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| Title | : | Beautiful Outlaw: Experiencing the Playful, Disruptive, Extravagant Personality of Jesus |
| Author | : | John Eldredge |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | October 12th 2011 by FaithWords (first published January 1st 2011) |
| Categories | : | Christian. Nonfiction. Religion. Faith. Spirituality. Christianity. Christian Living |
John Eldredge
Hardcover | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 4.33 | 3940 Users | 396 Reviews
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Reading the Gospels without knowing the personality of Jesus is like watching television with the sound turned off. The result is a dry, two dimensional person doing strange, undecipherable things.In BEAUTIFUL OUTLAW, John Eldredge removes the religious varnish to help readers discover stunning new insights into the humanity of Jesus. He was accused of breaking the law, keeping bad company, heavy drinking. Of being the devil himself. He was so compelling and dangerous they had to kill him. But others loved him passionately. He had a sense of humor. His generosity was scandalous. His anger made enemies tremble. He'd say the most outrageous things. He was definitely not the Jesus of the stained glass.
In the author's winsome, narrative approach, he breaks Jesus out of the typical stereotypes, just as he set masculinity free in his book, Wild at Heart. By uncovering the real Jesus, readers are welcomed into the rich emotional life of Christ. All of the remarkable qualities of Jesus burst like fireworks with color and brilliance because of his humanity.
Eldredge goes on to show readers how they can experience this Jesus in their lives every day. This book will quicken readers' worship, and deepen their intimacy with Jesus.
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| ISBN: | 0892960884 (ISBN13: 9780892960880) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.33 From 3940 Users | 396 ReviewsCommentary About Books Beautiful Outlaw: Experiencing the Playful, Disruptive, Extravagant Personality of Jesus
A wonderful, amazing glimpse into the heart of Jesus! I just finished this book last night. What an amazing reflection on the personality and heart of Jesus! I plan to reread this book many times to absorb all the wonderful, thought provoking, heart changing content. I have been challenged in my view of who Jesus is, and I have found myself falling in love with Him in new ways.If you are a Jesus follower, this book will help you in becoming a more solid, dedicated, in-love-with-Him follower. IfI just finished writing a detailed review of this and the site froze and I lost it. So here goes the bulleted form:-Love Eldredge's heart in this book-The message of knowing the true Jesus personally rather than following rote religion is near and dear to my heart.-Eldredge draws out aspects of Jesus that have long been neglected by the majority of the church.-I think there is an unintentional sense of "out with the old, in with the new" in this book. There is a tone of flippancy when "cliche"
I hate to give this book a bad review, as I'm normally very fond of Eldredge, but this one just seemed...lost. It had moments, but as a whole it was scattered and unfocused. It was like a compilation of lots of good thoughts, but that didn't necessarily fit together and in no real order. It was also pretty evident that Eldredge was dealing with some things personally, as a feeling of bitterness/sadness (anger even?)seemed to permeate the otherwise promising content. Since I'm already a
Don't get me wrong. John Eldredge gets on his soapbox....many times. But, if you read through that, his points about who Jesus is and his place in your life is encouraging, uplifting, and powerful. Also, the first three of four chapters were a bit laborious for me. Luckily, Violet had read it and said to keep going because it gets better. So, in the end, I'm glad I did not give up. Even near the end though, I was having trouble with the take-aways for my life util the epilogue, which wrapped
If I could give 6 stars I would. This may be the most impactful book--outside of the Bible--that I have read. It's a book about the personality of Jesus.If you're looking for theology principles, like how God could become man or the Trinity, this isn't where you would get that. There are many fine books for that. This is about the personality--the character qualities and values of the person of Jesus. It's about his playfulness, his ferocity, his wild disregard for looking "proper", and his
There were some good features about this book, but overall it was seriously marred by issues related to style, content and manner of argument.On the plus side there were 3 particular areas of strength: 1) He validly challenged two widely accepted misunderstandings that can have profound affects on the possibility of developing deep relationships with God. Firstly, the often anaemic, uninspiring & remote vision of Jesus. created by a failure to appreciate and represent the full and authentic
This is my second book by Eldredge, and I'm still trying to peg him in the scope of Christian authors. He seems sincere, but not overly scholarly. He seems charismatic, but hes not much of a mystic. In any case, this is his attempt to emphasize the humanity and the personality of Jesus, as revealed in both scriptures and in creation.To be sure, Jesus is an iconoclast with little reverence for displays of religious piety. Whether he was the jokester that Eldredge claims is another story. But I
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