Jami Amerine - Stolen Jesus: An Unconventional Search for the Real Savior

When the grace of God collides with our candid admission of failure, the result is often laughter and joy. Stolen Jesus does not shy away from the hurts inflicted by messed-up religion, yet this is the funniest Christian book I have read. Thank God for honest authors like Jami Amerine who are brave enough to write about life as it is.

Paul Ellis, author of Stuff Jesus Never Said

Stolen Jesus will steal your heart and compel you to keep turning the pages. If you feel as though you are on shaky ground in your walk with Jesus, this book will leave you standing on solid ground.

Anna LeBaron, author of The Polygamists Daughter

As mere mortals, we tend to create different versions of Jesus from our own experiences. Jamis fearless and funny categorization of her collection of different Jesuses is something to experience. Not only will you want to pay real money just to be in the backseat of her car during her next Starbucks run (because you will), but this book will make you want to go deepertruly examining your own Jesus collection and paring it down to one, true, Savior.

Kathi Lipp, author of The Husband Project, Clutter Free, and Overwhelmed

Jami Amerine announces, I broke up with Jesus! She does a good job of saying the things we all feel. Of searching for what we all want to find. And of refusing to settle for easy answers. I started reading her journey and ended up journeying right along with her. Thank you, Jami, for your humorously serious quest to find the Real Jesus.

Kay Marshall Strom, 21st century abolitionist

Jamis search for Jesus is authentic, vulnerable, and heart touching. She rips off clean and tidy faades, fights legalism, and hits back against backbreaking shame. Expect to go through these pages laughing, arriving at the last page loved and liberated.

Kelly Balarie, author of Fear Fighting

Thank God that Jesus is not who I made Him out to be in high schoola roller coaster deity that was hormonal and enjoyed grounding me if I crossed the line. Stolen Jesus is delightful freedom to all those who have ever been burned by fakes, phonies, or counterfeits of the True Savior. Come away from the crazy by entering Jamis crazy as you snort with laughter, cry with relief, and uncover Real Jesus in all His glory.

Katie Reid, author of Made Like Martha

Its beautiful. Its authentic. Its delightful. Its honest. I chuckled and gasped and reflected and got covered in goose bumps. Every few pages, I found myself taking a break and pacing the floor to give my head a moment to catch up with what was happening in my heart. This book is a captivating story of a grace encounter with the Real Jesus. It left me praising Him. Pondering Him. Conscious of His presence. Aware of His love. Knowing Him more. Loving Him more without even trying.

Tricia Gunn, author of Unveiling Jesus

In this raw, hilarious, high-energy narrative, Jami Amerine describes the various Jesus aberrations that she has encountered in the American body of believers. These false Christs drive her to interminable God-pleasing works, requiring rigid perfection but instead generating shame, fear, and guilt. This was the perfect condition for Jami to finally discover the Real Jesus, who saves by grace.

Dr. Lynn Wilder, Ex-Mormon Christians United for Jesus

Jami Amerine will take you by surprise. Shell say what no one else is willing to say, reveal what no one else is willing to reveal, and do it in a manner that is self-deprecating, completely authentic, and emotionally real. Prepare yourself for an adventure.

Jan Greenwood, author of Women at War

I love a writer who tells the raw truth, shows her flaws and foibles, and keeps you smiling and hanging on every word! Stolen Jesus will have you laughing and nodding your head in agreement one minute and wiping away tears the next. Searching is good, questioning is good, but know that there are answers and Jamis book will help you find them. Youll come away wanting to know the Real Jesus.

Kate Battistelli, author of Growing Great Kids

Jami Amerine takes the reader on a tender, riveting, multifaceted journey in Stolen Jesus. The Jesus she discovers in the new covenant is like a cool glass of water after spending years in a relentless fiery furnace. There nothing mundane about this author and absolutely nothing boring in the poignant words of Stolen Jesus.

Tracy Levinson, author of Unashamed

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STOLEN JESUS

Copyright 2017 Jami Amerine

Published by Harvest House Publishers

Eugene, Oregon 97402

www.harvesthousepublishers.com

ISBN 978-0-7369-7063-1 (pbk.)

ISBN 978-0-7369-7064-8 (eBook)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Amerine, Jami, author.

Title: Stolen Jesus / Jami Amerine.

Description: Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017011314 (print) | LCCN 2017030763 (ebook) | ISBN 9780736970648 (ebook) | ISBN 9780736970631 (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Jesus ChristPerson and offices. | Amerine, Jami. | Christian biography.

Classification: LCC BT203 (ebook) | LCC BT203 .A528 2017 (print) | DDC 232dc23

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