Action in Waiting

Action in Waiting

by Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt (Author), Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt (Author), Rodney Clapp (Foreword)

Synopsis

Given the number of people who've been saved, you'd think the world was becoming a brighter place. It could be, too, if more people would grasp the joy of losing themselves in service to God and each other. People like Christoph Blumhardt, who, in his quest to get to the essentials of faith, burns away the religious trappings of modern piety like so much chaff. Blumhardt writes with unabashed fervor, but his passion encourages rather than intimidates. His witness influenced theological giants like Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth. But Action in Waiting is not theology; it is too blunt, too earthy, too real. Its active expectation of God's kingdom shows us that the object of our hope is not relegated to some afterlife. Today, in our world, it can come into its own - if only we are ready.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 253
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Plough Publishing House
Published: 25 May 2014

ISBN 10: 0874869544
ISBN 13: 9780874869545
Book Overview: A message to stir the embers of a dying faith.

Media Reviews
Blumhardt does something very few of us can do: represent God's cause in the world yet not wage war on the world, love the world and yet be faithful to God. -- Karl Barth
Who else, besides Barth, is so unrelenting in their attack on religion? Yet who else uses the language of faith so straightforwardly and without apology? -- Stanley Hauerwas, co-author, Resident Aliens
Pulse-quickening...Blumhardt reminds us that personal peace is merely the wrapping paper of a more magnificent gift: confidence in the coming of God's kingdom. -- Rodney Clapp
Author Bio
Pastor, politician, and author, Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt (1842-1919) with his unconventional ideas about the kingdom of God, profoundly influenced a whole generation of European seekers. Among the luminaries he influenced were Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Emil Brunner, Oscar Cullman, and Karl Barth. Yet his vision and witness are still waiting to be discovered by most Americans, few of whom have had access to his works. He carried forward the work of his father, Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1805-1880), who is regarded by many as the key figure of German pietism.