The Divine Intruder: When God Breaks Into Your Life

by James R. Edwards

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2017

Overview

James Edwards believes God is in the business of interrupting lives and changing them forever. He shows how the stories of eight biblical characters are paradigms for the ways God intrudes in our lives today, leading us to do His will and become the people He wants us to be. Through creatively told Bible stories and intriguing anecdotes of personal experiences, Edwards creates an interplay between the historical and the contemporary that allows you to discover God afresh. You’ll observe how God interrupts people’s lives in times of disillusionment, inadequacy, grief, and even opposition. As you join these conversations, you’ll understand God’s character in a new, intimate way. And, you may see clues to God’s interruptions in your own life.

Praise for The Divine Intruder

”Dr. Edwards has offered us what we most need and most resist--a terrifying meeting with God. As a biblical scholar, he provides fresh insights into the classic confrontations of creatures with their Creator.” --Craig Barnes, President Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ

“I am deeply engaged and moved by The Divine Intruder. The writing has a certain classic quality about it. The ‘breakthroughs’ of God into our lives that James Edwards explores are crucial to the formation of the human spirit in godliness."--Dallas Willard, former professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California and author of The Spirit of the Disciplines and The Divine Conspiracy

“I know of no wiser contemporary teacher of the doctrine of God than Jim Edwards. This book’s studies of the great biblical meetings with God instructs us in how this God encounters us curious human beings."--F. Dale Bruner, professor of religion emeritus, Whitworth College, author of Matthew: A Commentary

"A remarkable tribute to the sovereignty of God’s grace and dependability on God’s promises."--Donald G. Bloesch, professor of theology emeritus, Dubuque Theological Seminary, author of The Struggle of Prayer and A Theology of Word and Spirit

Product Details

• Title : The Divine Intruder: When God Breaks Into Your Life
• Author: Edwards, James R.
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication Date: 2017
• ISBN: 9781498297448

About James R. Edwards

James R. Edwards is professor of religion at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington. He has written numerous articles in scholarly and popular journals and is a contributing editor of Christianity Today. His other books include The Layman’s Overview of the Bible, The Divine Intruder: When God Breaks into Your Life, and the volume on Mark in the Pillar New Testament Commentary Series.