{"product_id":"before-god-9780802822147","title":"Before God","description":"Many Christians today have experienced a loss of enormous significance - they no longer understand their daily lives to be lived \"before God.\" This timely work traces the development and implications of this loss and argues for its recovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In comparing contemporary Christians with believers of previous eras, author George Stroup sees an \"eclipse\" of life lived before God. This eclipse is tragic because the Bible presupposes human life as a daily, personal relationship with God. Stroup here offers help by exploring anew the biblical view that Jesus Christ models most clearly what life lived before God and neighbor looks like. He then suggests that describing Christian life as gratitude naturally evokes a sense of life lived before God. The book concludes by examining whether life before God requires a sense of God's presence -- and whether it is possible to live before God even in those times when he seems to be absent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George W. Stroup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.28w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802822147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2004 pg. 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge W. Stroup is J. B. Green Professor of Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. His other books include \u003ci\u003eJesus Christ for Today.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45073517412467,"sku":"9780802822147","price":29.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7ebdc11e-2f9b-4699-8acb-e0f7db50a9fa.jpg?v=1780703198","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/before-god-9780802822147","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}