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Sam Allberry’s book, What God Has to Say About Our Bodies, helps us to think all of this through. Sam starts by arguing that our bodies matter to God, both because he made them and because Jesus had to become a human body in order to be one of us.
Dec 29, 2022 · In His book What God Has to Say about Our Bodies, Sam Allberry gives a broad overview of the many ways our bodies matter to God. Paul Tripp summarizes the main premise of the book in the foreword: “Your body––my body––is not just there, happening to exist. It means something to God. He knows it.
Jul 29, 2021 · Sam Allberry has written a fantastic theological treatise on why our bodies are not evil, a thing to escape, or hopelessly broken in What God Has to Say About Our Bodies. Instead they are a precious, redeemable, and essential part of God’s plan for us.
- Bodies Created, Fallen, and Redeemed
- Theology of Embodiment
- Wonderful Vision of Embodiment
- Toward The Redemption of Our Bodies
Sam Allberry’s book follows a common paradigm of creation, fall, and redemption while investigating the body’s role in topics such as identity, biological sex and gender, shame, sin, and discipleship. Allberry emphasizes that our bodies are good. They were created good; they are redeemed; they are us, even if not the totality of what we are. Our bo...
Gregg Allison covers much of the same area as Allberry, but with slightly different aims. Embodiedaims to provide a brief and practical theology of embodiment. Allison cites the importance of embodiment for a variety of theological areas, including the doctrines of God, man, sin, Christ, the Holy Spirit, and eschatology. The book touches on most of...
John Kleinig’s Wonderfully Mademight be my favorite of the three books. Kleinig is not conscientiously engaging contemporary issues as much as Allberry and Allison, but he offers a pastoral Lutheran voice that is confidently Christian. It is a voice from outside the noise that commends the beauty of Christian embodiment and sexuality. His work is d...
I recommend all three books for different purposes. Given his experience as an apologist, Allberry is skillful at communicating broadly. His personal ethos and experience lend credibility to his work. It would be a great book for those on the margins, and those learning to communicate to those on the margins. Allison’s book is a good introductory t...
Jul 8, 2021 · Allberry goes through three ways shown in the New Testament of how we can honor God with our bodies: stewarding, consecrating, and disciplining them. This includes mention of the expected sins that we need to avoid, but he also talks about food, sleep, self-harm, our words, and our posture in prayer.
Sep 14, 2021 · Every Christian leader, especially those working with youth, would benefit from reading What God Has to Say About Our Bodies due to how prevalent our culture preaches lies about identity and our bodies. I could see this book sparking teaching series for youth groups and the whole congregations.
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Jun 1, 2021 · With the coming of Jesus, "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us"--flesh that was pierced and crushed for the sins of the world. In What God Has to Say about Our Bodies, Sam Allberry explains that all of us are fearfully and wonderfully made, and should regard our physicality as a gift.
