Jesus Safe, Tender, Extreme

Evocative reflections on three facets in our relationship with Jesus. People long for reality in their walk with Christ. To know him better, we must understand the different sides of his complex nature.

Popular British author Adrian Plass draws on biblical stories and personal experience - as well as his keen understanding of people's needs - as he explores the Safe Jesus, the Tender Jesus, and the Extreme Jesus.

God has told us that he holds us in the palm of his hands, where no one and nothing can harm the most important part of us. But from biblical times to the present day, Christians encounter accidents and disasters. What does it really mean to experience the Safe Jesus?

Jesus tells his disciples that they must love one another. Yet time and again we try to find achievement and success through our own efforts and individual gifts, only to end in failure. Instead, we need to know the Tender Jesus who becomes visible when we join with each other in the body of Christ.

Jesus only did what he saw his father doing. Each of his actions and encounters were fuelled, informed, and instructed by the dynamic, creative, unpredictable Spirit of God. Failing to be obedient in this way is what truly constitutes sin.

When we are open to the genuine leading of the Spirit, we will experience the Extreme Jesus. In JESUS - SAFE, TENDER, EXTREME, Adrian Plass is "simply a man with a broom, sweeping away the rubbish that prevents others from passing further in and further up, by talking about what Jesus does and doesn't do in my life."
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People long for reality in their walk with Christ. To attain that heartfelt need, Adrian Plass in his profound but endearing style engages with three deeply significant aspects of Jesus - how he is safe, tender and extreme. The safety we find in Jesus is only discovered at a price, which may be suffering or the witnessing of suffering. Jesus himself was able to battle through the agony of Gethsemane because at the deepest level he was safe in the love of his Father. And he also knew that obedience is the surest path to ultimate security. Are we able to embrace the safety of Jesus?The tenderness of Jesus can be one of the most life-sustaining things of creation. We can see it in the people around us and we can see it in the Bible, such as in accounts of Jesus himself, especially his dealings with the widow of Nain. Many people may find it difficult to receive the tenderness of God, but, like Peter confronted with his rooftop vision, we may be called to a new understanding and a fresh r
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Is Jesus the solid ground on which our feet stand? With him at the centre of our lives, are we willing & able to be extreme for God in the big & little & mild & dramatic & banal & bizarre acts of service that are required of us? Each of the three sections is accompanied by personal experiences of encountering Jesus, safe & tender.
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