Pastor Dane Ortlund Explores Jesus's Heart to Reveal His Tender Love for Sinners and Sufferers
Christians know that God loves them, but can easily feel that he is perpetually disappointed and frustrated, maybe even close to giving up on them. As a result, they focus a lot--and rightly so--on what Jesus has done to appease God's wrath for sin. But how does Jesus Christ actually feel about his people amid all their sins and failures?
This book draws us to Matthew 11, where Jesus describes himself as "gentle and lowly in heart," longing for his people to find rest in him. The gospel flows from God's deepest heart for his people, a heart of tender love for the sinful and suffering.
These chapters take us into the depths of Christ's very heart for sinners, diving deep into Bible passages that speak of who Christ is and encouraging readers with the affections of Christ for his people. His longing heart for sinners comforts and sustains readers in their up-and-down lives.
Dane C. Ortlund (PhD, Wheaton College) serves as senior pastor of Naperville Presbyterian Church in Naperville, Illinois. He is the author of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers and Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners. Dane and his wife, Stacey, have five children.
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Book recommendation - are you tired and weary? Feeling guilt, shame, unworthy? I was recently given a book called Gentle and Lowly, The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortlund. What a balm to my soul! Jesus love is real my friends! ❤️❤️❤️
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@BanjoAtheist @zaclevans Example: I recently read two books about Jesus by Dane Ortlund, "Gentle and Lowly" and "Deeper." He expounds on what is written, but within a carefully constructed context of language, culture, and history, to paint a deep, personal picture of who Jesus actually is.
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Jesus Christ’s desire that you find rest, that you come in out of the storm, outstrips even your own.” ― Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers