Storytelling, Imagination, and Apologetics in the Bible
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How God Captures the Imagination
Brian Godawa, Hollywood screenwriter and best-selling novelist, explores the nature of imagination in the Bible and how it relates to apologetics and evangelism.
He explains how God subverts pagan religions by appropriating their imagery and creativity and redeeming them within a Biblical worldview.
Improve your imagination in glorifying God and defending the faith.
You will discover what C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Francis Schaeffer understood about Christian apologetics and Biblical evangelism.
Here are the Chapters and what you will learn:
Demonizing the Pagan Gods God verbally attacked his opponents, pagans and their gods, by using sarcasm, mockery and name-calling. Demonization is not wrong if they really are demonic.
Old Testament Storytelling Apologetics Israel shared creative images with their pagan neighbors: The sea dragon of chaos, and the storm god. The Bible invests them with new meaning.
Biblical Creation and Storytelling Creation stories in the ancient Near East and the Bible both express a primeval battle to create order out of chaos. But how do they differ?
The Universe in Ancient Imagination A comparison and contrast of the Biblical picture of the universe with the ancient pagan one. What’s the difference?
New Testament Storytelling Apologetics Paul’s sermon to the pagans on Mars Hill was subversive storytelling: Retelling society’s narrative through a Gospel lens.
Imagination in Prophecy and Apocalypse How God uses symbolism to both obscure and reveal meaning in prophecy.
An Apologetic of Biblical Horror
Learn how God uses the genre of horror in the Bible as a powerful moral tool to communicate spiritual, social and moral truth.
Customer Reviews
“Thought-provoking!”
“As a Christian story-teller and writer, I would highly recommend this book to all. Godawa takes complex concept and makes the accessible!”
Amazon Customer
“Godawa takes aim at several lofty goals, and hits the bull’s-eye of each one. Godawa’s claim is that the Bible uses mythopoeic and figurative language intentionally, but that this usage in no way undermines the truthfulness or the theological accuracy of what is stated. This is an important point for modern readers who have a somewhat different understanding of what constitutes historical accuracy and even truth.”
Ccpastormike
“Innovative, informative, fascinating and instructive”
“A fascinating, imaginative, instructive and educational book. As fascinating as it is educational, this book has the power to shape our understanding of key words and phrases in the Bible, which otherwise we take for granted as ‘plain reading’ of the Bible. The Biblical narrative is rich with stories within stories, metaphors, allegories, and subversion going on at the same time.”
RS
“Parable and truth”
“God Against the gods compiles the scholarly articles and writings that Brian Godawa has written over the years. They are the foundation of his worldview and the guidelines for the immersive culture he created for Chronicles. For me, some of the concepts are stunning in their simplicity. This book helps you understand that the world is larger than our current filters, and just because things make sense to us in our current concept, does not mean that was necessarily their original intent and/or meaning.”
Sara
“A fantastic and engaging book that stands firm on its own merit with plenty of well researched content. God Against the Gods is accessible and satisfying for readers who are new to this subject matter but readers who have already read the Unseen Realm or are otherwise familiar with Dr. Heiser’s work will find that, Godawa infuses the scholarly work with the passion and perspective of a well-studied layman, giving it new and exciting applications.”
