On God’s Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned about Serving the Common Good (audio)

by Jim Wallis

Publisher:

christianaudio.com

, 2013

Overview

“My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side.”--Abraham Lincoln Lincoln led America through one of the most tumultuous times in our nation’s history. Reading his words today, it is clear we still have much to learn concerning what it means to be on God’s side. Bestselling author, public theologian, and leading Christian activist Jim Wallis speaks directly into our current context, revealing the spiritual compass we need to effect lasting change in our society. He explains how the good news of Jesus transforms not only our individual lives but also our public lives. Jesus’s gospel of the kingdom of God helps us recover a personal and social commitment to the common good and shows us--in concrete ways--how to be both personally responsible and socially just. Working together, we can reshape our churches, society, politics, and economy. Releasing in the wake of the 2012 election cycle, this book seeks to move beyond the current media and political warfare and bring together a divided country. Wallis explores how Jesus’s agenda can serve the common good, what it takes to sustain a lifelong commitment to social justice, and how reading the Bible as well as the culture can shape our lives for genuine transformation.

Product Details

• Title: On God’s Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned about Serving the Common Good (audio)
• Author: Jim Wallis
• Publisher: christianaudio.com
• Print Publication Date: 2013
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Audio
• Subject: Religion › Christian Living--Social Issues
• ISBNs: 9781610456920, 1610456920
• Resource ID: LLS:9781610456920
• Resource Type: Media
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T17:12:14Z

About Jim Wallis

Jim Wallis (b. June 4, 1948) is an American evangelical Christian writer and political activist. He is best known as the founder and editor of Sojourners magazine, and of the Washington, D.C. -based Christian community of the same name. Although Wallis actively eschews political labels, his advocacy tends to focus on issues of peace and social justice and he works as a spiritual advisor to President Barack Obama.