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    The Sacred Overlap: Learning to Live Faithfully in the Space Between
    The Sacred Overlap: Learning to Live Faithfully in the Space Between
    The Sacred Overlap: Learning to Live Faithfully in the Space Between
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Sacred Overlap: Learning to Live Faithfully in the Space Between

    Written by J.R. Briggs and Skye Jethani

    Narrated by Josh Childs

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    About this audiobook

    The widening of political, racial, generational, and religious differences leads too often to an "us vs. them" mentality. The Sacred Overlap communicates a refreshing vision that embraces tension and shows us how to live in radical love and faithfulness between the extremes that isolate and divide people.

    The gospels display how Jesus was committed to crossing the either/or waters of the cultural and societal wars of his day. His miracles and parables often broke or ignored religious and political lines that seemed all important. He comforted the disturbed and disturbed the comfortable.

    Using Jesus' example, J. R. Briggs offers a fresh and relevant understanding of evangelism and discipleship in our present time of extreme polarization. Without sacrificing biblical integrity, The Sacred Overlap is a joyful exploration of the complexity of life in the peace of Christ. With careful discernment, Briggs:

    • Shares creative ways to engage with God's mission of ministering to those who are intrigued by Jesus but turned off by church.
    • Explores what it means to be joyful in the midst of heart-wrenching pain and earthly suffering.
    • Models what it means to maintain a posture of convicted civility which emphasizes both grace and truth.

    The Sacred Overlap helps listeners see how Christians are called to live with their feet firmly planted in two different worlds—in both heaven and earth—living naturally with both the sacred and the ordinary. Only then can a Christian be a faithful witness and disciple of Jesus.

    Accompanying illustrations and diagrams are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateSep 8, 2020
    ISBN9780310120070
    The Sacred Overlap: Learning to Live Faithfully in the Space Between
    Author

    J.R. Briggs

    J.R. Briggs is the cofounder and Cultural Cultivator of The Renew Community in the greater Philadelphia area. He also serves as the Director of Leadership Congregational Formation with the Ecclesia Network. He is the creator and curator of the Epic Fail Pastors Conferences and is the author of Fail.

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    • 5/5
      This is a very well written, very well thought out, and very convicting book. It will encourage and challenge you all at the same time.
    • 5/5
      Such a great book that pushes back on our sensibilities of black and white and gently nudges toward a posture of listening and humility and tension. It is so important especially in their cultural moment where polarization so easily blinds and enrages but Christlike love chooses to listen.