Ronni Kurtz – författare

Discover How a Deeper Appreciation of Theology Can Bring You JoyWe were made to know God and enjoy him forever. But in a world overflowing with to-do lists and pragmatic demands, spending time in contemplation of the beauty and glory of God can feel like a luxury--or even an indulgence. Theology for Life makes the case that it is neither. It is the very foundation of everything else.Pastor-theologian Ronni Kurtz takes a distinctive approach to introducing Christian doctrine. Each chapter does two things: first, it explains a crucial doctrine clearly and accessibly; then, it shows you how to delight in that doctrine and be shaped by it into the person God calls you to be. Good theology, Kurtz argues, isn't simply about learning--it's about living. And it produces not division or drudgery, but joy.Theology for Life unpacks ten crucial doctrines of the Christian faith--each one explored through the lens of delight:● Trinity--delighting in your God● Divine Attributes--delighting in perfection● Creation--delighting in your Maker● Scripture--delighting in your authority● Incarnation--delighting in your Savior● Justification--delighting in your verdict● Union with Christ--delighting in your identity● Preservation--delighting in your security● Ecclesiology--delighting in your community● Eschatology--delighting in the endBefore we can adequately serve God, we must actually know him. And as Kurtz shows us, when we truly know him we can't help but delight in him. Theology for Life is your invitation to begin.

How does God’s unchanging nature impact the salvation of his people?While divine immutability enjoyed a broad affirmation through much of Christian theological antiquity, it has fallen on harder times in modernity. Seen as a holdover from overly philosophical theology, divine immutability has often been characterized as rendering God static and incapable of having meaningful relationships with his creation. This book aims to swim upstream from this claim and demonstrate that divine immutability does not handicap soteriology but is a necessary and vital component of God’s economy of redemption as triune changelessness protects and promotes the redemption of God’s creatures. By anchoring the economy of redemption in divine immutability, we see the benefit of rooting all of God’s economic work in the immanent life of God.This book aims to be a work of dogmatic theology and therefore will arrive at this thesis by way of exegetical, historical, and philosophical theology. In harmony, these fields will interact with varying deviations and denials of divine immutability and ultimately conclude that a classical articulation of God’s changelessness does most justice to the economy of redemption.