A sharp, funny, and theologically grounded challenge to the way modern Christianity sees salvation.

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  • "This book changes everything."

    - someone might say after reading it and having several glasses of wine

  • "I am agnostic, but if I were going to believe something about God, it might be because of this book. My uncle wanted me to say that 'this book changes everything,' but that was a little over the top, and he was out of wine."

    - author's niece

  • "Your professor is sent by the Devil."

    - a former student's grandmother

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About the Book

Caught between how ancient people understood divinity, which was mostly as supreme beings with large egos and a hankering for sacrificed animals, and Christ’s message of God’s reckless and radical love, Christianity has always sought to thread the needle between God’s justice and God’s love.

Much of contemporary Christianity does this by believing that a heartfelt thumbs up to Jesus and His sacrifice on the cross satiates God’s need for justice and opens a private door to the fullness of His love - salvation. While this belief is understood as granting an express pass to paradise, it also grants quite a bit of leeway on the necessity of doing the things Jesus actually taught… like all the loving your enemies, feeding the hungry and the not judging stuff.

What if the choice was not between God’s love and God’s justice because God’s love was God’s justice? And what if this is the Good News of Jesus? That GOD IS LOVE, and it is only love that makes one a follower of His and a child of God.

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About the Author

Alex Schlich is a part-time theologian and a full-time dad. He holds degrees in theology and ministry and can often be found holding a glass of wine. He has taught religious studies and theology at both the secondary and university levels and has only been called “sent by the Devil” by one former student’s grandmother.