Durso - Greatest heist in history: how grace robs us of our shame

Chris Durso is a young pastor with an authority beyond his years. His edgy demeanor gives him license to speak life and truth into people who are lost and broken. Even seasoned Christians will rediscover their first love through his passionate words. His revelation of grace and the truth of the gospel will compel and inspire you to step into your God-given purpose and destiny.

B RIAN H OUSTON , global senior pastor, Hillsong Church

The Heist is a story of grace and restoration. Readers will find refuge in the promise that Gods grace can and will stop shame in its tracks.

C HRISTINE C AINE , cofounder of the A21Campaign and Propel Women

Gutsy. Unexpected. Refreshing. Chris Durso explains the story of saving Grace in a language that both the world and the Church, sinners and so-called saints, can understand. The Heist walks us down the road with the prodigal son, inviting us to come home to the One who has a grace-party waiting. Fresh and accessible, I believe this book will help many live fully and freely in Jesus.

L OUIE G IGLIO , pastor of Passion City Church, founder of Passion Conferences, author of Goliath Must Fall

I have the privilege of being Chris Dursos friend, and I have watched him teach that Jesus is the way to real life. I believe The Heist has the potential to remind people that whatever has been stolen or destroyed can be redeemed in an instant. I love this book and I highly recommend its author!

C ARL L ENTZ , lead pastor, Hillsong New York

The Heist is packed with hard-hitting, attention-grabbing, and life-altering truth. Chris Durso masterfully portrays the death and resurrection of Jesus in a new and unprecedented way, that will not only catch readers off guard but draw them closer to Jesus.

C RAIG G ROESCHEL , founder and senior pastor of Life.Church and New York Times best-selling author

Chris Durso manages to beautifully remind us that just like the prodigal son, we are all able to return home into the loving arms of our God.

J UDAH S MITH , lead pastor of the City Church, Seattle

Most of our lives are spent avoiding anything that resembles a robbery. However, Pastor Chris Durso has cleverly used a metaphorical illustration to exemplify the powerful, stealthy work of grace. This grace removes the plagues from our hall of shame, enabling the guilty to appear faultless before Gods throne. To the wounded, read this powerful book with the doors unlocked and the alarm off, anticipating the possibility of a new life! This is The Heist for which the human soul longs!

T . D . J AKES S R ., senior pastor, The Potters House of Dallas

Im so glad Chris Durso took the time to pen The Heist. It will change how you view Jesus and his death on the Cross. It will reveal how the road to salvation is anything but a boring, old Bible story and portray Jesus as the Mastermind working to rescue us from the clutches of Satan.

L ISA B EVERE , minister and New York Times best-selling author of Without Rival

The Heist isnt just a book that creatively retells the story of Jesus dying on the cross. Its a book with a timeless, vitally important message that we are all loved by God, and that it doesnt matter what we do or where we are; we can always run into his arms.

J ENTEZEN F RANKLIN , New York Times best-selling author and pastor of Free Chapel Worship Center

Pastor Chris has a unique ability to help us see something familiar through a different lens. This book is an incredible picture of how God came in to our spiritual homes and robbed everything that was never meant to live there. When we receive the revelation of this kind of grace, we cant help but step up and live from a free and secure place. This book is a necessary read for each of us because we all need the fullness of this grace revelation.

A LEX S EELEY , author and pastor, The Belonging Co., Nashville

In a culture that is constantly drowning under the strong currents of condemnation and shame, Pastor Chris Durso has thrown us all a timely lifeline with his powerful new book The Heist.

P ASTOR R OBERT M ADU

My son Chris Durso is not just a brilliant writer. Rather, his ability to take a doctrine of the faith and put it into everyday language is simply masterful! Jesus taught the people as they could understand. This is the Gospel: how heaven robbed hell. This is the heart of God! What a concept!

M ICHAEL D URSO, senior pastor, Christ Tabernacle

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