Forgive God? The first part of the book is so good, so beautiful and so descriptive of Jesus as a real person that it will provoke much thought and, I believe, lead you to deeper affection of and obedience. “Sadly, for too many people, the Christ they know is too religious to love, to distant to experience, and too rigid to be a source of life. Title Time ; The Back Story to John's Book: Beautiful Outlaw: Beautiful Outlaw: Conversation: Beautiful Outlaw - Part 1: Beautiful Outlaw - Part 2: Beautiful Outlaw - Part 3: To be missed, or misunderstood. Fire burns, rivers flood, winds go hurricane, the earth shudders so hard it levels cities. It was the latter part of the book, when John turned toward how we should “let Jesus be Himself with you” that I began to notice an undertone to the book. That just didn’t sit right with me. To go on for years unappreciated, even unknown by those closest to you.”, “Words are important. Part of that, of course, is to bring to pass the immortality of mankind which would include the atonement, his crucifixion and Resurrection. All Quotes To have his life, joy, love, and presence cannot be compared. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord.. (Ephesians 3.8-11). Refresh and try again. Hunks and beauties will spoil you eyes! “The purpose of his life, death, and resurrection was to ransom you from your sin, deliver you from the clutches of evil, restore you to God - so that his personality and his life could heal and fill your personality. It explains the abject poverty of the church.” (141), “I’ve heard it said many times from the pulpit…” (146), “One more cunning ploy of the religious to keep us from the kind of intimacy with Jesus that will heal our lives.” (148), “It is a fact that people most devoted to the work of the Lord actually spend the least amount of time with him.” (149, no source cited in this out of flagrant statement), In an analogy of someone who is putting limits on Jesus, he likens the person to have been boarded up inside his house “by the leaders of his religious community.” (154), “As many Christians have been led to believe…” (157), “Every hostile encounter Jesus has is with very ‘churchy’ people.” (168), “A friend went to seminary, gained a theological degree, and lost his faith. Discouragement and shame settle in like a long Seattle rain. There’s more, but that’s plenty. That is what we mean when we say Jesus is beautiful. I Am, as far as I have learned, is a derivative of Jehovah. I want to recommend it to you with two significant caveats: First though, make sure you glance at these three brief entries that I already wrote about parts of the book that provoked reflection: The whole point of B.O., … uh, ok, let’s not abbreviate it… of Beautiful Outlaw is to introduce us to Jesus a very real, flesh and blood man with a deep, infectious and whole personality. It’s in this same chapter that John introduces the concept of “forgiving Jesus.” He shares another experience of a young lady who had a vision of Jesus in which He said to her, “You need to forgive me.”. In John’s attempt to portray Jesus as wonderfully real and worthy of our adoration, he constantly denigrated the “church.” It’s on almost every couple of pages, beginning in chapter 13, in a chapter ironically titled Loving Jesus. I think the first half of the book is particularly excellent and worthy of reflection. That’s my recommendation. ), paste on a smile and sit in the pews with my family. There are some real nuggets here as well, but you’ll need a shovel to dig them out at times. 0 likes. Quotes By John Eldredge. Eldredge goes on to show readers how they can experience this Jesus in their lives every day. His anger made enemies tremble. (An assumption that has wrought havoc in the sciences.) Whoever did this would have to be really committed to clear the building. I didn’t say he did. You’re reading manga I Am Beautiful Chapter 2 online at H.MangaIro.com. Thanks for your comments! Taken to this extreme, it can cast doubt on Jesus’ works and put us in the role of judge against Jesus. I worry about how I will be perceived when I make a comment at any moment on Sunday at church. Beautiful Outlaw—Podcast Series. My chapter was 11; Trueness and my reaction is indignation at Sarah, the publicist. To be wanted for what you can do, rather than who you are. We’d love your help. Maybe we can open up the doors and windows we didn’t know we closed.”. But truth is not like conviction. “I cannot conceive why it’s so trendy in Christian literature – by those who should know better – to tear down the church in order to elevate Jesus.”, I don’t get it. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. I cannot conceive why it’s so trendy in Christian literature – by those who should know better – to tear down the church in order to elevate Jesus. Enjoy. Amy, yep. Drama: An Actor's Education by John Lithgow. Outlaws. I didn’t know we had to tear down the church in order to love Jesus. I worry endlessly about how my children are behaving in public during Primary and Sunday School. John uses stories and examples from the pages of the gospels to shed light on Jesus’ temperament that have become ignored or sanitized through our familiarity with the stories themselves. I'm pretty sure she's spying on me. My own Pastor has this burden on his heart for our church!!!! Now that really blew her away. Jesus is beautiful.”, “We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are. Yet the apostle Paul spoke of the beauty of the church as an influence in our world: To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. That's it. Conviction might be a matter of personal opinion, but truth is like a great mountain, solid and immovable whether we like it or even acknowledge it.”, “You learn a great deal about the true nature of a person in the way they love, why they love, and, in what they love.”, “Child,” said the Voice, “I am telling you your story, not hers. When you understand you have an enemy that has hated your guts ever since you were a child, it will help you not to blame this stuff on God. Gah! He reveals himself through nature, as the Scriptures testify.”, “He woos, he confronts, he delivers, he heals, he shoots straight, and then he uses intrigue. I haven’t read this book, so I can’t comment specifically on it, but you touched on something I’ve been thinking about for awhile now. Anyhow, the facts are it happened, we are hurt that it happened, and part of us believes Jesus should have done something about it and didn’t. I really appreciate your take on this book! He was accused of breaking the law, keeping bad company, heavy drinking. I understand that clearly, but to tread carefully with our words, and make sure we make MUCH of Jesus. To the person who objects to this (John seems to anticipate it), he says, “But then – what do you do with Jolie’s story?” (Jolie is a young lady who has a dramatic spiritual vision of being at Golgotha and seeing Jesus crucified and hearing him say to her “This is for you.”) I am not arguing that she didn’t have the experience and that it didn’t produce genuine comfort and provoke transformation in her life. Just listen for a moment. We do so in order that this part of us can draw near him again, and receive his love. He'd say the most outrageous things. And I hated. To know him as he is, is to come home. The cry used to be for 'tolerance,' by which we meant, 'We have very strong differences, but we will not let those be the cause of hatred or violence between us.' His motive remains pure and steadfast. Perhaps part of the fruit of that restoration will be that Jesus will then be able to explain to us why things happened the way they did. Mankind fell, surrendering this earth to the evil one. What we do know is that we were hurt, and part of that hurt is toward Jesus, because in our hearts we believe he let it happen. Politicians standing up speaking about their faith & endorsing the most ungodly things are solid proof if that!!!! In fact, there are churches where people have been parked in the seats almost all their lives without ever being personally connected to Christ. But you must remember—this was not so in Eden. Follow him on Twitter or Instagram @journeyguy. Very insightful. This is often the case. Insulting a man’s wife and thinking it will make people like her husband is not rational. As part of this book tour, each participant was assigned a chapter to provide reactions. That’s what made him the real deal.”, “The cry used to be for 'tolerance,' by which we meant, 'We have very strong differences, but we will not let those be the cause of hatred or violence between us." "The whole conviction of my life," wrote Thomas Wolfe, "now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon peculiar to myself and a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence." “We need Jesus like we need oxygen. Because that is exactly what he could do. John covers several aspects of Jesus’ personality, but some of my favorites were his chapters on Jesus’ playfulness, generosity, cunning, and freedom. Thanks for expressing that better than I did in the review! On a much simpler plane, Jesus is stating he is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Of being the devil himself. If you are holding something in your heart against Jesus—the loss of someone you love, a painful memory from your past, simply the way your life has turned out—if you are holding that against Jesus, well, then, it is between you and Jesus. I had a hard time locating John’s meaning behind “forgiving Jesus.” Or when he mentioned Jesus as a “kind of person.” When he asked if Jesus can enjoy a joke at his own expense? Error rating book. What Eldredge points out is that Christ never deviates from his goal, no matter what the pressure. Welcome to the world of manga. If we don’t acknowledge Jesus’ humanity, John contends, we get this false image of Jesus as some kind of bland, sugar sweet, mercy-dispenser who offended no one. My personal thoughts on this chapter bring me to the way I attend church. (The inside joke is to call seminary ‘cemetery.’ How sick is that?) Read along with us. I understand what John is saying. I don’t like airing family business in front of company. Like we need water. Welcome back. Brianna, That is why we need to “forgive” him. Impossible. I want to live an ordinary life, but you force me blow up! Your humanity, and your life. ACCIDENTAL HERO and THE SECRET WAR Character Sneak... My Life Undecided by Jessica Brody GIVEAWAY. So many people have felt let down and are disenchanted or bitter towards God.

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