Mystical Union [Hardcover]

John Crowder (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2010

"Stuff they never told you about the finished work of the cross." Mystical Union promises to challenge your understanding of the cross and shock you with the scandal of grace. The gospel is a mystical message - the happy revelation about instant, uninterrupted union with God. Let the finished work of the cross renovate your most core beliefs. Let your theology get wrecked and catch undeniable Biblical truths on the effortless gift of perfection. You are permanently plugged into open heavens ... no more dry days! When you think of the cross, do you think of fun? If the answer is "no" then you have not been taught the cross aright. There is a delicious feast prepared for the believer. Nothing is more satisfying than the revelation of what Christ has conclusively accomplished for you. This book threatens to turn your Christianity upside down. No longer a struggle to please God -- the Truth will plunge you into a celebration of what He has done for you. With clear revelatory truths on the New Creation and the scandalous joys of the cross, Mystical Union promises to be one of John's most revolutionary, lifechanging works. Plunge deep into the revelation of union with the Divine.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Sons of Thunder Ministries & P (2010)
• ISBN-10: 097708261X
• ISBN-13: 978-0977082612
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,856 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John Crowder is an internationally recognized author, speaker and advocate of supernatural Christianity. John is on the forefront of a fresh renewal movement marked by ecstatic joy, miracles and recovering the foundational preaching of the cross of grace.

As founder of Sons of Thunder Ministries & Publications, John hosts massive evangelism campaigns in some of the poorest areas of the world. SOT also houses, clothes, feeds and educates orphaned and abandoned children. His team hosts mission trips, bringing the gospel of Jesus Christ into some of the most dangerous places on the globe - in addition to visiting the poor in garbage dumps, leper colonies and war zones.

John has authored four books, including: Mystical Union, Seven Spirits Burning, The New Mystics, and The Ecstasy of Loving God. He also publishes a number of multimedia resources, including a bi-annual magazine, The Ecstatic. John broadcasts a free weekly video teaching - The Jesus Trip - featuring fresh teaching. John also offers a monthly Web seminar for subscribers called Inner Sanctum at TheNewMystics.TV

John hosts multiple supernatural equipping schools throughout the year, called Mystical Schools. These are three-day intensives aimed at instilling a theology of grace and the finished work of the cross, while activating believers in a miraculous, Spirit-filled life of creative miracles. He also speaks at conferences, seminars and churches worldwide.

John, his wife Lily, and their four children find satisfaction in the simplicity of loving God and demonstrating the finished works of the Cross. They have partnered together with friends to plant The Santa Cruz Church in Santa Cruz, California. John carries a vision to see mystical, supernatural Christianity restored to the church and for revival to burn to the margins of society. Find out more about the Crowders and Sons of Thunder at TheNewMystics.com.

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26 of 30 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Probably wasn't written for me, but I read it anyway... July 19, 2011

By C. Enstad

Format:Hardcover

Ok, I will begin this mini-review by saying this. I like John Crowder, I get where he's coming from, he writes in the same style that he speaks which will make this book refreshing to read. But.

I almost fear being in the camp of someone who has some problems with John's approach in this book so I will say that I am firmly on the fence about this work. In the end, I don't think he wrote this book for me or the audiences I am most comfortable with, this book was written for those in the Charismatic traditions (or streams as John calls them) and as such I tried to take off my Lutheran/Christian theologian hat to process what John is up to in this project.

Just the blurb on the back of the jacket made my skin crawl a little bit, "When you think of the cross, do you think of fun?" Whoa... huh? It doesn't help that the voice that keeps saying those words is that of Dr. Nick Riviera from the Simpson's!

The cross is not fun, it wasn't fun for Jesus, it is not fun for us. John makes that point further in his book, but. But. But. Then why put it on the outside?

His theology reminds me of Rick Warren on speed. Multiple Bible translations being used (find the translation that fits your point), rip the bandaids off to get people out of whatever tradition they were raised in to get with the program, etc. etc. He just does it a LOT quicker.

I also have some questions about Crowder's academics in many places but the most egregious is calling Ephesians the first letter Paul wrote and then hanging a whole lot of theology on that point as though it is a fact and is not up for dispute among most serious theologians. You can't do that, it's why Christians get so screwed up by talking heads who pull "facts" from thin air. If you have found yourself in a leader's position you have to at least put some traction behind your "facts".

But, in the end, Crowder's project does what many Lutherans have already known for 500+ years, and the early Christians before that. Our life no longer must be lived under the yoke of trying to please an angry God but Christ's death and resurrection have fulfilled the law FREEING us to live FOR Him in service to our neighbors. Got it?

The implications of that truth are, as Crowder cheerily points out, scandalous. But how he arrives there left me wanting a little more "there" there.

If you have read this I'd appreciate your input as well.

Cheers!

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Ahhhhhh!!!!!!! January 27, 2011

By mkllby

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Hands down the BEST book I have ever read in my life...except for the Bible itself of course. I have boxes and boxes full of Christian books on every Biblical subject imaginable from just about every Christian author who has lived for the past 50 to 100 years. I would trade every single one of those books to gain just one revelation of the truths of the Truth that is presented in this book. This may sound like hyperbole, but knowing what I know now...after reading this book and seeing the real Gospel of Jesus Christ...I would honestly give away everything I own just to truly understand one nugget of the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ as is revealed in this book. Until reading this book, I never fully understood His glorious cross despite all my years of TRYING.

Oh that the Church would wake up and realize the glorious truth of the Gospel! I thank God that I had this book to help open my eyes to see more fully and clearly His work and the depths of His love and grace in freely giving me the rewards of His labor. Oh I am beginning to love Him! How awesome! 30 some years as a Christian and I have been exhausting myself shadowing boxing a lie, but now I am free!!! And He who the Son sets free is free indeed!!! This book...well the message in this book...IS SOOO GOOD! I do not care if you have been a Christian for 1 day or 1,000 years, READ THIS BOOK and get a real true revelation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and fall in love with Him and His glorious awesome wonderful cross. Die with Him on His cross, go to the grave with Him, and be born again! Oh, that the revelation of the impact of this would hit the Church! I`ve been depressed for...well...as long as I can remember truthfully, but now my feet are a dancing with uncontrollable joy. The Gospel, the full Gospel, will change you and it will change the world just as it did 2,000 years ago when it was first preached by the Apostles. I love it, I love it, I love it!

I LIVE NO LONGER BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!! WAY, WAY, WAY TOO AWESOME!!!!!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Just Too Good To Be True! January 11, 2011

By Reader

Format:Kindle Edition

If your looking to have your cake and eat it too...well this is the Book for you! If your sick of being chained to the one eyed giant and are ready to fly like an eagle...than spread your wings and take flight because the wind is about to blow you in the direction of Pure Delicious Truth! Yep you get to have your cake and eat it too! Along with a glass of delicious grace that you have to drink straight!!! No mixers or chasers here...pure Bliss...all in one drink! This book will expose every false heresy that you have been taught about yourself..and actually believed...once you discover that the Truth is a person and that you have been supping from the wrong tree...you will experience first hand how much you are LOVED...really Loved!!! By the creator of the universe!!! When you realize that He is not angry with you or anyone else for that matter...things start to look a whole lot better!! There is a whole lotta shing ding ding..in this book...take the time to read this book..it will change your whole reality! There are two trees in the garden..which one do you sup from?