Is Your God Big Enough? Close Enough? You Enough?

by Paul R. Smith

Overview

Foreword by Richard Rohr, Afterword by Ken Wilber

This book provides an integral exploration of God, Jesus, and the Bible that provides a new unifying framework for Christian consciousness in our contemporary world. The bigger, closer, and more human God of Jesus hidden behind the traditional Trinity is God-beyond-us, God-beside-us, and God-being-us: divine consciousness in all its modes Here is a God who is big enough for our minds, close enough for our hearts, and us enough for, and as, our deepest identity.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158590276
Publisher:	Paragon House Publishers
Publication date:	08/24/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

During Paul Smith's nearly half a century of innovative pastoral leadership at Broadway Church in Kansas City, Missouri, the church has evolved from a traditional Southern Baptist church to the integral model described in Integral Christianity. Smith has taught on the evolving church at seminaries and churches around the country. In addition to numerous articles, booklets, and teaching CD's and DVD's, he has authored Is It Okay to Call God Mother? Considering the Feminine Face of God. His dream has been to develop an inclusive, theologically progressive, healing community focused on the spiritual transformation that comes from following Jesus Christ.

Editorial Reviews

"With this book Smith continues his pioneering application of Integral Theory to Christianity. He shows the true and often hidden meaning of the Trinity. And this gives us a staggering increase in our understanding of Christianity! This is indeed another and major contribution by Smith to the manifestation of a truly Integral Christianity."

Ken Wilber

"This is the most important book I have read in the last 15 years. For those who desire a deeper and richer understanding of Jesus, this book is a feast. It is a new wineskin, which represents an ever more divine level of consciousness capable of bringing together the body of Christ in a way that nothing else can."

James P. Danaher

"This book is magnificent. Rev. Smith, in clear contemporary yet biblically grounded language, explains the spiritual essence of Jesus' teaching, and therefore of Christianity, better than any writer I have ever read. I recommend the book to every Christian and to all spiritual seekers."

Jim Marion

"This book brings together a rich tapestry of science and spirituality in a way that is accessible to a world seeking light. It is a book that one can read over and over again, finding new insights each time. The title alone reveals its breadth: How big is your God? May this book touch your life and transform your vision of God who dwells in the heart of the cosmos as the fullness of love."

Ilia Delio

"You are about to be the beneficiary of a most subtle understanding of what Jesus himself talked about. A very practical guide on how you can get to a very big picture yourself, and also get yourself out of the way. You have in your hands a book that will be at the top of my recommended (required?) reading list for all of my students. Please trust me as I tell you to trust the wisdom you are about to uncover here."

Richard Rohr