The Ancient Story of God-With-Us
Ebook
Overview
What is forming you? We often assume that our identities are formed and created only when we intend them to be. But what if our quest for discerning the deepest truths about ourselves, our God, and our world are already governed by appetites and ways of thinking that are so fixed in our collective imaginations, we don’t even know that they’re there? This book is aimed at exposing those hidden assumptions that have kept us feeling like God is distant while we remain divided, anxious, and afraid--despite our best efforts to overcome through private prayer and Bible reading. The Ancient Story of God-With-Us is about the good news that you don’t have to think or pray your way out of this wilderness by yourself. Through our storied identity with God, we have been gifted deep wells from which to draw again and again as the Spirit woos us deeper into the inexhaustible mystery of the triune God-with-us. God is alive. We have nothing to fear.
Sensing his students’ loss of identity within a disenchanted world, Ray Robles offers the genuine antidote of stability found within ancient faith. The result is a much-needed book that turns to the Great Tradition of the church to make sense of the story of the Scriptures. Robles is rightly critical of early modern philosophical choices that have led to the fragmentation of being and the celebration of power. The Ancient Story of God-With-Us explains why we should avoid pitting Spirit over against tradition by offering a Spirit-guided return to the ancient faith. Readable yet well-informed, this book recalls why God is closer to us than we are to ourselves.
——Hans Boersma, Saint Benedict Servants of Christ Chair in Ascetical Theology, Nashotah House Theological Seminary
The reader uninitiated with the history and thought of the church awaits a wild ride through Robles’s account of the activity of the triune God. Robles’s explanation and exhortation arise from questions and issues students and congregants bring to him which reveal deep deficiencies in their foundational understanding of the God who is with us.
——Sean McGever, adjunct faculty, Grand Canyon University
Ray Robles’ The Ancient Story of God-With-Us is a timely call for the church to rediscover its roots while remaining attuned to the Spirit’s movement today. Years ago, Ray and I met at a moment when I was frustrated with the direction many churches seemed to be heading. His gentle yet piercing admonition—’You’re not kicking far back enough’—stirred something in me that I didn’t know I needed. This book invites readers to do the same: to kick back into the deep well of our ancient faith and, in the process, rediscover who we are. Ray’s wisdom and conviction shine on every page, offering a fresh yet timeless vision for the church’s future.
——D. A. Sherron, senior pastor, Global Fire Church
By recovering Christian theology’s proper subject matter—the nature, identity, and purposes of the Triune God—Ray Robles offers much needed ballast to Christians who are anxious about the future. A timely book!
——Jason E. Vickers, William J. Abraham Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies, Baylor University, Truett Seminary
- Title: The Ancient Story of God-With-Us
- Authors: Mark Chironna, Ray C. Robles
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Print Publication Date: 2025
- Logos Release Date: 2025
- Pages: 134
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9798385203437, 9798385203413, 9798385203420
- Resource ID: LLS:9798385203437
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-15T02:09:15Z