This Beautiful Mess
Rick MckinleyPaperback 2013-07-16
Publisher Description
&"As I read this book, I find great hope in the presence of the kingdom of God and a deeper desire to participate in it.&"
&-from the foreword by Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz
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When Jesus was on earth, He painted a radical vision for His followers of an unseen reality. He called it &"the kingdom of God.&" Even here, Jesus said&-in the harshness and mess of earth&-His kingdom is the way things really are.
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His announcement was nothing less than revolutionary, yet His followers were not quick to pick up on it. They longed for another world&-a world without injustice or oppression or poverty. But Jesus said that His kingdom was already happening all around them, through them, and in them.
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This Beautiful Mess explores what happens when we view our lives through the lens of God&'s kingdom. We see the beauty of Jesus&' reign breaking into the mess of our broken world. We
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Publisher Description
&"As I read this book, I find great hope in the presence of the kingdom of God and a deeper desire to participate in it.&"
&-from the foreword by Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz
&
When Jesus was on earth, He painted a radical vision for His followers of an unseen reality. He called it &"the kingdom of God.&" Even here, Jesus said&-in the harshness and mess of earth&-His kingdom is the way things really are.
&
His announcement was nothing less than revolutionary, yet His followers were not quick to pick up on it. They longed for another world&-a world without injustice or oppression or poverty. But Jesus said that His kingdom was already happening all around them, through them, and in them.
&
This Beautiful Mess explores what happens when we view our lives through the lens of God&'s kingdom. We see the beauty of Jesus&' reign breaking into the mess of our broken world. We