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description: Ulrich L. Lehner reintroduces Christians to the true Godnot the polite easygoing divine therapist who doesnt ask much of us but the Almighty God who is unpredictable awe-inspiring and demands our entire lives. Stripping away the niceties with a sling blade Lehner shows that God is more strange and beautiful than we imagine and wants to know and transform us in the most intimate way.With his iconoclastic new book God Is Not Nice  Lehner one of the most promising young Catholic theologians in America challenges the God of popular culture and many of our churches and reintroduces the God of the Bible and traditional Christianity. As Lehner writes in the books introduction We all need the vaccine of the true transforming and mysterious character of The God who shows up in burning bushes speaks through donkeys drives demons into pigs throws Saul from his horse and appears to St. Francis. Its only this God who has the power to challenge us change us and make our lives dangerous. He sweeps us into a great adventure that will make us into different people.This book is not safe. It may startle and annoy many peopleincluding those who purport to teach and preach the Gospel but are missing it according to Lehner. God Is Not Nice intends to overthrow all of our popular misconceptions about God inviting us to ask deeper questions about the nature of our lives and our relationship with him.When you're finished with God Is Not Nice  you may find the idols you constructed in Gods name smashed replaced with a God who will ask you to live an entirely different life full of hope and transformation.God Is Not Nice has been translated into several foreign languages.
language: English
title: God Is Not Nice: Rejecting Pop Culture Theology and Discovering the God Worth Living For
publisher: Ave Maria Press