Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God, Brian Zahnd
Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God, Brian Zahnd
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Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God
The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News

Author: Brian Zahnd

Narrator: Brian Zahnd

Unabridged: 5 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/31/2018

Synopsis

God is wrath? Or God is Love? In his famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Puritan revivalist Jonathan Edwards shaped predominating American theology with a vision of God as angry, violent, and retributive. Three centuries later, Brian Zahnd was both mesmerized and terrified by Edwards’s wrathful God. Haunted by fear that crippled his relationship with God, Zahnd spent years praying for a divine experience of hell. What Zahnd experienced instead was the Father’s love—revealed perfectly through Jesus Christ—for all prodigal sons and daughters. In Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God, Zahnd asks important questions like: Is seeing God primarily as wrathful towards sinners true or biblical? Is fearing God a normal expected behavior? And where might the natural implications of this theological framework lead us? Thoughtfully wrestling with subjects like Old Testament genocide, the crucifixion of Jesus, eternal punishment in hell, and the final judgment in Revelation, Zahnd maintains that the summit of divine revelation for sinners is not God is wrath, but God is love.

About Brian Zahnd

Brian Zahnd is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. Known for his theologically informed preaching and his embrace of the deep and long history of the church, Zahnd provides a forum for pastors to engage with leading theologians and is a frequent conference speaker. He is the author of several books, including Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God, A Farewell to Mars, and Beauty Will Save the World.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on June 04, 2018

Though I was an atheist, I was, as many Americans are, a puritanical atheist, because much of the faith that faith that came to America was viewed through a puritanical lens. (Similarly, many Christians and evangelical Christians are puritanical Christians, whether we realize it or not). I was confr......more

Goodreads review by Clif on October 01, 2018

If the title of this book has the ring of familiarity, it may be from past attendance in an English literature class in which the reading of, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” by Jonathan Edwards was assigned reading. The similarity and one-word difference between this book's title and Edwards......more

Goodreads review by Joe on August 24, 2017

Honestly, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God is one of the most eye-opening and challenging books about faith I have ever read. I grew up in the Bible Belt and I had know how much toxic and dangerous theology I had inherited from my local church environment. Brian Zahnd's premise is as devastating......more

Goodreads review by Meredith on September 12, 2017

As a recovering fundamentalist, I have found this book to be very healing. Rather than the fire and brimstone gospel that has been touted to me so much, this book actually delves into Jesus, what he really taught and how God really is. God is love, not hate, not revenge. So, so important.......more

Goodreads review by Alexandra on October 07, 2019

This book will make people uncomfortable, because we are so conditioned to see God as constantly angry and to see us as constantly failing to earn his love and respect. This book is a quiet, beautiful look at the gentle heart of God reflected in the prodigal son’s father, and it was incredibly refre......more

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