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thoughts on “Jesus Loves You…” by Craig Gross and Jason Harper – PART 1

Feb 8th

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Doesn’t matter what you do or who you are: Jesus. Loves. You.

And there’s the summery of the book. See ya!!

Just kidding… well in a way I am. I wanted to pull a few quotes and thoughts from the book I liked (and make a few comments if needed), but essentially that is it – Jesus Loves You (hence the title :) ).

The book is broken up into 10 chapters, or the stories of 10 different types of people the authors are with. They tell stories of their relationships with each type of person and why Jesus loves them (they do say over and over that Jesus loves everyone, it just so happens that the book takes a look at these 10 types specifically). Here’s the stories/chapters…

  • Jesus Loves the:
  1. …Bitter and Betrayed
  2. … the Disconnected
  3. … Broken
  4. … Forgotten
  5. … Skeptic
  6. … Glutton
  7. … Crook
  8. … Outcast
  9. … Porn Star
  10. … Religious

After finishing the book one of my first thoughts was… “in the circles I grew up in and still to this day somewhat hang out in – many of them would think that there is More >

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Music Video controversy: “What Matters More” by Derek Webb…

Sep 2nd

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Got an email from my friend Jeremy on Derek Webb’s new controversial song “What Matters More” off the album “Stockholm Syndrome“.

Below is the video, lyrics and a link to a website called Musical Squash who gives good thoughts and a review of the song.

Apparently the issues for the “Christian Market place” are his lyrics about homosexuality and the use of the word Sh*t (sorry for the blocking of the full word, what a sellout huh :) …)

Take a listen and jot down some thoughts if you’d like…

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You say you always treat people like you like to be / I guess you love being hated for your sexuality / You love when people put words in your mouth / ‘Bout what you believe, make you sound like a freak / ‘Cause if you really believe what you say you believe / You wouldn’t be so damn reckless with the words you speak / Wouldn’t silently conceal when the liars speak / Denyin’ all the dyin’ of the remedy / Tell me, brother, what matters more to you? Tell me, sister, what matters more to you? /  If I can tell what’s in your heart by what comes out of your mouth / Then it sure looks to me like being straight is all it’s about / It looks like being hated for all the wrong things / Like chasin’ the wind while the pendulum swings / ‘Cause we can talk and debate until we’re blue in the face / About the language and tradition that he’s comin’ to save / Meanwhile we sit just like we don’t give a sh*t / About 50,000 people who are dyin’ today / Tell me, brother, what matters more to you? Tell me, sister, what matters more to you?

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quick review of: “Jesus Loves You…” by Craig Gross and Jason Harper

Aug 5th

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First off, let me say I am a big fan of Craig Gross and the XXXChurch.com! I love what they are doing and how they are living life. So of course I was going to read this book…

“Jesus Loves You… This I Know” by Craig Gross and Jason Harper is a simple book, and I mean that in the best way possible. The authors take you on a journey of how and why Jesus makes such a difference in their life and why they believe He would make a difference to you.

These guys are more than just words though, they actually live it. As Craig puts it “So, as you read this book, don’t assume that because two pastors wrote it, we are your typical Sunday morning TV preachers. We aren’t. We spend most of our time outside the church with unchurched people. We don’t care if they are people who can’t pay their cable bill or people who perform for videos that show up on late-night cable.” These guys are actually out in community, out with real people of all thoughts and lifestyles – with the kind of people Jesus got criticized for hanging out with. Especially in Craig’s case, where the church often does either nothing with sex or pornography in hopes that by not talking about it that it will just go away – or they go they other way and constantly preach sermons berating people about it, ostracize and kick people out who struggle or reveal a hint of struggle, but never engage and help the men (and women) who are fighting through it.

This book is about how deeply Jesus loves everyone and the examples in Craig and Jason’s lives of how God is working that out through them and their ministries. The book though is certainly not one of “everything is all good and do whatever you feel like doing”, but it is about loving people where they are at and hoping that someday people will see the love and grace that Jesus offers – and let it into their lives.

“Doesn’t matter what you do or who you are: Jesus. Loves. You.” (page 16)

That’s the book – simple, but so important and so true.

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Christian Bumper stickers — part 3… “if i did put stickers on my car…”

Jul 28th

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Open to the World Beyond
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here’s my last section – “if i did put stickers on my car…”. obviously these are the ones i like and would use to represent my thoughts and feelings if i put stickers on my car. i don’t put bumper stickers on my car, but i like these…

hope you enjoyed all 3 sections – i know i enjoyed going through all of them when i posted each section (even the “SAD” ones i guess).

anyway -here’s the ones i like:

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