{"product_id":"stranger-god-richard-beck-9781506433752","title":"Stranger God: Meeting Jesus in Disguise","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Richard Beck first led a Bible study at a maximum security prison, he went to meet God. His own faith was flagging, but Beck still believed the promise of Matthew 25, that when we visit the prisoner, we visit Jesus. And sure enough, God met him in prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his signature combination of biblical reflection, theological reasoning, and psychological insight, Beck shows how God always meets us in the marginalized, the oppressed, and the refugee. And stories from Beck's own life illustrate this truth-God comes to him in the poor, the crippled, the smelly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePsychological experiments show how we are predisposed to like those who are similar to us and avoid those who are unlike us. The call of the gospel, however, is to override those impulses with compassion, to \"\"widen the circle of our affection.\"\" In the end, Beck turns to the Little Way of St. Th駻鑚e of Lisieux for guidance in doing even the smallest acts with kindness, and he lays out a path that any of us can follow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Beck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1506433758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506433752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Richard Beck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995026161919,"sku":"9781506433752","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19f204dc-4c82-4b5f-9c6d-524f2452e065.jpg?v=1683333535","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stranger-god-richard-beck-9781506433752","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}