{"product_id":"make-way-for-the-spirit-my-fathers-battle-and-mine-9780874862836","title":"Make Way for the Spirit: My Father's Battle and Mine","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Blumhardts, father and son, two witnesses to the power of the Holy Spirit, heralds of the breaking in of God's kingdom here on earth. And almost inseparable today, so completely did the son take up his famous father's mantle and absorb his vision. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut God marches forward in history, and whoever stands still is in danger of losing God. Here the son, Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, writes as nowhere else about his father, Johann Christoph Blumhardt, clarifying the unity and continuity in their thought, but also his own painful though necessary points of departure. In particular, he takes a critical look at the role of faith healing, exorcism, and spiritual warfare in \"The Awakening\" that thrust his father into the limelight, as well as his father's reluctance to step beyond the walls of the Christianity he inherited. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGod wants to renew the whole world, \u003c\/b\u003eto pour out his Spirit on humankind again, and around the world Christians are praying for renewal and revival. Are we standing in the way? Blumhardt calls out obstacles or \"false crutches\" that he believes thwarted the movement of the Spirit in his father's time and his own, all of which are still with us today: a focus on piety and personal salvation, misconceptions about mission and evangelism, and the institutional church with its human structures, dogmas, and traditions. If the religion of our churches is too small for God, are we ready to step outside and live in accordance with his great future?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plough Publishing House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874862836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlumhardt, Christoph Friedrich:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eChristoph Friedrich Blumhardt \u003c\/b\u003e(1842-1919), with his unconventional ideas about the kingdom of God, profoundly affected a whole generation of European seekers. Pastor, politician, and author, he influenced Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Emil Brunner, Oscar Cullman, and Karl Barth, among other luminaries. Yet his vision and witness are still waiting to be discovered by most Americans, few of whom have had access to his works. He carried forward the work of his father, Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1805-1880), who is regarded by many as the key figure of German pietism.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinn, Christian T. Collins:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eChristian T. Collins Winn \u003c\/b\u003e(PhD, Drew University) is Associate Professor of Theology at the Global Center for Advanced Studies, College Dublin, and a licensed minister in the American Baptist Churches (USA). He is author of \u003ci\u003e\"Jesus is Victor!\" The Significance of the Blumhardts for the Theology of Karl Barth.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoore, Charles E.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eCharles E. Moore \u003c\/b\u003eis co-editor, with Christian T. Collins Winn, of The Blumhardt Source Series. He has also edited several acclaimed popular collections of Blumhardt writings, including \u003ci\u003eAction in Waiting, Everyone Belongs to God, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe God Who Heals. \u003c\/i\u003eOther books he has compiled and edited include \u003ci\u003eCalled to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People, Bearing Witness: Stories of Martyrdom and Costly Discipleship, Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLeo Tolstoy: Spiritual Writings. \u003c\/i\u003eCharles Moore is a member of the Bruderhof and lives at the Mount Community in New York State with his wife and daughter. He writes for \u003ci\u003ePlough Quarterly \u003c\/i\u003eand blogs at Bruderhof.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plough Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42806624157811,"sku":"9.78087E+12","price":22.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_554b8052-c515-4629-bef1-8fda5d185592.jpg?v=1738238693","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/make-way-for-the-spirit-my-fathers-battle-and-mine-9780874862836","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}