{"product_id":"love-is-god-the-secular-gospel-paperback","title":"Love is God: the secular gospel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFord Ivey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo many have heard the words of Jesus only through the echo chamber of control, shame, and fear. For 2000 years, his message-one of radical love, humility, justice, and community-has been warped into a weapon, used by institutions that care more about power than people. Somewhere along the way, we replaced compassion with condemnation, turned sanctuary into segregation, and forgot that the one we call Savior spent his life healing the wounded, feeding the hungry, standing with the marginalized, and challenging the violent structures of empire and religion alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a gospel for those who no longer see Jesus in the churches that shout his name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For those who walked away not because they hated faith, but because they couldn't find love inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For those who've been told they're too queer, too poor, too broken, too doubtful to belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For those who hear \"Christian love\" and brace for cruelty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is for the agnostics and atheists who still believe in kindness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For the ex-Christians grieving the loss of something they hoped was real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For the ones still haunted by the beauty buried in Scripture, beneath centuries of distortion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, we rewrite the Gospels-not to erase their power, but to uncover it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e We keep the heart of Jesus's teachings and translate them into a voice centered on empathy, emotional honesty, and inclusive love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e We replace the image of a punishing God with a living, breathing \u003cem\u003egod\u003c\/em\u003e-the god who is love, who is community, who is you and me, showing up for one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this Gospel, miracles are acts of compassion and collective care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The kingdom of heaven is not a distant afterlife but a world built through solidarity and justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Here, god is not power over, but love among.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe believe the words of Jesus were never meant to build empires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e They were meant to build a table wide enough for all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e We're just trying to build it again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever thought, \u003cem\u003e\"Jesus I like-it's his followers I can't stand,\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e this is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever wept reading the Sermon on the Mount and wondered why no one preaches it, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e this is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever longed to believe that faith can look like healing instead of harm, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e this is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a new religion. This is an old one, rediscovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCome read the Gospel again-maybe for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42559975293024,"sku":"9798349387548","price":50.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/maxj7-Ulll9798349387548.webp?v=1770224130","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/love-is-god-the-secular-gospel-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}