New Water to Wine Books

I have been reading water to wine books that reveal a more Christ-like God and a more beautiful non-violent gospel. Here are some new and upcoming books worth taking a possible look at:

1.  Reunion: The Good News of Jesus for Seeker, Saints, and Sinners by Bruxy Cavey. Bruxy books are filled with water to wine quotes.

2.  The Bible by Jesus written by Elmer Towns and Lee Frederickson. This comes out in a week or two and the key to this Bible is how does it deal with the hard sayings and violent texts in the Scriptures or do they just skip the hard and violent texts? Either way, it sounds like it will give beautiful insights into our loving Savior. If this book does not fulfill people expectations, then I would highly recommend reading David Bentley Hart's fantastic translation, The New Testament: A Translation. The notes at the back of this translation are worth the price of the book alone. This is probably the most accurate translation of the original Greek texts I have seen to date.

3.  The Violence of the Biblical God by L. Daniel Hawk. This looks like it could be a companion or may even surpass Greg Boyd's magnificent work, Cross Vision. Understanding and dealing with difficult and violent texts in the Bible in light of Jesus is crucial in properly reading the scriptures today. Due date is January of 2019.

4.  Jesus - The End and the Beginning: Tracing the Christ-shaped nature of Everything by Telford Work. Telford usually has great insights into the biblical text and this book comes out January of 2019.

5. Another Name for Everything: Why Christ is more than Jesus last name by Richard Rohr. This book is to be released in March of 2019 and Rohr is always pouring in new wine into old religious containers.

6.  Lastly, I have been waiting patiently to no avail for Ilaria Ramelli's book to come out. Her scholastic and patristic abilities are unmatched today as she unpacks the Christian universalism of the early church fathers and mothers. The name of her forthcoming book, A Larger Hope? From Christian Beginnings to Julian of Norwich. This smaller and popular version of her three hundred dollar book will be a welcome and affordable new book on an important topic of Patristic universalism. By faith I believe this book is going to come out but only the Lord knows when!