I have to admit, most books I read often do not get better as they go but Bradley Jersak's book A Most Christlike God does exactly that, it gets better as one travels through it. He speaks powerfully of the synergy of grace and the panentheism of the early church. Since the fundamentalist-liberal conflict and the debate between atheists and Christian theists, especially over science, I can't help wonder if the panentheism of the early church would be a kind of bridge between science and religion? God not just saving man but the entire cosmos and universe, even our pets and animals have a place in Christ's redemptive story.
Jersak describes three areas of God's involvement which includes the cosmos, humanity, and incarnation. God is the God of being for all reality and creation. God is the wellspring of all reality. Secondly, God participates in the world through willing partners (p.150). These redemptive partnerships so that we can enter into God's self emptying love (kenosis). Thirdly, God participates in the world through incarnation. God is the lover and we are God's beloved. God incarnationally is bringing healing and love into a broken world.
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