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I'm not sure I could name all the titles of the books Tim has now written. I've even written one or two with him. But this is the best so far, by far! It fed my soul and through it I enjoyed grace in a new way. In fact, the book is a sumptuous meal in its own right. Buy it, not just to read it, but to feast on it. --Steve Timmis, Director, Acts 29 Western Europe; co-author 'Total Church'
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Meals have always been important across societies and cultures - a time for friends and families to come together. An important part of relationships, meals are vital to our social health. Or as author Tim Chester puts it, Food connects.
Tim argues that meals are also deeply theological - an important part of Christian fellowship and mission. He observes that Luke's Gospel is full of stories of Jesus at meals. And these meals represent something bigger. In six chapters Tim shows how they enact grace, community, hope, mission, salvation and promise.
Moving from New Testament times to today, the author applies biblical truth to challenge our contemporary understandings of hospitality. He urges sacrificial giving and loving around the table, helping readers consider how meals can be about serving others and sharing the grace of Christ.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I'll be honest, I was looking forward to reading this book. I like the author's blog, and the talks I've seen him give. I also like the theme, who doesn't? However, it was better than I expected it to be.
Tim Chester uses the meals recorded in the gospel of Luke as a foundation for engaging with Jesus' use of food, and the place of the meal in salvation history.
The book deals with some fairly deep theology but in a very accessible way. It is seasoned with real life stories and doesn't pull any punches when it comes to application.
I'm aware of a growing number of voices in the evangelical church calling us to bring the meal back to a more central spot in our life together. This book will fuel that fire and undergird it with a solid understanding from scripture. Bottom line, it will encourage us to follow in the way of Jesus, the one who came eating and drinking.
Get it. Read it. Pass it on. Talk about it over dinner.
Tim Chester uses the meals recorded in the gospel of Luke as a foundation for engaging with Jesus' use of food, and the place of the meal in salvation history.
The book deals with some fairly deep theology but in a very accessible way. It is seasoned with real life stories and doesn't pull any punches when it comes to application.
I'm aware of a growing number of voices in the evangelical church calling us to bring the meal back to a more central spot in our life together. This book will fuel that fire and undergird it with a solid understanding from scripture. Bottom line, it will encourage us to follow in the way of Jesus, the one who came eating and drinking.
Get it. Read it. Pass it on. Talk about it over dinner.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"Jesus is either going to, coming from or at a meal." This fresh approach to the Gospel of Luke by Tim Chester is, on the one hand an exciting picture of the "feast to come" for believers, but also a pointed reminder of the task of the church and believers in this present age. Through his study of the Gospel of Luke, Chester gives us a glimpse of how the meal can be a catalyst for grace,community and hope in a world which desperately needs all three.
I encourage church leaders, in fact all Christians with a passion for those who don't know Jesus (shouldn't we all have that passion!) to read this book and to be challenged. In this challenge Chester gives us the simplest of clues as to how we can be more effective - our dining table.
I encourage church leaders, in fact all Christians with a passion for those who don't know Jesus (shouldn't we all have that passion!) to read this book and to be challenged. In this challenge Chester gives us the simplest of clues as to how we can be more effective - our dining table.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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It was a pleasure to pick up this book. This is my first Tim Chester book. I found his writing style quite refreshing and very engaging. He places us within the scenes of the gospel narratives and makes them come alive! Tim Chester clearly has studied the role that meals played in Jesus's life and he challenges us to see the same! It is powerfully engaging. I particularly found his reflections on the role meals play in mission and community very useful. His reflections on the Holy Communion was deeply insightful. Wish every church can read them!
Two quibbles - the treatment of the eschatology and heavenly elements was a little light! Though he helps us see clearly that food is more than just for the stomach, he could have explained more on just how it is that we will still be eating in heaven or in the new earth. I share his interpretations, just a little meat on them would have been good! The second quibble is more presentational - many quotes had names upfront, but a few didn't which meant I had to keep checking the references. Easy thing to do on the kindle, but down the line I may find it annoying as I use the Kindle quote reviewer, unless I had highlighted the passage.
In general I wholeheartedly commend it! Will certainly be re-reading it!
Two quibbles - the treatment of the eschatology and heavenly elements was a little light! Though he helps us see clearly that food is more than just for the stomach, he could have explained more on just how it is that we will still be eating in heaven or in the new earth. I share his interpretations, just a little meat on them would have been good! The second quibble is more presentational - many quotes had names upfront, but a few didn't which meant I had to keep checking the references. Easy thing to do on the kindle, but down the line I may find it annoying as I use the Kindle quote reviewer, unless I had highlighted the passage.
In general I wholeheartedly commend it! Will certainly be re-reading it!
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It's a great idea, to look at meals Jesus had in the Gospels and explore their meaning and the people he met and served and spoke with. In doing that, it's great. Read more
Published 2 months ago by freedomrulesok
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This is a pacey, if short theology of food, presenting "Jesus came eating and drinking." Chester well reasons that the taste of the Kingdom was revealed through Jesus'basic... Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. DOUGLAS
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