{"product_id":"why-jesus-makes-me-nervous-ten-alarming-words-of-faith-paperback","title":"Why Jesus Makes Me Nervous: Ten Alarming Words of Faith - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoy Jordan-Lake\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJesus offers grace and mercy but he's also ratcheted up all the rules.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nice as it would be to frame Jesus as fun-loving, or a mercy-dispensing friend, the stories we have about him are a lot more disturbing than that.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e We hear about celebrations that began as a wake, and about people who didn't use their talents well being bounced clear out of the club. Jesus clearly thought that following the way of truth involved a lot more than simply avoiding things like murder, stealing, committing adultery or telling lies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Jesus truly makes you nervous, he is worth living and dying for, and becomes the greatest source of meaning and purpose in life imaginable.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Holiness. Abundance. Forgiveness. Hope. In these musings about 'ten stained-glass words of faith, ' Joy Jordan-Lake strips away the clichés and church-bulletin nostrums and exposes the honest, challenging, comforting, and yes, sometimes alarming claims that are at the center of Jesus' life and teaching. This book is downright restorative.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Lauren F. Winner, author of \u003cem\u003eGirl Meets God\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMudhouse Sabbath\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter graduate studies at a theological seminary, \u003cb\u003eJoy Jordan Lake\u003c\/b\u003e earned a PhD in English Literature. She served as the associate pastor of a multi-ethnic church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she led compassion ministries targeting low-income and homeless families, and was a Baptist chaplain at Harvard. She is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of other books including \u003ci\u003eWorking Families: Navigating the Demands and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDelights of Marriage, Parenting and Career\u003c\/i\u003e. With her husband and their three children, Joy currently lives just south of Nashville, where she writes and teaches at Belmont University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8 x 5.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760005710112,"sku":"9781557255204","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a68fde5c29b89fe707d8f0b15493bc6c.webp?v=1780168660","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/why-jesus-makes-me-nervous-ten-alarming-words-of-faith-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}