Description: Rediscover the God who inspires passion in our hearts
A grassroots global movement has people rediscovering a Jesus- looking God who is raising up a Jesus-looking people to transform the world in a unique, Jesus kind of way. In this accessible introduction to understanding the character of God, author Gregory A. Boyd, with M. Scott Boren, lays out the radical truth at the heart of this movement: the conviction that God looks like Jesus. In other words, in the life, ministry, and sacrificial death of Jesus Christ, we see the embodiment of God's very essence--a love that is humble, other-oriented, and self-sacrificial.This truth is the heart of the gospel. If we consider it deeply and live it out consistently, this truth carries the power to transform individuals, the church, and the world. Open these pages to encounter the freedom of a God who looks like Jesus, and join a larger movement of the Spirit to reignite the church with Christ at its center.
Brief description: Jesus Collective is part of a movement of churches, ministries, and disciples all around the world who are passionate about advancing a Jesus-centered, Jesus-looking kingdom. With roots in the Radical Reformation, this movement welcomes Jesus followers from a wide range of backgrounds, traditions, and contexts. We place Jesus at the center of everything, choosing in our differences to unite around Christ in our increasingly post-Christian and polarized world. Jesus Collective exists to amplify this movement, providing resources and relationship for those who choose to participate in more hopeful, Jesus-centered expressions of faith.
Review Quotes: "In books like The Myth of a Christian Nation and Cross Vision, Greg Boyd has proven to be one of the most insightful theologians on the planet. Now, with God Looks Like Jesus, he has teamed up with M. Scott Boren and written a simple but profound reflection on Jesus. 'Jesus is the answer' might sound too rudimentary, but the truth is this: Jesus is the best critique of what has gone wrong in Christianity. In a day when all kinds of racism and bigotry and nationalism and prosperity and violence are trying to camouflage themselves as Christianity, Boyd and Boren remind us all: the word Christian means 'Christlike.' If it doesn't look like Jesus, and love like Jesus, and show compassion like Jesus--it is not of God. Because God is and always has been like Jesus. And we are called to follow. God, give us the courage."----SHANE CLAIBORNE, author, activist, and cofounder of Red Letter Christians