Hugh Halter, Sacrilege: Finding Life in the Unorthodox Ways of Jesus (Shapevine). Baker Books, 2011.
Referenced in: Missional Lifestyle, Discipleship, Spirituality
LifeandLeadership.com Summary
Halter’s focus is on the incarnational life of Jesus. He “exposes Jesus as the least religious person you would have ever met, and show how his non-churchy ways and his absolute sacrilege with the scriptures, the Sabbath, sin, sinners, and a host of other kingpin issues, were exactly why people were drawn to him.” (http://leadnet.org/blog/post/what_is_sacrilege) He then calls the church embody the kingdom life, using the Beatitudes as a grid.
From the Publisher
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 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.
About the Authors
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.
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