Jesus Unleashed: Luke's Gospel for Emerging Christians

by Ron Clark

Overview

About the Contributor(s): Ron Clark is the minister for the Agape Church of Christ and faculty at George Fox Evangelical Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Freeing the Oppressed and The God of Second Chances.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610979894
Publisher:	Cascade Books
Publication date:	01/03/2014
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Ron Clark is the minister for the Agape Church of Christ and faculty at George Fox Evangelical Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Freeing the Oppressed and The God of Second Chances.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Section 1 Introducing Jesus

1 How Did We Get Here? 3

2 Jesus Unleashed 21

3 Introducing the Cast 43

4 Introducing Jesus 54

Section 2 Introducing the Journey

5 Reaching Those on the Margins 69

6 Mentoring on the Margins 95

Section 3 Joining Jesus on the Journey to Jerusalem

7 Joining Jesus on the Margins 109

8 Repentance and Healing in the Margins 128

9 Undesirables on the Margins of the Empire 143

10 Taking Risks on the Margins 160

Section 4 The Long Journey home

11 Jesus Comes Home 175

12 Jesus Is Evicted 188

13 Jesus Returns 201

14 The Church Continues Onward 210

Bibliography 215

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Ron Clark has written a deceptively demanding book that not only compels engagement but that anticipates changed perception and conduct. He offers a commentary on the Gospel of Luke but this is no ordinary commentary; this commentary is linked to reality on the ground and teems with connections to real people in real crunches facing real opportunities. It is of course not an accident that Clark has settled on the Gospel of Luke, for it is this Gospel that has in purview serious social transformation. The book draws us close to the Gospel call for engagement in such transformation.

—Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary

"Those who have loved the Bible all of their lives, and those who are coming to it afresh, will find here the sweet aroma of the Holy Spirit wafting through the broken places of our world and reviving all of God's children, both inside and outside traditional churches. The third evangelist's work of introducing Jesus to all comers continues in this valuable work."
—Mark Hamilton, Author of The Transforming Word

"Ron Clark's new book invites us to abandon the sanitized religion of Christianity that we have practiced for too long. In Jesus Unleashed, he shows how Luke's Gospel presents a Christ who insists that we eschew the static, comfortable, easy forms of religion we have substituted for the cross-shaped, shalom-bringing friendship with sinners that he modeled for us."
—Michael Frost, Author of The Road to Missional

"I deeply admire Ron and Agape, the community he leads, as they embody the principles Ron highlights from his study of Luke. Jesus Unleashed presents not only solid exposition of Scripture but a practical challenge for Christ's followers. I have great hope for the future of the church as we reach out to the marginalized people in our society today."
—Kevin Palau, President of Luis Palau Association

Editorial Reviews

Ron Clark has written a deceptively demanding book that not only compels engagement but that anticipates changed perception and conduct. He offers a commentary on the Gospel of Luke but this is no ordinary commentary; this commentary is linked to reality on the ground and teems with connections to real people in real crunches facing real opportunities. It is of course not an accident that Clark has settled on the Gospel of Luke, for it is this Gospel that has in purview serious social transformation. The book draws us close to the Gospel call for engagement in such transformation.

—Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary

"Those who have loved the Bible all of their lives, and those who are coming to it afresh, will find here the sweet aroma of the Holy Spirit wafting through the broken places of our world and reviving all of God's children, both inside and outside traditional churches. The third evangelist's work of introducing Jesus to all comers continues in this valuable work."
—Mark Hamilton, Author of The Transforming Word

"Ron Clark's new book invites us to abandon the sanitized religion of Christianity that we have practiced for too long. In Jesus Unleashed, he shows how Luke's Gospel presents a Christ who insists that we eschew the static, comfortable, easy forms of religion we have substituted for the cross-shaped, shalom-bringing friendship with sinners that he modeled for us."
—Michael Frost, Author of The Road to Missional

"I deeply admire Ron and Agape, the community he leads, as they embody the principles Ron highlights from his study of Luke. Jesus Unleashed presents not only solid exposition of Scripture but a practical challenge for Christ's followers. I have great hope for the future of the church as we reach out to the marginalized people in our society today."
—Kevin Palau, President of Luis Palau Association

From the Publisher