Description: There is an urgent need to recover an appreciation of the ascension--as a theological vision for the triumph of God in Christ and as an orientation for worship, prayer, and the mission of the church. What does the ascension mean? What difference does it make? And how does the church live in dynamic union with the Ascended Lord and Christ.
Brief description: Gordon T. Smith is professor emeritus of systematic and spiritual theology at Ambrose University and Seminary in Canada; he is also a teaching fellow at Regent College, Vancouver, and an ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance church.
Review Quotes: "Once again, Gordon Smith astutely sets his sights on an underserved locus of theology and spirituality. And once again, he gifts us with both well-studied observation and insightful wisdom. In the Meantime is a reliable guide, both theological and practical, to following the ascended Lord Jesus Christ. Read and learn how to be heavenly minded for earthly good."
--W. David Buschart, Professor of Theology and Historical Studies, Emeritus, Denver Seminary
"Gordon Smith is that rare fine thing: a theologian whose delight in what he's writing about is its own kind of doxology. He is, as always, superb at analysis and explanation, but here these qualities tremble at the edge of proclamation, witness, prayer, and often just burst right into them. In this new work, he not only recaptures for today's church the vital but largely forgotten doctrine of Christ's Ascension, but he shows how this doctrine illumines and enlivens virtually every corner of our lives, as we wait and work In the Meantime. I'm hoping this book gets into many hands, its message gets into many hearts, and its truth shows up in many pulpits."
--Mark Buchanan, author of The David Trilogy