Unshockable Love: How Jesus Changes the World through Imperfect People
Ebook
Overview
Why were sinners so attracted to Jesus yet repelled by the religious? It had everything to do with the heart of Jesus. They sensed that Jesus was for them--not against them. When broken, sinful people feel repelled by Christians, we must assess whether our hearts reveal the heart of God or reflect the heart of the Pharisees. Through this engaging study of Jesus’s encounters with imperfect people, combined with real-life stories of ordinary people having Christlike impact, readers will learn how to show unshockable love toward those around them.
From the Back Cover
Imperfect people are the only ones who change the world
Why were “sinners” so attracted to Jesus yet repelled by the religious? It had everything to do with the heart of Jesus. They sensed that Jesus was for them--not against them. Do the broken people in our lives feel such an attraction to us? Or do we unwittingly repel them by expecting them to clean themselves up a little before we can accept them? In other words, do our hearts reveal the heart of God or subtly reflect the heart of the Pharisees?
Through an engaging study of Jesus’ encounters with imperfect people, combined with real-life stories of ordinary people having Christlike impact, this book will inspire you to love the messy people around you--and the one staring back in the mirror--with Christ’s unshockable love.
"Beneath the surface of every broken person, there is a work of art waiting to be revealed. This book shows us how."--Mark Batterson, author of The Circle Maker
"I wish all believers loved people who are far from God like John Burke does. Unshockable Love reminds us of our desperate need to join Jesus in the messy work of life-on-life discipleship."--Ed Stetzer, www.edstetzer.com, author of Subversive Kingdom
"John is a man who not only knows Jesus, but knows that Jesus really saves and redeems broken people and makes them trophies of his grace."--Alan Hirsch, author, activist, dreamer, www.alanhirsch.org
John Burke is the author of No Perfect People Allowed and Soul Revolution, and the lead pastor of Gateway Church in Austin, Texas, which he and his wife, Kathy, founded in 1998. Since then, Gateway has grown to over 4,500 members, made up mostly of unchurched people who began actively following Christ at Gateway.
Product Details
- Title : Unshockable Love: How Jesus Changes the World through Imperfect People
- Author: Burke, John
- Publisher: Baker
- Publication Date: 2014
- ISBN: 9781441221100
John Burke is the New York Times bestselling author of Imagine Heaven and Imagine the God of Heaven, as well as No Perfect People Allowed and Soul Revolution. He and his wife, Kathy, are founders of Gateway Church in Austin, Texas. Since 1998, Gateway has grown to over 4,500 members, made up mostly of unchurched people who began actively following Christ at Gateway. John is also the president of Emerging Leadership Initiative (ELI), a non-profit organization, working to help church planting pastors and ordinary Christians “raise the church out of the culture.” Burke has researched more than 1,500 cases of near-death experiences and how they correlate with the Bible. As an international speaker and leading expert, John has addressed over one million people in 30 countries on topics of leadership, spiritual growth, and the exhilarating life to come. The Imagine Heaven Podcast with John Burke currently reaches over 80 countries.