THE SOVEREIGNTY AND SUPREMACY OF KING JESUS
Bowing to the Gracious Despot
By Mike Abendroth. Day One. 239 pages. £10.00
ISBN 978 1 846 252 679
Mike Abendroth believes that the average evangelical prefers Jesus as friend to Jesus as king. Living in a democracy and culture that emphasises individual freedom, we fail to appreciate the significance of Jesus’s kingship.
In the first section, he marshals the evidence from throughout the Scriptures for the universal sweep of God’s decrees and his absolute authority over all things. If we can empty the term of negative connotations, God is ‘a gracious despot’. In the second part, he traces the implications of God’s complete rule for theological questions such as election and the Lordship Salvation debate and for areas of practice such as preaching, worship and prayer.
