In Heaven Is Not My Home, author and scholar Paul Marshall asserts that God is not seeking to destroy the earth, but to restore it to its original splendor. In this thought-provoking book, he shows us how the redemption of all things should shape the way we look at every aspect of our lives.
Heaven is Not My Home: Learning to Live in God's Creation
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Paul Marshall is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom, Washington, D.C. He is the award-winning author of more than twenty books and has spoken on religious freedom, international relations, and radical Islam before Congress and the U.S. State Department and in many other nations.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
This book encapsulates and summarizes much of my own struggle with Western Christianity. If my faith is true, then why is it that it seems only to speak of what is beyond this life? Is there not meaning to life here? Is there not inherent value in work itself, or in art, or even in play?
This book is not only a strong challenge to commonly held Christian perspectives, it is wonderfully freeing. It means that I can find God in even the simplest and "menial" of tasks - not just those so-called higher things associated with church and "spiritual" life. It lays to rest the dualist heresy many evangelicals live.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If the Christian church can be called a sleeping giant, than this book is without a doubt its wake-up call.
Using very clear language, vivid description, and intriguing personal stories, this book drives home the point that Christians are called to be at home in God's world, and about the King's business, rather than always attempting to escape this world.
The impressive endorsements by notable figures such as evangelical theologian J.I. Packer ring true as one reads chapter after surprising and enjoyable chapter. This book will help the church discover a very old and orthodox truth: Christ frees us up to be fully human and radically engaged in realizing in the here and now his age-old purposes for his world. No, it will not all burn in the end as some milennium fear-mongers would have us believe. God has not fashioned the works of his hands to end in futility, but to be infused with meaning and purpose. Rather with Christ's return, our world--perfected with its redeemed and transformed people, animals, institutions, and ALL that God has made--will ineed blaze brilliantly with the glory of its Creator.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By Gregory Dunn
Format:Hardcover
This book is one of the best introductions to Christian worldview thinking I have read and should prompt one to more robust reflection on the many ways one's commitment to Christ should form all of life. Marshall's treatment is thoroughly biblical, and he writes in an engaging style. He first explains the Reformed pattern of Creation-Fall-Redemption-Consummation and then explores its impact on our learning, our work, our rest, and our play, as well as its implications for how we think about the natural world, politics, the arts, and technology, among other topics. Throughout, he utilizes clear illustrations and helpful applications that make the biblical principles concrete. (For example, his discussion about how to think about the way we dress is alone worth the price of admission.) All told, Heaven Is Not My Home is an excellent catalyst for thinking Christianly about God's world.
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Worth reading
Along with may of the other reviewers here I found this book to be interesting and thought provoking. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Christopher Eby
2.0 out of 5 stars
Watch out for serious errors
Was given this book in college to read over the summer. Addresses Christians with the mind set of separatism and asceticism. Read more
Published on May 11, 2009 by M. A. Albert
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A LIGHT FOR LEARNING, DIRECTION, AND RESPONSIBILITY
The Bible says, God's Word is a "lamp to my feet and a light for my path" (Ps.119:105) But do you stare at the lamp? No. Read more
Published on May 6, 2006 by John T. Henry
5.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific book on the Christian's earthly responsibilities
The author definitely chose a provocative title for this book. I hope that no one avoids it because of the title. Read more
Published on August 4, 2003 by David T. Wayne
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent summary of much good Christian thinking
This book is insightful, readable, enjoyable, and brilliant. I will recommend it to many friends. Marshall summarized many of my thoughts about modern Christianity, and... Read more
Published on June 28, 2002 by Jeffrey A Heidkamp
1.0 out of 5 stars
Lacking in consistency and abundant in contradiction
Paul Marshall, in talking about the Christian faith in relation to the secular world, does make some solid, practical points. Read more
Published on September 27, 2000 by "jpatnode"
