Dirty God: Jesus in the Trenches

In Dirty God: Jesus in the Trenches, Johnnie Moore draws on both Scripture and his extensive experience with other cultures and religions to show how the God of the Bible is unique in his willingness to be near us in all of our messiness. Moore outlines the central importance of the doctrine of grace while introducing readers to a humble and human Jesus who reaches out to us at our worst and pulls us up to our best.Grace, Moore argues, is something that is both gotten and given, and the two-part structure of the book allows readers to explore both of these dynamics. By offering hope rather than condemnation and showing the practical applications of grace in today?s world, Dirty God will appeal to both the committed Christian and the spiritual seeker looking for a more authentic faith. Challenging and engaging, Dirty God is sure to establish Johnnie Moore as an emerging voice for Millennial and Gen-X evangelicals for years to come.  From the Back Cover GRACE EXPLAINED IS HELFUL, BUT GRACE EXPERIENCED CHANGES EVERYTHING In Dirty God, Johnnie Moore does more than explain grace. Through his powerful and personal examples he helps the reader experience grace. He tells us that Jesus is the author of grace. But he reminds us that the Jesus of the Bible isn't the freshly showered, manicured Jesus of popular culture. Jesus, he says, "didn't float down to planet earth like a deflating balloon. He dropped down like an atom bomb, and his very presence was a provocation." Jesus got dirty, from head-to-toe, as he fulfilled his mission of making a messy world clean. He smelled of sweat and soil. He had dirt under his fingernails, and calluses on his hands. Why? He is so kind that he didn't expect us to try to climb up to him. He climbed down to us to bring us back to God. This book chronicles again that story, and it reminds us that grace is both gotten and given. Jesus invites you to join him in the trenches.--- "Johnnie is leading a generation back into the trenches with Jesus. They will not be content to leave the world as broken as they found it. This book is their manifesto." --Christine Caine Director of Equip and Empower Ministries Founder of The A21 Campaign "Jesus gives us grace to us and through us. This brings glory to God, good to others, and gladness to us. This book invites us to both get and give God's grace." --Mark Driscoll Founding Pastor, Mars Hill Church Co-founder, Acts 29 Church Planting Network Founder, Resurgence #1 New York Times Best-selling Author "Moore's words strip away dusty, stale preconceptions and introduce us to a very real Savior who pursues us through the grit and grime of life and who would do anything to let you know how much He loves you." --Karen Kingsbury #1 New York Times Best-selling Novelist Author of The Bridge and The Chance About the Author Rev. Johnnie Moore is a noted speaker, author, and human rights activist. He serves as the president of Congress of Christian Leaders and is the founder of The Kairos Company, one of America?s leading boutique communications consultancies. Moore is best known for his extensive multifaith work on the intersection of faith and foreign policy throughout the world, but especially in the Middle East.Moore has been named one of America?s twenty-five most influential evangelicals, and he is the youngest recipient of the Simon Wiesenthal Center?s prestigious Medal of Valor for his extensive work on behalf of threatened Christians in the Middle East, an honor he shared on the same evening (posthumously) with the late Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres.Moore serves as a presidential appointee to the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom and sits on many boards, including those of World Help and the National Association of Evangelicals. He also serves on the Anti-Defamation League?s Middle East Task Force and is on the advisory board of the ADL-Aspen Institute?s Civil Society Fellowship. He is a Fe