Book Details Title: Love Like Jesus: How Jesus Loved People (and how you can love like Jesus) | |
Book DescriptionBased on Kurt Bennett’s popular-ish blog God Running, Love Like Jesus begins with the story of how after a life of regular church attendance and Bible study, Bennett was challenged by a pastor to study Jesus. That led to an obsessive seven year deep dive. After pouring over Jesus’ every interaction with another human being, he realized he was doing a much better job of studying Jesus’ words than he was following Jesus’ words and example. The honest and fearless revelations of Bennett’s own moral failures affirm he wrote this book for himself as much as for others.Love Like Jesus examines a variety of stories, examples, and research, including: -Specific examples of how Jesus communicated God’s love to others. -How Jesus demonstrated all five of Gary Chapman’s love languages (and how you can too). -The story of how Billy Graham extended Christ’s extraordinary love and grace toward a man who misrepresented Jesus to millions.-How to respond to critics the way Jesus did. -How to love unlovable people the way Jesus did. -How to survive a life of loving like Jesus (or how not to become a Christian doormat). -How Jesus didn’t love everyone the same (and why you shouldn’t either). -How Jesus guarded his heart by taking care of himself–he even napped–and why you should do the same. -How Jesus loved his betrayer Judas, even to the very end.With genuine unfiltered honesty, Love Like Jesus, shows you how to live a life according to God’s definition of success: A life of loving God well, and loving the people around you well too.A life of loving like Jesus. Customers Review: Wow this book is awesome! I got this book because I’m an elder in a church and apart from reading my bible I enjoy Christian books that help me live a life that reflects my Lord and Savior. This book does that well, it has a casual style that helps you open up to some of the more difficult passages in the bible. You feel like you sitting at home in a relaxed conversation with the author about loving others the way Jesus did, while being encouraged all the way. The chapters are broken down in small enough segments as to make it perfect for an enjoyable study before bed. The topics and chapter separations make it equally well suited for a small group study. The subjects are deep, mirroring an Eldership class I’m currently taking, yet written in a much more enjoyable style with relevant insights that help in application to real world life of a Christian. I have a lot of Christian books on the shelf, this is definitely now one of my favorites, relaxing, insightful, challenging yet full of real life encouragement for growth in Christ as we are called to love. It’s definitely not a “here’s the latest trend” or this month’s Christian “to do” list. Built on rock solid scripture and theology thats proven to change lives, I can’t say enough about how I have enjoyed this book!
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