Irresistible: Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed for the World

Andy Stanley

Sep 2018 · Sold by Zondervan

About this ebook

A fresh look at the earliest Christian movement reveals what made the new faith so compelling...and what we need to change today to make it so again.

Once upon a time there was a version of the Christian faith that was practically irresistible. After all, what could be more so than the gospel that Jesus ushered in? Why, then, isn't it the same with Christianity today?

Author and pastor Andy Stanley is deeply concerned with the present-day church and its future. He believes that many of the solutions to our issues can be found by investigating our roots. In Irresistible, Andy chronicles what made the early Jesus Movement so compelling, resilient, and irresistible by answering these questions:

• What did first-century Christians know that we don't—about God's Word, about their lives, about love?
• What did they do that we're not doing?
• What makes Christianity so resistible in today's culture?
• What needs to change in order to repeat the growth our faith had at its beginning?

Many people who leave or disparage the faith cite reasons that have less to do with Jesus than with the conduct of his followers. It's time to hit pause and consider the faith modeled by our first-century brothers and sisters who had no official Bible, no status, and little chance of survival. It's time to embrace the version of faith that initiated—against all human odds—a chain of events resulting in the most significant and extensive cultural transformation the world has ever seen.

This is a version of Christianity we must remember and re-embrace if we want to be salt and light in an increasingly savorless and dark world.

Ratings and reviews

The book raises important questions and brings new perspectives on topics and theology the Christian Church holds as true "because that's just the way it has always been". However, several of the chapters beat the same point home over and over and over. The small group material is just a reiteration of the book. The questions in the study guide aren't that challenging or relevant ("what do you think about this phrase or that paragraph"). The video is litterally Stanley reading the book (and I mean "litterally" by definition, not exaggerating). I'm just not happy as a whole. I agree with most of what Stanley has to say, but do not agree the over explaining and making study material just so that it exists, because that's what pastors do with their books.

andy Stanley does a wonderful job of highlighting Jesus as the.center point for the entire christian faith. this book is so very helpful and i would encourage skeptkics to read it cover to cover.

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About the author

Communicator, author, and pastor Andy Stanley founded Atlanta-based North Point Ministries (NPM) in 1995. Today, NPM consists of eight churches in the Atlanta area and a network of 180 churches around the globe that collectively serve over 200,000 people weekly. As host of Your Move with Andy Stanley, which delivers over 10.5 million messages each month through television, digital platforms, and podcasts, and author of more than 20 books, including Irresistible; Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets; and Deep & Wide, Andy is considered one of the most influential pastors in America.