Incarnate: The Body of Christ in an Age of Disengagement
"We are all facing it--the rootless, disembodied, cyber-based existence of today's modern world. We are struggling to live amidst flat landscapes that separate mind from body from soul. InIncarnateMichael Frost shows us how this world defies the incarnation. He unfolds the glories of returning to the body as the place where God has come in Christ to restore our lives. His writing couldn't be more inspired. His book couldn't be more timely." (David Fitch, Lindner Chair of Theology, Northern Seminary; author, Prodigal Christianity)"This timely book is about more than simply becoming better Christians, it is about making the world a better place. With biting commentary and insightful critique of society--as well as the church's posture in it--this book may be Mike's best to date (and that says a lot). It is well researched and thoughtful in its summation. I am recommending it to all that I work with to help frame our true mission. We have needed this book for a long time, and I am so glad it is finally here." (Neil Cole, author of Organic Church, Organic Leadership, Church 3.0, Primal Fire, Cultivating a life for God and Journeys to Significance)"Once again, renowned Australian missiologist Michael Frost delivers up a rich and wide-ranging combination of astute commentary and informed critique. His central theme--a lament over our increasingly disincarnate lives--is balanced perfectly by his firm and salvific call to all of us to rediscover and reclaim our Judeo-Christian heritage as 'spirited bodies.'" (Phyllis Tickle, author, The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why)"With this book my comrade Michael Frost emerges as not only an already acclaimed missiologist but also as a deeply prophetic cultural interpreter for the church in our time. I have always felt that this was the book Mike was destined to write, and I think the reader will soon agree. Profound and important!" (Alan Hirsch, founder of Forge Missional Training Network and Future Travelers)"God has always desired to have his presence with us--the wholeness of his presence in and among us. It is sin that interrupts that presence. But in redemption that interruption has been removed.Incarnatewill take the Christian community to the cutting edge of where the Spirit of God is pulling us to go. It is a significant book for a significant time." (John M. Perkins, founder of the Christian Community Development Association, author of Let Justice Roll Down and Welcoming Justice)"In a culture obsessed with practices, technologies and forms of entertainment that distance us from what is most real-and-true human experience, Michael Frost wisely takes us back to the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ.Incarnateteases out the real-world implications of the embodied presence of God in Jesus Christ as the missional key for the body of Christ. Essential reading for faith communities seeking to follow Jesus into loving God by loving neighbors." (Dwight J. Friesen, associate professor of practical theology at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, coauthor of The New Parish)