Christ in Crisis, Jim Wallis
Christ in Crisis, Jim Wallis
List: $25.99 | Sale: $18.20
Club: $12.99

Christ in Crisis
Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus

Author: Jim Wallis

Narrator: Charles Constant

Unabridged: 8 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperOne

Published: 09/24/2019


Synopsis

Writing in response to our current “constitutional crisis,” New York Times bestselling author and Christian activist Jim Wallis urges America to return to the tenets of Jesus once again as the means to save us from the polarizing bitterness and anger of our tribal nation.In Christ in Crisis Jim Wallis provides a path of spiritual healing and solidarity to help us heal the divide separating Americans today. Building on “Reclaiming Jesus”—the declaration he and other church leaders wrote in May 2018 to address America’s current crisis—Wallis argues that Christians have become disconnected from Jesus and need to revisit their spiritual foundations. By pointing to eight questions Jesus asked or is asked, Wallis provides a means to measure whether we are truly aligned with the moral and spiritual foundations of our Christian faith. “Christians have often remembered, re-discovered, and returned to their obedient discipleship of Jesus Christ—both personal and public—in times of trouble. It’s called coming home,” Wallis reminds us. While he addresses the dividing lines and dangers facing our nation, the religious and cultural commentator’s focus isn’t politics; it’s faith.As he has done throughout his career, Wallis offers comfort, empathy, and a practical roadmap. Christ in Crisis is a constructive field guide for all those involved in resistance and renewal initiatives in faith communities in the post-2016 political context.

About Jim Wallis

Jim Wallis is the author of the New York Times bestseller God's Politics, which electrified Americans disenchanted with how the Right had co-opted all talk about integrating religious values into our politics by offering an alternative voice. Wallis is a leading figure at the crossroads of religion and politics in America today, the author of eight books, and the founder of Sojourners, a global faith and justice network. He is a public theologian, an internationally renowned speaker and preacher, a faith-based activist, husband, and father to two young boys, and a Little League baseball coach.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on July 04, 2020

As a long term Jim Wallis reader I started this book, chosen by our church book group, with a certain level of frustration seeing it initially as a reworking of previous ideas but narrowly focused on the Presidency of Donald Trump and the crisis that has prompted in American church life and civil so......more

Goodreads review by Leslie on May 26, 2020

I read this book (digital advance copy). I'm buying a copy of it to read it again. It is profound, it is life-changing, and it is a scathing criticism of the current administration on the basis of the teachings of Jesus. There's a logical arrangement of chapters, excellent commentary and discussion......more

Goodreads review by Steve on October 22, 2019

Christ in Crisis by Jim Wallis is a deeply personal, timely and relevant response to the crisis in which our nation finds itself. This is a very powerful and provocative read. I was amazed at the way in which the author recounts the many disturbing and unacceptable actions by our current leadership......more

Goodreads review by James on October 16, 2019

This is an important book. It’s target audience, I suspect, is Evangelical Christians and I hope it reaches them. I’m not one, but I am heartened that a very prominent, well respected and influential Evangelical leader, an elder, whose advice, guidance and ministering has been sought out in this pol......more

Goodreads review by Norma on November 03, 2019

This book has made me feel a part of a community I hadn't hoped was available to me at this crucial time in our American history. Jim Wallis gives voice to what I could only feel deep in my gut and in my soul. I was thinking Matthew 25 when I didn't know it was Matthew 25, just that it was what I ha......more