Kris Vallotton - Outrageous Courage: What God Can Do with Raw Obedience and Radical Faith

T here are few people in the world I admire as much as Tracy Evans. To put it more accurately, there are few people in the world I fear as much as Tracy. I realize that may not sound biblical to some, or even healthy, yet the most honest expression of my heart is I fear God in Tracy. It is not because she has an intimidating presence or imposing personality. She always comes as a servant to all. But she is one of the most thoroughly converted individuals I have ever met. Her life is an offering, continuously poured out for the glory of God. She is what I call God-possessed. Everything is about and for her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. No exceptions.

Outrageous Courage is a brief record of Tracys very full life. But even that is a gross understatement. It is really about God, His love for people, His goodness and His incredible work in and through one yielded vessel. It is certainly not about a perfect person. That becomes clear pretty quickly. It is about a perfectly wonderful God who is capable of doing infinitely great things through finite people. That is the brilliance of Tracys story. And that is the brilliance of this book. It is filled with intrigue, danger, faith, miracles and Gods mighty deliverances.

There is no question, it is God who is amazing. But those who walk in this level of obedience look a lot like their Father amazing !

I was moved when I saw the title for this book. It does not seem possible to come up with a better title for a book about Tracy than Outrageous Courage .

Never has there been a time where supernatural courage is more needed than today. It is no longer optional. One of the most wonderful, almost unexplainable byproducts of reading this book is that people will grow in courage. These kinds of God stories impart something wonderful into the heart of every hungry person who reads them. They supply the people of God with a fresh understanding of God Himself, as His ways are revealed in His works. They also invite us to embark on a similar journey, just to see how outrageously the Lord is prepared to touch humanity through any yielded vessel willing to be used to display His extreme goodness. I am convinced that books of this nature are some of the most important books being written.

I have watched Tracys life for more than thirty years now. She has been consistent from day one. Her growth is astonishing, especially when you see the environment she willingly places herself in, time and again. She illustrates that the greatest growth in Christ happens not in a sterile, classroom-type environment, but in the dirty places of this world, where life and death are everyday realities, where if God does not intervene, we will fail, even die. This is the lifestyle Tracy has chosen to live. It is the lifestyle of His greatest pleasure.

Outrageous Courage will not disappoint. Read it hungry, and you will finish it hungrier. It does more than satisfy; it launches the reader on a questa partnership for something new. It is bound to be used by God to raise up a new breed of believerloving, simple, relentless and filled with faith; for nothing is impossible with God.

Many thanks to Kris Vallotton for insisting that her story get written. While Tracy continues to live a full expression of the Gospel, she has lived more for Christ in the years recorded than most people could live in several lifetimes.

Bill Johnson, pastor, Bethel Church, Redding, California; author, Hosting the Presence , and co-author, The Essential Guide to Healing