Fractured Kingdom : Uniting Modern Christianity Through The Historical Jesu

Bestselling biblical historian, Jean-Pierre Isbouts, weaves the origin stories of Christianity and the Lord’s Prayer into a clarion call for unity in the modern church.

Modern Christianity is in the midst of a veritable schism along the fault lines of society’s culture wars. Only if Christians truly understand the origins of this split, they can find their way to unity. Though few may realize it today, Jesus’s ministry unfolded in a crisis very similar to the one society is now battling. In fact, were it not for the truly catastrophic conditions in early 1st century Galilee, his reimagining of the three quintessential virtues of the Torah – social justice; compassion toward one another; and an abiding love of God – would have likely failed to attract a wide following.

Tracing Jesus’s vision for the “Kingdom of God” from its origin up through modern times, Dr. Isbouts argues for a possible antidote to the fierce divisons in modern Christianity: the Our Father. By taking readers on a historical tour of the Lord’s Prayer, The Fractured Kingdom shows why the only doctrine Christians agree on might be the last hope for forging a more equal, compassionate, and loving society.