Sacrilege (Shapevine): Finding Life in the Unorthodox Ways of Jesus

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Faithlife TV A Christian video library. Faithlife Proclaim Church presentation software. Chapters 3 vols. The Preacher's Outline and Sermon Bible 43 vols. Proverbs John Phillips Commentary Series 27 vols. Finding Life in the Unorthodox Ways of Jesus. Overview What does it really mean to be like Jesus? Winning the World through Meekness God on the Go: Praise for the Print Edition Sacrilege is a refreshing book for those of us who want to know Jesus and who want to make Jesus known. Hugh Halter lives this out himself and in this book shares with us how to remove the barriers of religion and let people meet Jesus in us.

Sacrilege is a handbook for living not just a missional life but a truly incarnational life. I recommend this book for every Christ follower. All I can say is that Hugh, in his fabulously engaging way, accomplishes the release of Christian theology from its church-centric focus back onto the streets—where it got its start and where it belongs. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism, Drew University Yet again, Hugh tips the sacred cows that need tipping and ruffles the feathers that need ruffling. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page.

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It is safe to say most Christians do not live like Jesus did, have the same influence on people he had, or draw even the slightest curiosity from the on-looking world. Jesus's ability to woo people to him and win their hearts was directly related to how he challenged their assumptions about religion. He not only gave them a unique, personal way to follow him but also showe It is safe to say most Christians do not live like Jesus did, have the same influence on people he had, or draw even the slightest curiosity from the on-looking world.

He not only gave them a unique, personal way to follow him but also showed them how to participate with him in his mission. Sacrilege helps readers rethink what it really means to become like Jesus.

It exposes the patterns of thinking that have held the church hostage for years and inspires readers to rethink the way they understand Scripture, family, spiritual formation, conversion, church, sin, and more. Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Sacrilege , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Jesus was the radical of his time. He set the religious community on its ear, breaking rules right and left.

His message of love and inclusion for all was sacrilegious, and ultimately cost him his life.

Sacrilege: Finding Life in the Unorthodox Ways of Jesus

Fast forward to our time and it's hard to even find the real Jesus and his teachings in the dogma driven churches of today. I found this author and his views refreshing. His blend of humor and biblical principle captured and held my attention. His call for some Jesus based sacrilege resonated, requ Jesus was the radical of his time.

His call for some Jesus based sacrilege resonated, requiring some introspection by the reader.

This is a book that I'll continue to use as reference and encouragement. Having heard Hugh Halter a few times, many of these stories and perspectives were not new to me. What I found again was that I completely agree with Halter in his basic stance that Jesus was eminently sacrilegious. The Church has taken Jesus' radical approach and sanitized it so it no longer looks or sounds so egregious. Yet the fact remains that Jesus was throwing the entire religious community on its head.

We need more than a bit of that throwing if the Church is to have a voice and impact in Having heard Hugh Halter a few times, many of these stories and perspectives were not new to me. We need more than a bit of that throwing if the Church is to have a voice and impact in the next century.

I particularly appreciated the insistence upon caring for the widows and the orphans as a mark of what it means to be a Christian. Halter's increasing passion through the book made me long to create a renewed community that gives itself to caring for the poor and the oppressed. My rebellious side is hankering to give this book to most of the Christians I know.

Maybe if I let Halter offend them, I can come back with the same perspective later and it won't be quite so offensive anymore. Now that's an idea I see the need for change. I still need to do more reading and listening to God. Feb 05, Amy rated it liked it. Perspective changing on missional living and community.

Feb 01, Rick rated it really liked it. I thought this was a good place to start a year because it laid a foundation of truth. Then I jumped right into Sacrilege by Hugh Halter. I must admit, the title had me scared a bit for what I would find inside. But you know what they say about judging a book by its cover. So I jumped in anyways. I say jump in with both feet, my friends. What Hugh basically does is to break down t is starting out really well as far as my book choices.

What Hugh basically does is to break down the Beatitudes and explain how deviant these words would have sounded to the original audience. Hugh writes in a very easy to follow manner. He explains in the introduction that he is writing as if to his daughters in a letter, so they may know the real Jesus. Also near the beginning he defines how he is using the term sacrilege. It comes don to tipping holy cows. That sounds mean, but these cows had it coming. What we need to understand is that people did not sit through Jesus' teaching like we do through a sermon.

Instead of obedient silence and perhaps a smattering of 'Amens', there would have been shock and awe. Imagine gasping, scoffing and disbelief and I think we get a bit closer to the reactions Jesus would have become accustomed to. Hugh weaves the Beatitudes together and shares some very clear implications for how we follow Jesus, from the sharing of communion to the sharing of our resources to how we spend our Sabbaths.

He even returns our focus to how we respond to people. In the end, nothing is too sacred to be questioned and yet Hugh finds the true character of Jesus to be uber-sacred. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is new to the faith and needs to start out right, before getting comfy with the holy cows.

Sacrilege: Finding Life in the Unorthodox Ways of Jesus by Hugh Halter

Oh, and for the rest of us, this would be a great opportunity for a refocusing. I received this book for free from my good friends at SpeakEasy. They ask me to say something but don't tell me what to say. They're cool like that. Hugh Halter is a church planter, pastor, consultant, and missionary to the US. He is the national director of Missio and is the lead architect of Adullam, a congregational network of missional communities in Denver, Colorado.

You can vist him at his blog if you'd like; http: Oct 25, Thelogo rated it really liked it. Sacrilege is a book out to answer one question: What does it mean to be like Jesus? The premise of the book is that Jesus was sacrilegious that is, he de-sacralized, treated as not holy, things which had been treated as holy and as his followers we ought to be as well.

To explain what he means by this, Halter follows in the steps of the likes of Bonhoeffer and Dallas Willard in centering his answer to the books question on the beatitudes, with lots of practical advice and personal stories alon Sacrilege is a book out to answer one question: To explain what he means by this, Halter follows in the steps of the likes of Bonhoeffer and Dallas Willard in centering his answer to the books question on the beatitudes, with lots of practical advice and personal stories along the way. In a church which clearly needs to rethink what it means to be like Jesus, this book comes as a big step in the right direction.

No book could say all that needs to be said on this topic, but what Halter does have to say is worth listening to and think about. Personally, there was not much knew here; people such as Bonhoeffer and Dallas Willard have said it before, and I have read them. However, for many individuals in our digital age, who have never read a book 20 years old let alone 50, those books will be nigh inaccessible.

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Here, then, is a viable alternative. Sacrilege is filled with good words, such as teachings about hospitality, humility, and Sabbath; most Christians will benefit from reading this book.

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Sep 06, John Foster rated it really liked it. Well, this one does live up to its name. Honestly, I found Hugh's work refreshing, practical and more reflective of the heart of Jesus for people than most I've read. The truth is, it wasn't as sacriligeous as I thought it might be. But maybe that's because I've moved more than I thought away from attractional churchianity and toward missional living.

His stories are funny, insightful and revealing for those brave enough to confront the "pharisee" in all of us, especially those like me who grew Well, this one does live up to its name. His stories are funny, insightful and revealing for those brave enough to confront the "pharisee" in all of us, especially those like me who grew up thinking that institutional religion was sacred and loving sinners meant cramming a tract into their brains. Am having nightmarish recollections of doing "mall witnessing" on Saturdays where people would run away from these lunatics trying to preach Jesus to them while they're shopping.

Something Hugh calls being a "butthead for Jesus". Talk about it in your small groups. Don't be too offended by his candor.

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