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  1. Mark
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Shed the religious Jesus view, see the real Jesus
    September 4, 2011
    Mark
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Eldredge writes best when he writes from the heart, and he's never shown more of his heart in writing with this offering.

    John exposes the real Jesus, not the one that fits well with any given church's theology. The Jesus that was, if anything, anti-religion. This book makes a mockery of all the past evangelical language of "relationship" with Jesus and puts meat on the bones of what that would mean to us, and what it does mean to him and many of the stories he shares of others.

    But this book is dangerous. After reading this, many will reject the false Jesuses out there, false views, etc. That may mean disrupting churches, ministries etc. Many may leave their current fellowships looking for others that take a more faithful view of our friend Jesus.
  2. Lou D
    Florida
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Eye-opening book
    November 3, 2013
    Lou D
    Florida
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Beautiful Outlaw is a wonderful book for opening your eyes of faith to see more of who Jesus really is. The author has a thriving, intimate relationship with his Savior and shares his thoughts on how to achieve the same in your life. This is a must-read for those who long to deepen their faith and have moment-by-moment communication with the living Lord.
  3. mfuller
    Beaverton, OR
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Deeper relationship with Jesus this side of heaven
    October 3, 2011
    mfuller
    Beaverton, OR
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Beautiful Outlaw, by John Eldredge is almost like two books in one. The first half takes you through different personality traits of Jesus, emphasizing how human he was and how lovable his personality is. The second half is about us, how we can respond to this Jesus and live more fully through Him. Sprinkled throughout are Bible versus that help support what he is saying/illustrating. While I enjoyed the first chapters, the chapter about Jesus' "Disruptive Honesty" really stuck out for me. Especially in the politically correct world we live in, I have never really equated honesty with love before. John takes us through different scenarios of Jesus correcting people. He says: "The man [Jesus] shoots straight. Sometimes he's playful; sometimes he's fierce; the next moment he's generous. This is the beauty of his disruptive honesty–you can count on Jesus to tell you the truth in the best possible way for you to hear it." (P. 71) I had never thought that Jesus was tailoring his rebukes towards the heart of the recipient before, or that rebuke can be an act of love.

    The second half of the book really picked up for me. I Love how John is willing to wage battle against religion (even current-day religiosity) warning us of the dangers of crowding Jesus out with fake rules and practices. The following quote also resonated with me, as I look back on my youth-group days with much of the same feelings. "The campus ministry [my friend] had joined shortly after coming to Christ was — sadly–deeply infected with the religious. They did not teach the availability of an intimate relationship with Jesus. Focus was on consistent Bible study, witnessing, good morals. Motivation was largely pressure and guilt. A kind of Christian Islam. The fruit was that most of its disciples did not experience Jesus, did not believe in anything supernatural, and lived under a cloud of pressure and guilt." (p. 187) I think most kids in my generation felt this way. I wish more youth leaders- and pastors for that matter spent more time cultivating knowledge and expectations of relationships with Jesus than they do on activities and pressures to witness to friends. (This is not the majority of the second half of the book- it's just something that has stuck with me personally)

    John wraps his book up with a chapter called "one last thought" and I hope that everyone will read it. After showing us who Jesus is, and then helping us understand how we can respond to that, he leaves us with a few last words... mostly of encouragement, but also of warning. A warning that life will still continue to be hard and that suffering will almost certainly happen. He encourages us to cling tightly to Jesus, especially through the pain and hard-times. I have been a Christian for a very long time, and while I felt acquainted with most of the concepts in this book, there were some new ones for me, and I am left with a deeper expectation/hope of relationship with Jesus, right now, this side of heaven; and for that, this book is worth the read.
  4. rwarrender
    Bristol, WI
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: male
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    What was Jesus really like?
    June 19, 2013
    rwarrender
    Bristol, WI
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: male
    Quality: 5
    Value: 4
    Meets Expectations: 5
    How many times has the tone of an e-mail or text message been misinterpreted? For most of us it is too often. Yet, viewing Jesus through the often dry 2-dimensional view often presented, the personality of Jesus has been lost. John Eldrege masterfully brings into view much of what is actually evident in Scripture. Jesus suddenly becomes far more than that hazy mystical figure. How the situation changes when a sly smile or raised eyebrow is added. This is a wonderful work that can be appreciated by those both very familiar with the Bible or with none at all. Many people know of Jesus. This helps reveal someone we can know personally.
  5. woodbybert
    Greenfield Center,N.Y.
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: male
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Another great Eldredge work
    February 17, 2012
    woodbybert
    Greenfield Center,N.Y.
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: male
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Currently using this book as a study in the Men's group I co-lead.
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