Joe Battaglia - The Politically Incorrect Jesus: Living Boldly in a Culture of Unbelief

A thoughtful and insightful look into how to be true to God and yourself.

DELILAH

National Radio Host

No one who reads The Politically Incorrect Jesus will ever view cultural PC the same way again. In bold, no-nonsense, biblically based expressions, Joe Battaglia strips the facade off the culture war and warns believers against the dangers of being seduced by it. The book is a game changer.

LARRY W. POLAND, PH.D.

Chairman, Mastermedia International

In an era when the Church seems to either be so politically correct that its message is ineffective, or so abrasive that it offends without enlightening anyone, my friend Joe Battaglia calls us to see that Jesus came to redeem the culture and not to condemn it. Jesus Church is designed to bring real hope and joy to a superficial culture by living out the truth in a way that meets people at their point of deepest need. Joe shows us that being countercultural does not mean being against people, but for peace and love. If youre tired of the culture wars, this book is a must-read for you.

JIM LISKE

President and CEO, Prison Fellowship Ministries

My friend Joe Battaglia exposes the ease with which many rewrite the teachings of Jesus. Jesus said of Himself, I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me. That sounds anything but inclusive. Battaglia builds a biblical case for society and individuals to return to the truth of the Good News in Christ, a truth entered through relationship, and the only truth that still sets us free.

DAVID JONES

Vice President, The Palau Association

This is an important book. Its a wake-up call to a slumbering Church and culture, a reminder of what is true not what is popular. I highly recommend it.

SHEILA WALSH

Author of The Storm Inside

In The Politically Incorrect Jesus, my friend Joe Battaglia presents an intelligent and common sense approach to how a person of faith can stand up to the current issues in culture that would divide us without pointing fingers or engaging in the culture war. He has interesting perspectives that we would all do well to consider on how to be followers of Jesus to a world that wants to see the real thing.

MICHAEL W. SMITH

Singer/Songwriter

Joe Battaglia says what needs to be said about the dangers and impact of our politically correct world. Its a needed wake-up call to our culture! This is a MUST READ for anyone wanting to understand our times.

ALEX KENDRICK

Filmmaker, Facing the Giants, Fireproof, Courageous

Ive just finished reading The Politically Incorrect Jesus and Im angry. In fact, there is enough in this book to tick off almost everybody. But the great thing about the book is that what starts in anger, moves to conviction, then to repentance and ultimately to action. Weve drifted so far and most of us dont know a way back. This book is a road map for getting back. Ive decided to no longer shillyshally. You will too!

DR. STEVE BROWN

Author/President, Key Life Radio Network

With candor and courage, Joe Battaglia takes on some of the madness of our day as attention is focused beyond the noise of political correctness to the person of Jesus. Timeless truths drawn from HIS life and love are presented with clarity and grace as firm foundations for purposeful and strategic living in our contemporary world. Read it and REAP!

DAVID FERGUSON

Co-chairman, Awakening America Alliance

Unfortunately, we live in a world where black and white have become dingy gray, and Gods call to be salt and light has been met by dim and tasteless Christians. Joe sounds a clarion call to be men and women of holiness and distinction, those who shine like stars in the midst of a crooked and twisted world (Philippians 2:15). Where political correctness collides with biblical truth, this book will challenge you to hold fast to the unchanging principles and promises of Gods Word.

MICHAEL CATT

Senior Pastor, Sherwood Baptist Church, Albany, Georgia

Thank you, Joe, for writing The Politically Incorrect Jesus. I learned so much. I now completely understand my ethnicity, my color, my race. Im a Christ-follower. Thats it. Ive been born again for thirty years and so blessed because of that simple decision a long time ago. After so much time passing, I just feel that your book is the definitive statement in tying my faith in Jesus all together for me.

TOM GEHRING

Lawyer and author of Settle It!and be Blessed

My dear friend Joe Battaglia makes a cogent and powerful case for how we have allowed our culture and politically correct thought to shape our thinking and lives, regardless of whether we believe those things to be true. This book is a gentle, yet forceful reminder, of standing up for what one believes. I highly recommend it.

RITA COSBY

Emmy-winning TV host and best-selling author

My friend Joe Battaglia understands that Christians make a difference in this world by being different from this world. They dont make a difference by being the same. Unlike the world around them, Christians are called to be theologians of mercy rather than philosophers of might. Whether they realize it or not, the world desperately needs to hear our confession more than they need to see our competence. They need to hear that we are weak and needy and desperate. And the good news is that Christians are free to admit this without fear because our worth and value and significance are not dependent on our strength, what we do, or what others think. Our identity is firmly anchored in what Jesus has done for us. Thank you for this reminder, Joe. I keep forgetting.

TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIAN

Founder of Liberate and author of
One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World

Jesus is dangerous. And so is this wonderful book, because Joe shows us a Jesus who simply refuses to give us what we want: Affirmation of our own biases. Instead, He challenges us to change, to love, and to simply embrace the truth about ourselves, no matter how unfashionable. This is a book we need. Now.

BRANT HANSEN

Radio host and author of
Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better

The Politically Incorrect Jesus

2014 by Joseph Battaglia

ISBN: 978-1-4245-4981-8 (paperback)

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