The Stripped |
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Author:
| Kelly, J. L. |
Editor:
| Wilson, J. Scott |
ISBN: | 978-0-9897745-1-2 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
Publisher: | Wide Blue Sky Publishing LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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The Stripped is the story of Beau Cooper. Born to lead, the heir to the Chevaux ranch is patient and good. Beau does what's right in a manner and that tends to bring out the absolute worst in a few very remarkable sinners. He's blessed and people envy his success. They seem to be hoping he will fail, and that adds even more performance pressure to succeed. So what is a good man supposed to do when God ushers in a beautiful woman who's his exact opposite? Seductive with resourceful...
More DescriptionThe Stripped is the story of Beau Cooper. Born to lead, the heir to the Chevaux ranch is patient and good. Beau does what's right in a manner and that tends to bring out the absolute worst in a few very remarkable sinners. He's blessed and people envy his success. They seem to be hoping he will fail, and that adds even more performance pressure to succeed. So what is a good man supposed to do when God ushers in a beautiful woman who's his exact opposite? Seductive with resourceful survival skills, his new neighbor is hiding something as she tries to keep things skin deep. And Beau has never been more aware that God is calling him to seek what is behind her bravado and toughness and his own judgmental attitude.
In a world of the haves and have-nots, the good boys and bad girls, The Stripped is a layer by layer uncovering of the universal depraved soul at the heart of us all who long for redemption.
For the abused who wonder if God really sees them,
For the faithful who grow weary of doing good,
For the self-sufficient who long to trade performance for intimacy,
The Stripped is an honest unveiling of the revelation of God's justification; His gracious exchange with sinners. Their sin for His holiness. His strength for our weakness. His peace for our crisis.
A parable of how God removes our self dependency and teaches us to abide and trust in Christ alone.
Because when pride works too hard to cover everything up, God will allow us to be stripped naked and humbled. But even in our nakedness, Love makes us beautiful.
Because Love never looks back, instead in each moment, it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.