Mike Yankoski - Zealous Love: A Practical Guide to Social Justice

The two greatest commandments of God speak about love love of God and love for our neighbors. But love that is not demonstrated is no love at all. For God so loved the worldthat He actedHe did somethingHe sent His Son, Jesus, to be our salvation. And Jesus has now sent us to love the same world that He died for. Read this book and feel the pain in our world then do something, because thats what Zealous Love is all about.

Richard Stearns, President, World Vision U.S., and author of The Hole in Our Gospel

Every Christian in America needs to read Zealous Love. Its just what we need to open our eyes to the hurting people around the world that are crying out for our attention. I have people ask me all the time for practical ways to get involved in caring for the least of these. This book will not only be a powerful resource in their hands; it will lead us all back to the heartbeat of God.

Francis Chan, author of Crazy Love

This is a book about lovenot the sentimental love of fairy tales and romance novels. This is a book about the love that keeps us up at night restless with poverty, groaning with a wounded creation, raging over the madness of militarism. It is an invitation to feel, and ache, and cry over the broken world that God so lovesand it is an invitation to reimagine it.

Shane Claiborne, author, activist, and recovering sinner

Timely. Accessible. Comprehensive. Zealous Love explores the worlds most challenging issues and calls us to a radical biblical pursuit of love and justice in accordance with Gods will.

Ken Wytsma, Lead Pastor of Antioch Church in Bend, Oregon, and Co-Creator of the World Relief NEXT project

A winsome book about injustice? That is what Mike and Danae Yankoski have managed to do with Zealous Love. It disarms and captivates the reader with great stories about and by people on the front lines, solid data and information about the struggle, and scores of helpful things we can all do right now to side with the poor Gods favorite people group.

Ben Patterson, Campus Pastor, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California

Zealous Love engages our imaginations and practices with stories of people who know the breadth and depth of Gods love for the world and the odd blessing of being misfits in the world for the sake of faithfulness to the way of Jesus Christ. It invites us to the full life of discipleship to Jesus Christ that joyfully grows beyond a concern for my own salvation and peace of mind to embrace Gods redeeming work throughout creation. Read it. Live it. Know the abundant joy of Gods zealous love for the world.

Jonathan R. Wilson, Pioneer McDonald Professor of Theology, Carey Theological College

While terms like prophetic and social justice are too often paired with edgy, angry individuals guilt-tripping others to share their ideology, Mike and Danae offer us helpful information alongside invitational and riveting stories. In so doing, they are able to provide true hope, genuine inspiration, and a concrete path for action.

Dr. Rod Wilson, President, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia

As the voices of the next generation of North American evangelical Christianity, Mike and Danae Yankoski are impressive in both their passion and their pragmatism. They combine clarity of thought and excellent organization of material with personal candor and passion in this book which will not merely stir the reader, but move her to act and to that end, give her some basic information and first steps. As one of the contributors to this volume puts it, We must overcome the noise of our affluence in order to hear and respond to Christs call in the cries of our neighbours. In Zealous Love, Mike and Danae present the church with a hearing aid to help us with that process.

Maxine Hancock, PhD, author and speaker; Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Spiritual Theology, Regent College

This compelling book invites readers into an honest and timely conversation that retrieves the ancient meaning of that word to walk with. The stories gathered here invite us not only to hear and reflect on the lives of those who suffer, but to participate, in entirely possible and practical ways, in the great work of healing. No one will emerge from these readings unchanged or unchallenged, or uncertain about what to do. Many hands are extended here to clasp ours and lead us to those whose needs may teach us how to walk humbly, in love.

Marilyn McEntyre, professor and author

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Zealous Love
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Yankoski, Michael.

Zealous love : a practical guide to social justice / Mike and Danae Yankoski.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-310-29076-6 (softcover)

1. Social justice Religious aspects Christianity. 2. Christianity and justice. 3. Church and social problems. I. Yankoski, Danae. II. Title.

BT738.Y37 2009

261.8 dc22 2009020793

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To every person in this world who is suffering from injustice and to every person who is working to alleviate that suffering. Keep on.