The Heist: How Grace Robs Us of Our Shame - Softcover

Durso, Chris

 
9781601428660: The Heist: How Grace Robs Us of Our Shame
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1601428669 ISBN 13: 9781601428660
Verlag: WaterBrook, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Some say there were two thieves crucified on Golgotha, but I believe there were Three .

“Gutsy. Unexpected. Refreshing. Chris Durso explains the story of saving Grace in a language that both the world and the Church, sinners and so-called saints, can understand. The Heist walks us down the road with the prodigal son, inviting us to come home to the One who has a grace-party waiting. Fresh and accessible, I believe this book will help many live fully and freely in Jesus.”
—Louie Giglio, pastor of Passion City Church, founder of Passion Conferences, author of Goliath Must Fall

In the ultimate act of sacrifice, Jesus robbed the Enemy of every claim he ever had on our lives. He stole all our shame and guilt, and gave us back our lives so that we could live in true freedom.
 
The real scandal of Jesus’ work on the cross is found not only in what it gives but also in what it steals. The Grace of God robs the enemy of his ability to shame us. It robs death of its sting. And it robs sin of its power to destroy.
 
We’ve all felt the weight of shame and brokenness. Like the prodigal son, we’ve pursued our own path only to find ourselves far from home and out of options. We long for a fresh start, but what we need most is the ability to see ourselves through God’s eyes of grace.
 
New York City pastor Chris Durso believes grace is the central message of all Scripture. While there have been some daring heists and cunning capers throughout history, this book is about the greatest heist the world has ever seen…a daring raid where God’s son took back what the enemy had stolen, freeing us from the power of shame, sin, and Satan.
 
Through a fresh take on the parable of the prodigal son, and the fascinating account of a true modern day diamond heist, The Heist offers a bold invitation into God’s boundless grace.

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Chris Durso is the founding pastor at Misfit NYC, a ministry for millennials in New York. He is co-pastor of Christ Tabernacle church in Queens, New York. Chris resides with his wife, Yahris, and two children, Dylan and Chloe, in New York.

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FOREWORD

One of my earliest memories is from when I was living in Queens, New York, as a kid. My brother and I were walking down an alley, and we were mugged by kids just a bit older than us. Their weopon of choice was a clothes hanger that they thrust through my brother's nose. After they ran off, I remember my brother trying to use dirt from the street to stop the bleeding.

I share this memory with you to emphasize one main point: you have to be tough to make it in Queens!

This is one of the many reasons I love Chris Durso - he is 100 percent pure Queens. New Yorkers already have a reputation for resilience and drive that the rest of the world admires. When you add the character of Queens, you combine grit and street smarts to that formula.

That's who Chris Durso is at his core.

Street-smart, gritty, driven, and resilient, he is the perfect person to write a book called The Heist.

He has a unique way of communicating the message of Jesus to a world that is put off by a faith that feels too sanitized and safe.

While I love the subtitle, How Grace Robs Us of Our Shame, I still prefer the subtitle Chris and I pitched to the publishers when I first heard of this project. In the early stages of this book, Chris shared with me his idea for a working title: The Heist: The One Crime Jesus Did Commit!

I don't think we are quite ready to see Jesus as the thief who died between two thieves.

I understand that we feel more comfortable saying "grace stole our shame," but it was Jesus who cracked the safe to the human heart and replaced despair with hope.

It was Jesus who, through His death and resurrection, robbed the grave of its power. And it was Jesus who descended into and endured the depths in order to set the captives free.

"Grace" is just a fancy way to describe the greatest heist in history.

Somewhere in between these two statements of grace and thievery is the power of The Heist.

Chris Durso is both a man of the Word and a man of the world. He has deep and powerful faith that is shaped by the Scriptures, yet he maintains the ability to speak to the hearts and minds of people who don't know Jesus.

Chris has taken on the challenge of becoming a translator of the gospel for a generation that speaks a unique language. His life mission is to bring the message of Jesus to this world in an honest, gritty, street-smart way.

On a personal level, our stories came together long before I was aware of it, and they have been interwoven ever since. I had no idea I was a part of his story, but when I met Chris's beautiful wife, Yahris, the first thing she said to me was, "You are the reason Chris is a pastor and in ministry today."

Apparantly Chris happened to be at an event where I was speaking years ago. He was from God and running in the opposite direction. It was during that talk that God took hold of him, and Chris returned to the calling he knew was upon his life.

It was then he realized: if Erwin can be a pastor, then so can I! 

Ironically, at that same event I was asking myself if anyone was resonating with what I had to say or if I was just wasting my time. Out of ten thousand people I think there might have been one or two who genuinely connected with how I saw the world and life and faith. Chris Durso was one of them, and sometimes all it takes is one to change the world.

If the only thing that came out of that night was Chris Durso heeding God's call, it was worth my life.

Years later my son, Aaron, was on his own journey of faith and doubt when Chris entered the picture again. Aaron was in New York and running from God. He happened to run into Chris as he was fighting his way back to faith. He immediately loved the Dursos and their gritty and honest approach toward faith.

It was through Aaron that I eventually came to know Chris and his family and became a part of their community. 

When we decided to invite our first guest speaker in the twenty-year history of Mosaic here in Los Angeles, it was an easy decision. We called Chris Durso.

The Hollywood scene is a tough one, and our audience is full of skeptics and seekers as well as a passionate followers of Christ. Very few people can speak into this space and thrive. There is a demand here for raw honesty and a meaningful message.

Chris has both...So does The Heist.

The Heist will give you fresh and street-smart language for grace. It will help you understand the work of Jesus in a way that you will know that God is for you! Read on and you will find a book that gives you edgy, accurate, and applicable language for what Jesus has done for us on the cross. It truly is the heist that changes EVERYTHING.

For more than twenty-five years, I have given myself to a beautiful community here in Los Angeles known as Mosaic.

For more than twenty-five years, we have fought the battle of making the church the most relevant and beautiful expression of being human the world has ever known.

For more than twenty-five years, we have believed that one day a tribe would emerge across the world that would lead the church to become humanity's most creative force.

For more than twenty-five years, we have believed that God will raise up leaders who engage the Scriptures and the culture with fresh perspectives, with passionate hearts, and with a fearless love for humanity.

Chris Durso is part of this new tribe.

He is proof that a new future is emerging and that it's going to be powerful. The Heist is his manifesto.

When Jesus walked the road to Emmaus, though His companions could not recognize Him, He told the story of His death and resurrection in such a way that His words burned in their hearts.

My prayer is that everyone who reads these words written to us by Chris Durso would have a similar experience. May his words burn in our hearts as he shares with us the story of Jesus in a way we haven't heard before.

If you're not careful, this book will cause you to fall so deeply in love with Jesus that He will steal your heart away.

What a promise: that grace would rob us of our shame.

Steal away Lord Jesus...

Steal away.

Erwin Raphael McManus
Mosaic, Los Angeles
Author, The Artisan Soul


INTRODUCTION

In 2010, God challenged me to preach every message through and in grace. Until that point it was a topic I would cover only from time to time. I wrestled with God because I was concerned that offering grace would give the reckless a free pass to tamper with any of the seven deadly sins and ultimately dishonor God. During this struggle to understand what God was asking me to do, I realized that a true understanding and revelation of grace causes us to live godly lives, turning down temptation and sin of all sorts. A true revelation of grace not only forgives our sin but also makes us want to turn from sin.

Teaching law provides people with boundaries, boundaries they will likely cross, but grace is where we should live. Grace can be found in every book, every story of the Bible, but we are so focused on law that we miss the freedom and restoration only grace provides. How could I not write a book that would bring the kind of freedom that causes you not to want to cross any boundaries? And when you do, grace tells you that you can always turn back. This message hasn’t been delivered well, and the truth of the gospel is being warped as Christians berate one another when laws are violated.

The church's reputation as exclusive, bigoted, insensitive, and hypocritical has kept the message of God's love and grace from being properly understood. Self-righteousness, convoluted ideas, and a disconnected understanding of God's grace don't come from...

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Verlag
WaterBrook
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1601428669
ISBN 13 
9781601428660
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224
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