Just Courage: God's Great Expedition for the Restless Christian

By Gary A. Haugen

Book Overview

"There must be more to the Christian life than this--more than church each Sunday and waving to my neighbors and giving some clothes to Goodwill when I go through my closet each spring." These aren't bad things, of course. But they're safe and comfortable and easy. And there's a reason they're not satisfying your desire for something more significant and meaningful--we're created by God for adventure. International Justice Mission president Gary Haugen has found that engaging in the fight for justice is the most deeply satisfying way of life. This book shows how we too can be a part of God's great expedition.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 083083494X
• ISBN13: 9780830834945
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: IVP
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.7" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

This book is in my top 5 books - ever!

This is a fantastic book - I am working to get a copy into the hands of everyone I know! You will be educated and exhorted regarding the world of social justice and why it is so imperative that we "get in the game". I cant recommend it enough!

A beautiful book

This book is so inspiring and challenging - I think it's just what American Christians need. The author is right that it's so easy, here in the prosperous West, to choose to do the easy thing and be comfortable in our lives and in our faith, but in the end that is "lethal to the soul." This book is realistic and encouraging at the same time. I love it and have already recommended it to many of my friends. What a beautiful, exciting book!

Just Courage is well written and compelling

I was concerned "Just Courage" would be a book about how the government or quasi-governmental organizations should step in and solve the problems of injustice. This book wisely sidesteps that problem by analogy - we can disagree what the perfect marriage looks like, but we all agree adultury is wrong. He discusses fighting slavery and oppression that we all agree is wrong, and argues that Christians should be doing so - NOW. There are many Christians already at it, and the rest of us need to get to work. Beware that this book will make you confront whether you want comfort or courage. I recommend it for all, especially those of us in America who often forget the injustice throughout the rest of the world.

Soul adrenaline

Haugen targets a part of us that lies dormant and neglected all too often, slips the needle in and injects some of God's best "wake-up" medicine. A stirring read you won't easily be able to put down or get away from. This one really could change your life.

Just Read It (Just Courage)!

This is one of the best books I've read this year. It is concise, well written, and challenging. I bought multiple copies to help stir conversations about the 27 million in human tracking today. I read the book in two days (literally)-- it was that good.