J. Kevin Butcher - Choose and Choose Again: The Brave Act of Returning to Gods Love

Powerful. Beautiful. Compelling! Im so thankful that Kevin wrote this book. Read it too. It will help you to choose and to offer the love of God.

STASI ELDREDGE

Author of Captivating and Becoming Myself

In Choose and Choose Again, Kevin Butcher paints moving portraits of brokenness and healing. Kevin draws upon his own journey from despair to hope and faithfully recounts how the love of God has resurrected others. Choose and Choose Again is about life-and-death struggle to truly know that we are loved. Savor these stories, and taste of the deep love the Father has for you.

JEFF MANION

Senior pastor at Ada Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and author of The Land Between and Satisfied

This book is beautiful. A truly authentic and powerful revelation of the deepest hunger of our heart met by the strongest force in the universe love. May you read it and weep, and then have the courage to choose it for yourself.

DANIELLE STRICKLAND

Speaker, advocate, and author

The book you hold in your hands is dangerous. It is dangerous because it passionately and convincingly speaks to Gods love for his children for you! First it strips you down to your own emptiness, desire for love, and the false beliefs that you are not worthy. Then it slowly builds you back up with the deep, abiding sense of the relentless and gracious love of God. Choose and Choose Again is a rare book that perfectly captures the character and voice of its author and forces you to grapple with stories Kevins, those he writes about, and your own. This is one of the best and most transformative books on the love of God I know about.

KEN WYTSMA

Lead pastor at Antioch in Bend, Oregon, and author of The Grand Paradox: The Messiness of Life, the Mystery of God and the Necessity of Faith

One of the best life-changing books Ive read in a while. In Choose and Choose Again, J. Kevin Butcher writes with vulnerability and the raw emotion of one on the brink of suicide until he finds healing in the power of Gods love. His story, along with others, resonates with our greatest hurt and deepest need to know we matter. I wept over my own wounds and rejoiced in the restorative power of Gods sincere love for me. Im convinced you will experience the same.

MICCA CAMPBELL

Speaker and author of An Untroubled Heart: Finding a Faith That Is Stronger Than All My Fears

Kevin Butcher has pulled together a collection of beautiful stories including his own that powerfully reminds us of the Fathers passionate, persistent love for us. Its clear that Kevin, as a faithful pastor, has a unique capacity to serve as a conduit for that love in a way that transforms the most unexpected lives. Be blessed and encouraged by Gods work in and through him!

DR. JOSEPH M. STOWELL

President of Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Wow! I felt enlightened, heartbroken, empowered, and overjoyed as I read chapter after chapter about the love of the Father meeting broken and wounded people. Real talk for real people seeking real help for real problems from a real Father! Our choice to choose the Fathers unconditional, radical love and live it out in the community of faith takes courage, but it will help us live the life he has designed for us. Read and see what a difference his love makes in the lives of everyday, ordinary, struggling, and hurting people who choose to accept his love.

REV. LAWRENCE C. GLASS, JR.

President of the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit, Michigan

Millions all over the world long to experience the authentic love described in Choose and Choose Again. Let these remarkable stories convince you that God has also made it possible for you to choose this incredible life.

DR. BRUCE M C NICOL

President of Trueface and bestselling coauthor of The Cure and The Cure & Parents

Not since Mannings TheRagamuffin Gospel have I read paragraphs that so connect me to the Fathers love and grace. Dont think of Choose and Choose Again as a book. Think of it as God whispering comfort and love into your heart when what you have done or what has been done against you wakes you up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat of fear and doubt.

ED UNDERWOOD, THM, DD

Pastor at Church of the Open Door and author of When God Breaks Your Heart, Reborn to Be Wild, and The Trail

I could not put down this book! Why? It is biblical, honest, riveting, heart-rending, and hopeful. As I read the stories in Choose and Choose Again, I cried, I laughed, I prayed, and I healed. Kevin has been my close friend for decades, and I know firsthand that he has tasted the love of the Father deeply and very personally, and it has healed him... and it will heal you! Ill be recommending this book to my church family because I love them.

REV. CARLTON P. HARRIS, TH.M.

Senior pastor, College Avenue Baptist Church, San Diego

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