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The goodness of judgment

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"In this volume McSwain continues to deploy Karl Barth, Julian of Norwich, Athanasius, James Cone, and dozens of others to buttress his claim about human duplicity and the Easter asymmetry which allows us to properly interpret our lives by the gospel. Specifically, the focus is on Christ's cross which provides the radical discontinuity (judgment) needed to preserve the continuity of God's good creation. In resurrection light we see the inner connection of re-creation to creation, an atonement that disentangles good from evil, righteousness from sin, and life from death. Even thought the prefect clarity of this liberating separation is resserved for judgment day, this same judgment of grace frees us to live now as 'eschatological activists' in the Liberator's way of justice and peace. In view of the cross, the Spirit empowers us to live in the hidden truth of who Christ is and who we have always been in Christ, as God's beloved in the trinitarian communion McSwain's cosmic vision pictures all people sharing in Christ's sufferings and also in his glory. Thus, the reconciled human community genuinely participates 'as one' in Christ's victory over sin, death, and the devil." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

Table of Contents

Volume Two Preface -- Introduction: A Liberating Separation -- Introducing Theodicy -- The Prevalence of Evil and the Presence of God: Keeping Depravity in Its Proper Place -- PART FIVE: Jesus Is My Heaven. First-Heaven Problems -- "They Will All Know Me" (Because They Do) -- The Rest of Our Life -- Gathered and Scattered -- The Grace of Wrath -- Children of Wrath? -- Vanier Exposed -- The Second-Heaven Intervention -- The Goodness of Judgment -- The Big Picture -- Deliverance Time! -- The Highest View of Scripture -- Parting from the Old Red Sea Narrative -- Merry Christmas, Malachi! -- Repent and Believe! -- Standing Pat at the Gate -- Damned and Delivered -- Saved by the Blood? -- PART SIX: Living Life from the Third Heaven. Holiness or Wholeness? -- Seeing and Believing with Thomas -- Retributive vs. Restorative Justice -- Gender Bending? -- Coming Home -- Reconciliation as Remembering Friends -- Nothing but Green -- The Sword and the Spirit -- The Ship-Shape of the Atonement -- Life in Spite of Death -- Salvation by Subtraction -- PART SEVEN: Immortals Fall. Bringing Immortality to Light -- The Power of Contrast (But Not the Need) -- Species of Origen? -- Playing by the Book: Give Me Revelation! -- Test or War? -- The Liar's Religion -- One Tree in the Garden -- The Why Question -- Theodicy Revisited -- The Human Mission? -- Double Agents and Situational Ethics -- Conclusion: Between Two Swords -- Epilogue: Dew Song -- Epigraph Sources -- Bibliography -- Names Index -- Scripture Index.

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McSwain, Jeff. The goodness of judgment

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