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Love: Expressed
You may be looking at the back of this book, watching as someone else is reading it-a book entitled: Love: Expressed. And you're thinking, 'They must have issues.' So to help them out for a moment:
This isn't another one of those 'self-help' manuals.
This isn't a book about romance and sex, or feelings and cuddles.
This isn't a guidebook offering relationship advice, giving tips on how to find 'love' and 'look after' it.
In those senses, this isn't even a book about love.
It's a book about life-every part of it. About how it should be lived, how it should be explored, how it should be expressed. This is a book about meaning, about life's trajectories. It's about God. It's about you. It's about them.
In that sense, this is all about love. But if I could capture here what I mean by 'love' in that sense, I wouldn't have needed to write a book.
“Tristan Sherwin has written a smart and beautiful book showing us that Jesus Christ is the love of God expressed as a human life. This is the life we are called to imitate; this life of love is what we are made for.”
-Brian Zahnd; Author of A Farewell To Mars
“Refreshing, authentic, inspiring, and yet practical-Tristan is a breath of fresh air.”
-Jeff Lucas; Author, Speaker, Broadcaster
“Love: Expressed is a work of dirt-under-your-fingers spirituality.”
-Jonathan Martin; Author of Prototype
This isn't another one of those 'self-help' manuals.
This isn't a book about romance and sex, or feelings and cuddles.
This isn't a guidebook offering relationship advice, giving tips on how to find 'love' and 'look after' it.
In those senses, this isn't even a book about love.
It's a book about life-every part of it. About how it should be lived, how it should be explored, how it should be expressed. This is a book about meaning, about life's trajectories. It's about God. It's about you. It's about them.
In that sense, this is all about love. But if I could capture here what I mean by 'love' in that sense, I wouldn't have needed to write a book.
“Tristan Sherwin has written a smart and beautiful book showing us that Jesus Christ is the love of God expressed as a human life. This is the life we are called to imitate; this life of love is what we are made for.”
-Brian Zahnd; Author of A Farewell To Mars
“Refreshing, authentic, inspiring, and yet practical-Tristan is a breath of fresh air.”
-Jeff Lucas; Author, Speaker, Broadcaster
“Love: Expressed is a work of dirt-under-your-fingers spirituality.”
-Jonathan Martin; Author of Prototype
252 pages, Paperback
Published October 23, 2015
About the author
Tristan Sherwin
3 books24 followersHusband | Dad | Stumbling after Jesus | Pastor at Metro Christian Centre, Bury, England | Chocivore | Helluō Librōrum | Author LOVE:EXPRESSED, LIVING THE DREAM? and THE COCKROACH
Tristan Sherwin is an English author, teacher, and pastor known for his work on contemporary Christian theology and practice.
Tristan lives in Bolton, England, with his wife, Steph, and their two sons, Corban and Eaden. He describes himself as a "sacramental creedal pentecostal" and is an avid reader of history, literature, and philosophy. He maintains an active presence on his personal blog, tristansherwin.com, where he shares sermon notes and reflections.
Tristan Sherwin is an English author, teacher, and pastor known for his work on contemporary Christian theology and practice.
Tristan lives in Bolton, England, with his wife, Steph, and their two sons, Corban and Eaden. He describes himself as a "sacramental creedal pentecostal" and is an avid reader of history, literature, and philosophy. He maintains an active presence on his personal blog, tristansherwin.com, where he shares sermon notes and reflections.
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July 28, 2016
Read my full review at jenniferneyhart.com
Love: Expressed is about love and theology and spirituality, not in the abstract, but in the rubber meets the road, getting your hands dirty kind of way. Sherwin takes us through eight chapters of different ways the love of God can be expressed in us and through our lives: through obedience, learning, mercy, service, worship, Sabbath, prayer, and humility. Love: Expressed is deeply rooted in Scripture, but is also loaded with pop culture references that I tended to enjoy quite a lot. Sherwin also includes personal stories as he works through the different chapters of the book.
The core scripture the book turns on is the passage in Matthew where Jesus was asked about the greatest commandment and he replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments” (Matthew 22:34-40). Sherwin goes back to these verses several times throughout his book as he attempts to work out what it really looks like to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind, and to love our neighbor as ourselves.
Love: Expressed is about love and theology and spirituality, not in the abstract, but in the rubber meets the road, getting your hands dirty kind of way. Sherwin takes us through eight chapters of different ways the love of God can be expressed in us and through our lives: through obedience, learning, mercy, service, worship, Sabbath, prayer, and humility. Love: Expressed is deeply rooted in Scripture, but is also loaded with pop culture references that I tended to enjoy quite a lot. Sherwin also includes personal stories as he works through the different chapters of the book.
The core scripture the book turns on is the passage in Matthew where Jesus was asked about the greatest commandment and he replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments” (Matthew 22:34-40). Sherwin goes back to these verses several times throughout his book as he attempts to work out what it really looks like to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind, and to love our neighbor as ourselves.
November 22, 2015
A truly amazing read! It made me question the motives behind some of the things I do and think but in the most gentle, uncondemning way, making me want to explore my relationship with God further. A refreshingly honest, relatable book written by a real person with real stories of life, with all its failings, journeys and joys. It highlights the outrageous simplicity of what it means to be loved by God and now we are called to imitate this love for the people in our lives. A thoroughly enjoyable and easy to read book which I would recommend to anyone, whether you already know and love God or are just exploring the idea of who this God is and just how you can be loved limitlessly by Him.
February 23, 2016
Thank you Goodreads for sending me this book. This book tells of the authors personal relationship with the bible and in particular the works and sayings of Christ and conveys his thoughts on how it relates to everyday life. This is a book that will appeal to those who follow Christianity and are looking for an imaginative perspective on its teachings in today’s world. However, you do not have to be a practicing Christian to enjoy the book.
November 6, 2016
Love: Expressed by [Sherwin, Tristan]
Really enjoyed this read and Tristan's way or telling story. Cute, smiled and yet he covers profound lovely truths that touch the heart and remind me of the Love in which I live.
Really enjoyed this read and Tristan's way or telling story. Cute, smiled and yet he covers profound lovely truths that touch the heart and remind me of the Love in which I live.
March 7, 2016
An extrememly well written book.
Makes you think about things that you would not normally think about.
I enjoyed reading it.
Makes you think about things that you would not normally think about.
I enjoyed reading it.
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April 21, 2016
Beautifully written book, I LOVED it. I won this in a contest and it was an enjoyable read. Thank you!
December 10, 2017
I struggled with this one, it was ok. written well -just not for me.
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