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2013 by John Burke
Published by Baker Books
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 495166287
www.bakerbooks.com
Originally published under the title Mud and the Masterpiece
Ebook edition created 2013
Ebook corrections 07.01.2014
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meansfor example, electronic, photocopy, recordingwithout the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
ISBN 978-1-4412-2110-0
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com
Scripture quotations labeled THE MESSAGE are from The Message by Eugene H. Peterson, copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations labeled NASB are from the New American Standard Bible, copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.lockman.org
Scripture quotations labeled NIV 1984 are from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. www.zondervan.com
Scripture quotations labeled NLT are from the Holy Bible , New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Author is represented by Fedd & Company.
Beneath the surface of every broken person, there is a work of art waiting to be revealed. This book shows us how Jesus restores us into Gods Masterpiece, and in the process helps us restore his Masterpiece in others.
Mark Batterson, author of The Circle Maker
I wish all believers loved people who are far from God like John Burke does. Burke captures a unique aspect of a missional life in Christ that we can easily fail to grasp: We can be missional but on the wrong mission. Unshockable Love reminds us of our desperate need to join Jesus in the messy work of life-on-life discipleship.
Ed Stetzer, www.edstetzer.com, author of Subversive Kingdom
John is a man who not only knows Jesus, but that Jesus really saves and redeems broken people and makes them trophies of his grace. This book gets into the heart of the ministry that has characterized Johns distinctive contribution to the contemporary churchthat Jesus is Lord and Savior.
Alan Hirsch, author, activist, dreamer, www.alanhirsch.org
The phrase this is what I was created for kept running through my mind as I read Unshockable Love . My lifelong friend John Burke captures the heart of Jesus to summon the best from each of us. Ive watched John live this message for the past several decades. Come and see the bold love of God, who invites everyonefrom skeptics to the spiritually stuck to the religiously arrogantto follow Jesus Christ while surrounded by authentic friendships and energized by a shared mission.
Ken Cochrum, DMin, global vice president, Student-Led and Virtually-Led Movements
Hope is a dangerous thing. This book drips with hope. Burke is a master storyteller and his stories, woven together with the electric stories of Scripture, grab the heart and ignite the mind. Burke helps us believe that God can do more in and through us, with everyday people we meet in everyday situations. Pick up this book, and your hope will rise.
Doug Schaupp growth coach, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, coauthor, I Once Was Lost
In Unshockable Love , John has once again captured a fresh vision of a Jesus who is not only worth following, but orienting and giving our entire lives to. In simply but poignantly looking at Jesus various interactions with people throughout the Gospels, he is able to underscore the call Jesus gives to us in each conversation, a call that goes beyond clever ministries, strategies, or apologetics. Its the call to be found in a story much larger than ourselves.
Mike Breen, 3DM global leader
Do You Follow Jesus?
I f you ask people on the street for one word to describe Christians today, what would they say? Ive asked this question while speaking to Christians and church leaders all over North America, Europe, Scandinavia, and Australia, and I find it very troubling that we all know the answers: judgmental, narrow-minded, arrogant, hypocritical, bigoted.
These seem to be the most commonly agreed upon one-word answers. Of course, none of us think we could be rightly accused of these attitudes, and yet maybe its not just what were doing wrong , but what were failing to do right that brings these negative stereotypes. Maybe its something we really are not aware of that tends to infect us over time, as it seems to be especially prevalent in post-Christian societies where authentic faith and traditions cross ways.
During Jesus day, if you asked the average Joe (or Joseph) in Jerusalem to give one word to describe Jesus, I think youd get a much different set of words. So why doesnt the average person describe the average Christian with words that match Jesus life and ministry: loving, kind, compassionate, wise, merciful, truthful, hopeful, healing, helping, caring, life-giving?
When you look around you, do you see many people wanting to know about your God because they see a glimpse of a greater love, more abundant life, and new kind of freedom in you and your friends? Is God restoring whats lost and damaged in this world through you? If not, we ought to ask ourselves a very provocative question: Why arent we more like the One we follow?
Right after I wrote these words in JFK airport, I quickly boarded my plane to Scandinavia to speak to church leaders there. I walked back to the flight attendant, Michael, and asked if he could fill up my empty water bottle. He said, Were not supposed to... but here, Ill do it. Michael and I had been talking for about ten minutes when he asked, So, what do you do?
Im a pastor, I said.
Oh my gosh, that is the LAST thing I would ever have guessed. Michael kept expressing how shocked he was because I didnt seem like those people. He told me the horrible experiences he had with Christians and why he became Buddhist. And he asked me, Why are Christians like that?
I told him, Honestly, because not all Christians truly have the heart of Jesus for other people. Now, heres the shocking thingMichael, who disdained Christians, almost wouldnt let me sleep! He wanted to know more about Jesus and even wanted to attend our Internet campus. Why?
I think because he sensed something. I think he sensed Gods heart for him somehow coming through me.
For the last twenty-five years, Ive seen the Michaels of the world find faith, follow Jesus, and even begin restoring and leading others to follow Jesus as part of his church his bride. After seeing this happen in thousands of lives, Im convinced that our problem is not that we need more evangelistic tools, methods, apologetic arguments, or missional strategiesin fact, none of these will be worth anything if we dont first see ourselves and others through the eyes of Jesus. I truly believe people intuitively sense how we feel about them (even in a ten-minute conversation), and that makes the biggest difference of all.
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