{"product_id":"unshockable-love-how-jesus-changes-the-world-through-imperfect-people-paperback","title":"Unshockable Love: How Jesus Changes the World Through Imperfect People - 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\u003eJohn Burke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy were sinners so attracted to Jesus yet repelled by the religious? It had everything to do with the heart of Jesus. They sensed that Jesus was \u003ci\u003efor\u003c\/i\u003e them--not against them. When broken, sinful people feel repelled by Christians, we must assess whether our hearts reveal the heart of God or reflect the heart of the Pharisees. Through this engaging study of Jesus's encounters with imperfect people, combined with real-life stories of ordinary people having Christlike impact, readers will learn how to show unshockable love toward those around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Burke is the author of \"No Perfect People Allowed\" and \"Soul Revolution,\" and the lead pastor of Gateway Church in Austin, Texas, which he and his wife, Kathy, founded in 1998. Since then, Gateway has grown to over 4,500 members, made up mostly of unchurched people who began actively following Christ at Gateway. John is also the founder and president of Gateway Leadership Initiative (formerly Emerging Leadership Initiative), a nonprofit organization working to help church planting pastors and ordinary Christians \"raise the church out of the culture\" around the world. John has spoken in fifteen countries to over 200,000 church leaders and Christians about reaching a postmodern, post-Christian culture. He and Kathy have been married twenty-three years and currently reside in Austin, Texas, with their two children, Ashley and Justin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImperfect people are the only ones who change the world\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy were \"sinners\" so attracted to Jesus yet repelled by the religious? It had everything to do with the heart of Jesus. They sensed that Jesus was \u003ci\u003efor \u003c\/i\u003ethem--not against them. Do the broken people in our lives feel such an attraction to us? Or do we unwittingly repel them by expecting them to clean themselves up a little before we can accept them? In other words, do our hearts reveal the heart of God or subtly reflect the heart of the Pharisees? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough an engaging study of Jesus' encounters with imperfect people, combined with real-life stories of ordinary people having Christlike impact, this book will inspire you to love the messy people around you--and the one staring back in the mirror--with Christ's unshockable love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beneath the surface of every broken person, there is a work of art waiting to be revealed. This book shows us how.\"--\u003cb\u003eMark Batterson\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Circle Maker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I wish all believers loved people who are far from God like John Burke does. \u003ci\u003eUnshockable Love\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us of our desperate need to join Jesus in the messy work of life-on-life discipleship.\"--\u003cb\u003eEd Stetzer\u003c\/b\u003e, www.edstetzer.com, author of \u003ci\u003eSubversive Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"John is a man who not only knows Jesus, but knows that Jesus \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e saves and redeems broken people and makes them trophies of his grace.\"--\u003cb\u003eAlan Hirsch\u003c\/b\u003e, author, activist, dreamer, www.alanhirsch.org \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Burke\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eNo Perfect People Allowed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSoul Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, and the lead pastor of Gateway Church in Austin, Texas, which he and his wife, Kathy, founded in 1998. Since then, Gateway has grown to over 4,500 members, made up mostly of unchurched people who began actively following Christ at Gateway.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Burke\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eImagine Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo Perfect People Allowed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSoul Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnshockable Love\u003c\/i\u003e. The founder with his wife, Kathy, of Gateway Church in Austin, Texas, John is also the president of Gateway Leadership Initiative (GLI), a nonprofit organization. As an international speaker, John has addressed hundreds of thousands of people in twenty countries on topics of leadership and spiritual growth. He and his family live in Austin, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42592188170336,"sku":"9780801016509","price":37.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/dXFWOHlqbm1zZzh1Vlg0RnlTaHNGZz09.webp?v=1771430046","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/unshockable-love-how-jesus-changes-the-world-through-imperfect-people-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}