Giving Christianity Back to Agape Love

How could a church that has been plagued by anti-Semitism the killing of the Crusades and the violence of the Inquisition (to name a few) be redeemed of these evils? Quite simply it has always returned to Jesus. When you return to Jesus you return to the heart of his message: agape. Agape is a Greek word in the New Testament referring to a love that is without limits and beyond conditions. Agape is the love that God has for us and that we are called to have towards one another. . This book centers around this one assumption: God loves us unconditionally. Our task- individually and as communities- is to be instruments of that love. This book reenvisions traditional Christian beliefs- including sin the Bible salvation homosexuality pluralism Jesus and atonement theology- through the lens of agape love. What would the Christian life look like if we embodied the good news in community as contemplatives in action?. In a time when churches are dying and failing giving Christianity back to agape love has the power to bring life into a religion that feels old worn out and over-institutionalized. To return Christianity to Jesus is to give the church universal back to a love that is boundless free and unconditional; to a love that finds its heart in service peacemaking and radical transformation; to a love that will set the world on fire.