A More Christlike God: A More Beautiful Gospel

What is God like? Toxic images abound: God the punishing judge, the deadbeat dad, the genie in a bottle—false gods that need to be challenged.

But what if, instead, God truly is completely Christlike? What if His love is more generous, his Cross more powerful, and his gospel more beautiful than we’ve dared to imagine? What if our clearest image of God is the self-giving, radically forgiving, co-suffering Love revealed on the Cross? What if we had 'A More Christlike God'?



Endorsements:



"This excellent and much-needed book confronts

with both open heart and very good

mind the major obstacles we have created

for people in their journey toward God! So

many of us are asking, “Why didn’t people

teach us this many years ago?” I am so

grateful that Brad Jersak is re-opening the

door that Jesus had already opened 2000

years ago. It is so terribly sad that it was

ever closed."

— Fr. RICHARD ROHR

Center for Action and Contemplation



"With theological integrity and open-hearted

compassion, Brad Jersak creates a beautiful

space for Jesus to challenge our views of

God. A breath of clean and clarifying air."

— WILLIAM PAUL YOUNG

Author of The Shack



"Brad Jersak has given us a gift of greatest

value: a fresh vision of God, Christ, the

Cross, Scripture and ourselves. He displays

the rare ability to take deep theological

issues and make them understandable

to everyone. Jersak represents a new generation

of Christian theologians whose work

is both desperately needed and wonderfully

liberating."

— BRIAN D. McLAREN

Author of We Make the Road by Walking



"Brad Jersak has immersed himself in the

company of the poor, the addicted, the

outsiders. He is determined to recover the

essence of the “beautiful” gospel for all

of us. The conspicuous mark that characterizes

every page of this winsome

witness is that it is a “lived theology.” He

has given attentive detail to what is in the

theological libraries, but is not content

with that. He has worked it out on the

streets and in the lives of those with

whom he has chosen to share his life and

Christlike God witness, a convincingly

beautiful Gospel."

— EUGENE H. PETERSON

Translator of The Message



“'Good souls many will one day be horrified

at the things they now believe of

God.' George MacDonald’s prophecy

has found its fulfillment in Brad Jersak’s

journey from the ‘volatile moral monster’

to the face of Jesus’ Father. Here the

ancient song of light sings us new eyes:

Behold the Lamb, just like his Father.

A priceless treasure, worthy of serious

reflection."

— BAXTER KRUGER

Author of The Shack Revisited and Patmos