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    Neighbors and Wise Men: Sacred Encounters in a Portland Pub and Other Unexpected Places
    Neighbors and Wise Men: Sacred Encounters in a Portland Pub and Other Unexpected Places
    Neighbors and Wise Men: Sacred Encounters in a Portland Pub and Other Unexpected Places
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    Neighbors and Wise Men: Sacred Encounters in a Portland Pub and Other Unexpected Places

    Written by Tony Kriz and William Paul Young

    Narrated by Tony Kriz

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    Hearing from God is extraordinary. But the circumstances He uses to reveal Himself may be more ordinary than we think.

    Neighbors and Wise Men introduces captivating dialogues and unexpected moments with God that go beyond the confines of a conventional religious system and offer the chance for powerful life transformation.

    Get to know Tony Kriz (known by many as “Tony the Beat Poet” in Donald Miller’s bestselling book Blue Like Jazz) through his real-life conversations and experiences that prove that God can and will use anyone and anything — from Muslim lands to antireligious academics to post-Christian cultures — to make Himself known.

    Through his own prodigal-son backstory and return to faith, Tony presents biblical truth in a conversational, but bold light that offers listeners the courage to open their eyes to the unlikely encounters that are all around us every day; chance run-ins that turn out to be anything but chance.

    Have we limited God’s ability to speak in our world today? Have we relegated God’s creative voice to the select persons who share our particular religious system? Kriz himself felt like he was falling out of faith until non–Christians encouraged him to “fall toward Christ.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateDec 10, 2012
    ISBN9781469253329
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    Tony Kriz

    Tony Kriz has an earned doctorate in spiritual formation. He is a teacher of faith and culture through the mass media, via social media, and at universities, conferences, churches, seminars, and other speaking engagements. He pastors an imbedded community of life-servants in one of Portland’s most culturally diverse neighborhoods. Tony and his wife Aimee have three sons.

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      This book was exactly what I needed to read. God's remarkable that way, of course. I love Tony's view of allowing God to speak through any and everyone he comes into contact with. So many times, we try to put God in a box and refuse to entertain the idea that he might move in ways we can't understand, ways that are outside of our little box. "God works in mysterious ways" is a well-known saying but how many people really believe that, really live out an acceptance of the mystery of God?

      I'll bet that the Pharisees thought they had it sown up. They had a box, too, and Jesus did not fit in it. Modern-day Christians are often threatened by other religions or non-believers because of this very same thing. I wonder if Jesus came back today, if he wouldn't have to break us out of our religious mold, our assumptions that have become FACT in our minds over the centuries, and show us what God really meant. Probably.

      Rather than sharing the gospel like cake that I have and that you don't, we should share the gospel like one shares a sunset, Kriz argues. I could not agree more. God is the painter and we can only marvel at his glory!