Towards Jerusalem

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God has an agenda for cities. Steve Brady is convinced of it. The Bible is full of significant cities and the biblical story is full of imagery of cities-culminating in God's 'holy city', birthed in and through his people. Towards Jerusalem is a unique Lent book, a call to live for a vision bigger than ourselves, marching to a different drumbeat towards 'Zion', God's New Jerusalem and all that this means in transformative terms for today's Christian believer.

Contents

Introduction

• Ash Wednesday: Temptations
• Thursday: Blessed are the balanced
• Friday: The ultimate mission statement
• Saturday: Runners and spectators

Week 1: Seeking a city: unfamiliar people and places

• Sunday: From a garden to a city
• Monday: Superheroes or villains?
• Tuesday: Human potential and its hubris
• Wednesday: A saved soul and a wasted life
• Thursday: A place for tears
• Friday: Mid-life crisis
• Saturday: Eisodus comes before exodus

Week 2: Finding a home: undulating experiences of God

• Sunday: Everybody needs good neighbours
• Monday: Upwardly mobile
• Tuesday: The ideal home show
• Wednesday: Strong foundations
• Thursday: Life in perspective
• Friday: Peace in the city
• Saturday: Troubled waters

Week 3: Rebuilding a ruin: unpromising situations

• Sunday: Praying
• Monday: Influencing
• Tuesday: Organising
• Wednesday: Coping
• Thursday: Rectifying
• Friday: Completing
• Saturday: Reforming

Week 4: Creating communities of faith: unpredictable churches

• Sunday: Sound Street Abbey - Ephesus
• Monday: Crown Close Cathedral - Smyrna
• Tuesday: Martyr's Memorial Church - Pergamum
• Wednesday: Loose Lane Fellowship - Thyatira
• Thursday: Cemetery Junction Church - Sardis
• Friday: Main Road Assembly - Philadelphia
• Saturday: Cool Court Chapel - Laodicea

Week 5: Approaching Jerusalem: unexpected heroes and villains

• Sunday: A short-sighted trio
• Monday: Samaritans
• Tuesday: A midnight caller
• Wednesday: Amazing grace
• Thursday: Future shock
• Friday: Open all hours?
• Saturday: What's so dangerous about grace?

Week 6: Redeeming the world: the unrecognised builder

• Palm Sunday: Crossing the Rubicon
• Monday: Givers and takers
• Tuesday: Back to the future
• Wednesday: Red-letter day
• Maundy Thursday: Gethsemane
• Good Friday: A dying thief, a living hope
• Holy Saturday: Dead and gone?
• Easter Day: The short walk to freedom
• Epilogue: Easter Monday: Our man in heaven
• Notes