Bound Together
How We Are Tied to Others in Good and Bad Choices
- Theology
- Christian Living
- Publisher: Zondervan Reflective (Zondervan)
- Published: 2013
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Publisher's Description
We are not just isolated individuals. Instead, our lives are woven together with others. We have solidarity with other people—the choices one person makes affects the lives of others, for good and for bad. Because much of the pain we endure in life is in the context of relationships, this truth often strikes us as unfair. Why should a child suffer because of the choices of his parents? And on a grander scale, why do we all suffer the curse of Adam’s sin? Why should anyone be judged for someone else’s sin? In Bound Together, Chris Brauns unpacks the truth that we are bound to one another and to the whole of creation. He calls this, “the principle of the rope.” Grasping this foundational principle sheds new light on marriage, the dynamics of family relationships, and the reason why everyone lives with the consequences of the sins that others commit. Brauns shows how the principle of the rope is both bad news and good news, revealing a depth to the message of the gospel that many of us have never seen before.
Endorsements (3)
“In Bound Together, Chris Brauns cleverly unpacks two key theological concepts—union with Christ and original sin—and manages to explain them in a way that readers of any level and experience can understand. Highly recommended.”
“No man is an island. But it takes a bold writer to try to convince our hyperindividualistic age. Chris Brauns sketches out a recovery plan informed by God’s Word that will help us rebuild the relations so vital to human flourishing and so often forsaken today.”
“the principle of the rope.” His treatment of all humanity’s solidarity with Adam in his sin and the solidarity of all believers with Christ is especially helpful, but the entire book is a masterpiece that will help us understand some of the interpersonal relationships we deal with every day. I highly commend Bound Together.”
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