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- Stranger God: Welcoming Jesus in Disguise
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- 2017
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
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When Richard Beck first led a Bible study at a maximum security prison, he went to meet God. His own faith was flagging, but Beck still believed the promise of Matthew 25, that when we visit the prisoner, we visit Jesus.
With his signature combination of biblical reflection, theological reasoning, and psychological insight, Beck shows how God always meets us in the marginalized and the refugee. God comes to us in the poor, the crippled, the smelly.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Part I: Entertaining Angels
- pp. 15-16
- 1 Jesus in Disguise
- pp. 17-34
- 2 The Circle of Our Affections
- pp. 35-46
- 3 Yes, and
- pp. 47-62
- Part II The Emotional Battlefield
- pp. 63-64
- 5 Our Dirty Little Secret
- pp. 79-94
- 6 The Murderer in Our Heart
- pp. 95-102
- 7 Build That Wall!
- pp. 103-112
- 8 Heart Triggers
- pp. 113-128
- 9 Jesus, You Are Making Me Tired
- pp. 129-136
- Part III “I Shall Be Love”
- pp. 137-138
- 10 Searching for the Science of Love
- pp. 139-150
- 11 The Heart of the Church
- pp. 151-162
- 12 The Elevator to Jesus
- pp. 163-176
- Part IV Practicing Hospitality
- pp. 177-178
- 14 Stopping
- pp. 191-198
- 15 Approaching
- pp. 199-206
- Part V How to Save the World
- pp. 207-208
- 16 Love Locally
- pp. 209-220
- 17 Blest Be the (Weak) Tie That Binds
- pp. 221-236
- Conclusion: The Kindness Revolution
- pp. 237-241
- A Note About the Cover
- p. 242
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 243-244
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