Jesus Swagger: Break Free from Poser Christianity

by Jessica Hooten Wilson

Overview

Stop being a poser. Start being a Christian.

Is your faith for real? How about your walk?

If everyone who claimed to love Jesus actually did, this world would be pretty close to paradise. Yet we live in a time when being a poser is not only easy, it’s rewarded—especially where Jesus is concerned.

But claiming to love Jesus without following him is bogus, fraudulent, and—frankly—it’s not you. God has called you to be set apart, to live authentically, to walk a genuine Jesus Swagger. He wants followers, not pretenders.

From Christian blogger Jarrid Wilson, Jesus Swagger is about calling out the phony, showing the pretender the door, and letting Jesus in instead. If you are suspicious of your own motivations, your own talk, or even your own Christianity, it’s time to be honest, come clean, and get real. It’s time to take the Jesus Swagger litmus test and start walking the walk.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780718021993
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	02/24/2015
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jessica Hooten Wilson is Louise Cowan Scholar in Residence at the University of Dallas and author of Giving the Devil His Due: Demonic Authority in the Fiction of Flannery O’Connor and Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017).

Table of Contents

Introduction: What Is Jesus Swagger? xiii

1 Poser Christianity 1

2 Stop the Epidemic 17

3 Love Without Limits 41

4 Church Without Walls 67

5 Jesus Isn't Hiring Part-Time Disciples 85

6 Be the Change 109

7 I Got 99 Problems But the Holy Spirit Ain't One 129

8 Jesus Is Not Your Homeboy 145

Conclusion: Jesus Swagger Isn't Optional 163

Acknowledgments 169

About the Author 171

Notes 173

Editorial Reviews

05/15/2015
This is Christian blogger Wilson's (30 Words) second book-length work, and a great deal is revealed by its title, his job title (NextGen Pastor), and home church (LifePoint Church, Smyrna, TN). He puts a young and even hip face to Christianity, with a vengeance. Wilson's message is, in the context of contemporary Christianity, sound: he is opposed to easy, superficial, and materialistic forms of Christian identity, and he challenges his readers to be full-time, sincere Christians. Given his appeal to the current moment and the young Christian reader, the author's admiration of Dietrich Bonhoeffer comes as a surprise, but a welcome and salutary one. VERDICT Wilson's brief book should be useful and of interest to individual readers, pastors, and most definitely church youth groups.

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