{"id":10495,"date":"2013-02-01T16:33:39","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T16:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=10495"},"modified":"2019-07-30T11:40:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T11:40:56","slug":"god-of-surprises-gerard-hughes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/god-of-surprises-gerard-hughes\/","title":{"rendered":"What would Jesus really be like if he was a member of your congregation? Would you (and your pastor) recognise him?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Excerpt from Gerard Hughes &#8211; God of Surprises<\/h2>\n<p>My small group read a chapter from Gerard Hughes&#8217; book God of Surprises recently as a discussion starter on the topic &#8220;If Jesus appeared in the flesh today, how would the church receive him?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The chapter paints a possible contemporary scenario. Jesus certainly upsets more than a few religious conventions here.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed it so much that I thought I&#8217;d scan and share the chapter with you. I&#8217;ve pasted images from the book below (click to enlarge them) or you can <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.musicademy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/A+God+of+Surprises+Chap+9+G.Hughes.pdf\">download and print the scans.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10496\" title=\"Gerard Hughes God of Surprises 2\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"809\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10497\" title=\"Gerard Hughes God of Surprises 3\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"818\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-6.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10500\" title=\"Gerard Hughes God of Surprises 6\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"920\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-7.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10501\" title=\"Gerard Hughes God of Surprises 7\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-8.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10502\" title=\"Gerard Hughes God of Surprises 8\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-9.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10503\" title=\"Gerard Hughes God of Surprises 9\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the chapter&#8217;s introduction and explanation:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10504\" title=\"Gerard Hughes God of Surprises 1\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"860\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-10.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10505\" title=\"Gerard Hughes God of Surprises 10\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Gerard-Hughes-God-of-Surprises-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"810\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt from Gerard Hughes &#8211; God of Surprises My small group read a chapter from Gerard Hughes&#8217; book God of Surprises recently as a discussion starter on the topic &#8220;If Jesus appeared in the flesh today, how would the church receive him?&#8221; The chapter paints a possible contemporary scenario. 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