 
Book Reviews Called By a New Name: Becoming What God Has Promised by Gerrit Scott Dawson Reviewed by Robert P. Mills |
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Names carry power, whether for good or ill, and can sometimes hold us in bondage. But God wants to set us free by giving us new names, Dawson writes. He uses the third section of Isaiah (chapters 56-66) as his scriptural base for inviting contemporary Christians to “discover what God names you and to take those names as your own.” First, though, Dawson considers the “diminishing” names, such as “dry tree” and “alien.” In contrast are the names God calls us: “sought out,” “my delight is in her,” and “the redeemed of the Lord.” Claiming those names as our own leads to discovering both the names of the work God has for us and the names of the community we are part of, the subjects of Dawson’s last two sections. A leader’s guide is also available. (KES) |
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