{"product_id":"your-god-is-too-somber-paperback","title":"Your God Is Too Somber - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Dreisbach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour God is too somber if your posture before him lacks a spirit of joy and a commitment to rejoice as much as possible. While life has its sadness and tragedy, the good news of Jesus Christ is that God's kingdom has won; and the suffering we face for a time is shorter compared with the endless delight that God promises. So, \"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice!\" (Phil 4:4). Your God is too somber if you embrace a theology of tears, rather than a theology of laughter. Of course, salvation and Christ's sacrifice are serious business, and we should engage in moments of penitential reflection, confession, and atonement. But all of this so we can shake off the shackles of our shortcomings and celebrate God fully and joyfully. Your God is too somber if you fail to see the humor in the Bible: the calls to joy, paradox, irony, burlesque, play, and wordplay. God laughs, sometimes with us, sometimes at us, and Jesus's humor is evident in parables and sayings, with the goal of teaching us the truth. Is your God too somber? This book aims to help you answer that question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Dreisbach is the director of the Division of Public Safety Leadership in Johns Hopkins University's School of Education; professor of moral and systematic theology (part-time) at St. Mary's Ecumenical Institute; and an Episcopal priest. His four most recent books are \u003ci\u003eEthics in Criminal Justice\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eCollingwood on the Moral Principles of Art\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eSocial and Criminal Justice in Moral Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and \u003ci\u003eConstitutional Literacy: A 21\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003est\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Century Imperative \u003c\/i\u003e(2017). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42735880306784,"sku":"9781532655999","price":44.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/ueSiPnMOVF9781532655999.webp?v=1777802100","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/your-god-is-too-somber-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}