What Jonathan gives us with this writing is a way to begin to disentangle violence from our religion and in the day and age we live in there may be nothing more important.
—Dana Hicks Quest for Thin Places: How to Find Spirituality after Deconstruction
With kindness and surgical precision, Foster dismantles harmful biblicism by embodying how “love-from-power” creates the coercion Jesus rejected. He opens integrative pathways to liberating engagement with sacred text that heals rather than harms.
—Rev. Dr. Shaleen Kendrick, Minister of Human Evolution, Creator of the Neuro-Relational Integration (NRI) Model
In this brilliant work, Jonathan Foster cuts through the tired tropes of end times madness to help us see the climax of history with new and hopeful eyes.
—Jason Elam, author of Good Neighbors:A Christian Call to Democratic Socialism
This is not simply another boring “hot take” on hell. Instead, Foster offers a deep, honest, and human analysis of how Love screws with our tired conceptions of who’s in and who’s out. Love, it turns out, is more difficult than fear, retribution, and wrath. Are you up for the challenge? If so, let Foster be your guide!
—Josh Patterson, host of (Re)thinking Faith Podcast