Beautiful Outlaw

I always get a lot from reading or listening to John Eldredge, so I couldn't really go without mentioning Eldredge's latest book, Beautiful Outlaw.

So, what is so amazing about this book, you might ask? Well, first I should clarify: I've been listening to the Ransomed Heart Podcast, which has been featuring the Beautiful Outlaw project in a significant way. In fact, Eldredge himself is reading each chapter, and adding it to the podcast stream. In other words, I've been listening to the book.

Now, as to the content, it is a book about Jesus. In the back story, Eldredge talks about how he wanted to release this book before he went ahead with Love & War. However, his publishers didn't really think that a book about Jesus would sell. So, against his best judgment, he went ahead and released the book about marriage.

I guess at times it can seem a little stuffy to talk about Jesus. However, that is the very thing that this book interprets for us. Eldredge talks about the character, the person, the realness and humanness of Jesus. He talks about how playful he is, and how it is easy to misinterpret the person of Jesus from the vantage point of religion.

I've burst out in laughter many times listening to Eldredge describe Jesus. It is amazing to see Jesus as he really was, and really is.