good father who runs to his prodigal son, and a loving God who takes on human flesh to reach out to us on the cross. This book is God's story. This book is our story.

190 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2010

Reviews

[Jere Witherspoon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Steve is a co-worker. I borrowed my friends copy to read over the weekend. When I returned to work I e-mailed Steve and bought 4 copies from him. I am now reading this with 4 other ladies and blogging a book discussion about it.

Steve writes the way he speaks and his style sets well with my mind and heart.

Basically Embraced is Steve's dissertation for his D.Min. program. It's a lot better than most dissertations as it is easy to read and has a lot of meaning packed into it's pages.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Didn't love it the first time, but can't get enough of hearing Steve talk about it, and I liked it a lot more the second time through. This is one I will reread throughout my life, I'm sure.

[Gregg Koskela · Rating 4 out of 5]

My friend Steve has written a helpful book. He's an excellent story teller, and uses those gifts to made some important theology very readable.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read. Lots of stories about ministry and Christianity. The main points were supported from lots of angles and it was an encouraging read. Likely to re read.