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Beautiful Outlaw: Experiencing The Playful, Disruptive, Extravagant Personality Of Jesus (2011)

by John Eldredge(Favorite Author)

4.31 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0892960884 (ISBN13: 9780892960880)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

FaithWords

review 1: Chapters 1-13 are incredibly valuable for any person's walk with Christ. I would recommend to anyone.But chapters 14-16 need to be read with a lot of discernment. This is where the book began to go downhill for me. Some misinterpretation of Scripture; too much emphasis and foundation built upon extremely subjective experiences with Christ instead of built upon Scripture; downplaying of the role of the Church, the collective body of Christ... these chapters became rather painful to read, honestly. Chapter 17 and the epilogue are really great and very worth reading. Just skip over chapters 14-16 and you'll be fine.Eldredge has some good ideas (though not many new ones here) and is great at making the life and personality of Jesus come alive, and then connecting that life bac... morek to us. I love his emphasis on loving Jesus... that's huge for all of us. Eldredge just kinda goes off the crazy-deep end sometimes and needs someone to reel him back in with solid Scripture and doctrine. Seriously, in chapter 15 he makes a statement about churches "fiercely defending" doctrine as if that was a bad thing. Ironically, this is exactly what Eldredge could use a good dose of. The life Eldredge talks so much about in chapter 17 begs to be founded in firm, sound biblical doctrine, or else we are susceptible to being led astray by what WE think is the life. It is by Scripture revealed through the Spirit that we most primarily can know about Christ and His life. Eldredge forgets this in chapters 14-16.
review 2: This was a great book. If you love Jesus but you're not too sure about all the rules associated with the proper way to "worship" as dictated by one church or another...you should read this book. Just get personal with Jesus and take him into your life. You don't need a building or a congregation or a preacher. You just need to understand that he was a real man who had friends, and had a sense of humor and shared what it's like to be human -- and he understands you. Awesome.This book was shared with me by my son, and I have since passed it along to two different friends. The copy is a little worse for the wear, but that somehow makes it seem even better. less

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