God the Ingenious Alchemist

Transforming Tragedy into Blessing

John Claypool

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Church Publishing Inc
08 November 2017

Spirituality & religious experience

""God's goodness is bigger than all human badness,"" writes best-selling author John Claypool. ""God's power and willingness to forgive are greater than our human capacity to sin.""

The Bible is often held up as a source of family values, but it is also full of families who falter and do so generation after generation. Few families have visited as much evil on each other as Abraham's descendants in Genesis. Using these stories, Claypool explores how God turns the ""lead"" of evillike Jacob's theft of Esau's birthright, and Joseph's brothers selling him into slavery in Egyptinto the ""gold"" of abundant blessing, as alchemists were said to do in the past. God is always more interested in our future, according to Claypool, than in our pasts.

In this book, as in his other books, Claypool explores the biblical texts carefully, and with a pastoral eye for the characters from Genesis and his contemporary readers. This book offers challenge and comfort to people who feel that their sins may be beyond God's concern and their lives beyond redemption.

By: John Claypool
Imprint: Church Publishing Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 100g
ISBN: 9781640650862
ISBN 10: 1640650865
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 08 November 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The late John R. Claypool provided outstanding ministry in several leading Southern Baptist congregations prior to his ordination in the Episcopal Church. He authored many books, including Tracks of a Fellow Struggler, The Hopeful Heart, The First to Follow, and God the Ingenious Alchemist.

Reviews for God the Ingenious Alchemist: Transforming Tragedy into Blessing

In this small gem of a book, John Claypool retells the Jacob/Joseph saga in a way that brings new insight, even to those familiar with the story. Enjoy this book, a remarkable blend of simplicity and substance. --The Very Rev. Charles Hoffacker, for the Living Church, August 2005 An unparalleled story of forgiveness. Claypool's message in this short volume is not a new insight for him, but the fruit of his own lived experience. To him, God's ingenuity is very real. This is a quick but absorbing and comforting read and one not only to read again and again but also to give away. --Episcopal Life, December 2005 In the stories of Jacob - who stole his brother's birthright - and his family, and in the stories of contemporary people, Claypool shows us how God works through people even at their worst. -- The Anglican bookstore, Autumn 2005