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by Rowan Williams (Foreword), Samuel Wells (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Zondervan Publishing House (1 Jan 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0310270170
  • ISBN-13: 978-0310270171
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.4 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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What does it mean to be transformed by the passion of Christ? That's the question that Samuel Wells poses as he follows Jesus' encounters with six individuals during the last days of his life on Earth: Pontius Pilate, Barabbas, Joseph of Arimathea, Pilate's wife, Peter, and Mary Magdalene. In each of these encounters, Wells, through close readings of the Scripture, finds a different type of power revealed. The figures from Scripture come alive as their conflicts and doubts are displayed along with their discoveries as they met with the King of Kings. In this book, structured with one chapter for each week of Lent, Wells guides us toward a "transformed passion" as the true power of Christ's final days is revealed. The book offers questions at the end of each chapter for prayer and discussion. The Archbishop of Canterbury selected "Power and Passion" as his Lent book for 2007.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Becoming more like Jesus, 3 Jan 2007
By M. P. C. Collinson (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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Ethics is the new evangelism. Or rather, how we live as Christians will give us the opportunity to lead more to Christ. Sam Wells is an ethicist, who has studied Hauerwas' virtue ethics, and leant his trade as a pastor and leader on the council estates of Tyneside and Norwich and suburban Cambridge. During that time he recognized his calling was to write. Suddenly his talent was recognized and he was plucked from obscurity (how many leaders dream of that?) to replace William Willimon (one of the US's greatest preachers) and become Dean of Duke Chapel, and possible eventual mantel bearer to his long time mentor, Stanley himself.

I've just been sent Sam's new book, which the Archbishop of Canterbury asked him to write for Lent. It's called `Power and Passion' and looks at how six characters in the passion narrative relate to Jesus. I think it's fantastic! It analyses the interplay of power between Jesus and Pilate, Barabbas, Joseph of Arimathea, Mrs Pilate (!), Peter and Mary Magdalene. Sticking closely to the text of the most powerful story ever told (remember Leighton Ford's book - 'The Power of Story'?) the author provides perhaps something old, but definitely something new, by reflecting on how these characters relate to Jesus - and we find ourselves in all of them.

The argument builds to a crescendo: Jesus invites us to a new kind of passion, because he brings us a new kind of power. I want more of that passion and that power. There are some powerful moments in the book. It made me think about the power I didn't realise I have, and the role violence in society today. It helped me understand those Christians who find it hard to publicly follow Jesus, and the tension many women feel who are married to men less spiritually aware than they are.

Each chapter ends with `wonderings'. Saying `I wonder...' can be a much better way of reflecting on Scripture than asking questions. And after that a prayer. If you want to be stimulated by a week of daily readings in your quiet time then get this book. I bet you'll even read it on your day off.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful and full of insight. , 17 Feb 2007
Sam Wells has written a real winner in this powerful book. His dramatic presentation of how six characters responded to our Lord's Passion and Crucifixion is deeply challenging.
Sam's portrayal of Pontius Pilate, Barabbas, Joseph of Arimathea, Mrs Pilate, Peter and Mary Magdalen are true to human experience, and not least of all to ourselves. At the end of each character study there is section entitled "opportunities for individual or group reflection." The reader is asked to consider nine or ten possibilities that might help him or her grow in wisdom. These begin with the words - "I wonder..."
"I wonder what it feels like to sense that truth is against you." (from the section following Pontius Pilate.)
This isn't only a book for Lent. Its a profound introduction to the Christian Faith that will help any genuine seeker in his search for the reality of God.

Right at the start the author expresses his aims in writing the book.

"I believe that in Jesus' resurrection lies the power to transform the passion of our lives. This transformed passion gives dsciples a new power that is best described as a new politics because it changes so many of the things we take for granted that makes the world go round."

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5.0 out of 5 stars A breakthrough book, 24 May 2007
Sam Wells is perhaps the most exciting speaker and thinker in western Christianity today. This book is simple, erudite and deeply moving. More than that it is totally accessible to a general reader. Rarely has the central part of the Jesus story been examined in such an innovative and interesting way.
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