John Eldredge sent me a copy of his new book "Beautiful Outlaw" a few days before I got on the plane heading for West Africa. It was an amazing way to spend the next 18 hours getting to know more about Jesus. The "real" Jesus! His human side and all of His struggles being both God and man.
In the book, Eldredge speaks often about the legalistic, religious spirit that we have grown up believing is the way to view Jesus, when the reality is that we just need to love Him and work on having a true relationship with the One that died for us on the cross.
This is something from the book that sort of sums it all up for me:
"Jesus won't take the shortcut of a power play. He seems rather reluctant to do His miracles. He never overwhelms anyone's will with a fantastic display of His majesty. We woos, He confronts, He delivers, He heals, He shoots straight, and then He uses intrigue. He lives out before them the most compelling view of God, shows them an incredibly attractive Holiness while shattering the religious glaze. But still, He lets them walk away if they choose."
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