Sacrilege

“Sacrilege is a refreshing book for those of us who want to know Jesus and who want to make Jesus known. Hugh Halter lives this out himself, and in this book he shares with us how to remove the barriers of religion and let people meet Jesus in us. Sacrilege is a handbook for living more than a missional life, but a truly incarnational life. I recommend this book for every Christ follower.”

Dave Ferguson

“I can’t say anything as clever or thought-provoking as this book that I’m trying to endorse. All I can say is that Hugh, in his fabulously engaging way, accomplishes the release of Christian theology from its church-centric focus back onto the streets—where it got its start and where it belongs. It’s like opening a window in a musty room to let in some fresh air.”

Reggie McNeal

“Hugh Halter has written a carefully constructed theological Molotov cocktail, which explodes false myths while it fires up the Christian imagination for truth, beauty, and goodness.”

Leonard Sweet

“This book is Hugh Halter the man: irreligious, forthright, honest, fun, insightful, creative, adventurous, and compassionate. And so it is an insightful, practical, missional guide to the sacrilegious life of those who want to follow Jesus in the way he wants to be followed—sacrilegiously.” —from the foreword by Alan Hirsch, author of various books including Untamed; Right Here, Right Now; and The Faith of Leap “I know Hugh Halter. He is a nonconformist, a dissenter, an iconoclast, and a rabble-rouser. He’s also a deeply compassionate man who has opened his home, his life, and his heart to the lost, the lonely, the disillusioned, and the infuriated. Here is a book about the sacrilegious Jesus written by a humble man who knows him, really knows him, and who has sought to emulate his work in our broken world. He must be listened to.”

Michael Frost

“I love Hugh Halter’s sense of adventure and living in the moment. That is exactly what Sacrilege is about—living in the moment, following Jesus, letting our relationship with Jesus push the boundaries out. Hugh is not an ivory tower writer but a trekker out on the range who goes from descending into the hot, sweaty, dense jungle to climbing high in the dry cold to summit mountains. It’s time to shake up our notions about what a disciple is and what it really means to follow Jesus. Hugh is one of the few who does just that.”

Bob Roberts

“Yet again, Hugh tips the sacred cows that need tipping and ruffles the feathers that need ruffling. This isn’t done through hyperbole or distortion but through a genuine examination of Jesus’s life. Some will decide this is a controversial book, but in fact, Jesus was a controversial Savior. This is simply an honest retelling of Jesus’s unruly story with a simple call to be like him in a world where most prefer their cows untipped and their feathers unruffled.”

Jen Hatmaker

“Every once in a while someone comes along who seems to speak your personal language. They give words to things you have struggled to articulate yourself. My friend Hugh Halter is one of those people, and Sacrilege is one of those books that makes you want to read one more chapter though the clock says it’s time to go to bed. If you think you have heard all that Hugh has to say to the body of Christ, you are wrong. This is another gutsy and entertaining book by a genuine Jesus guy.”

Lance Ford

“Halter’s done it with Sacrilege. He’s somehow managed to write a book that brings everything into alignment for those who are trying to follow Jesus without all the mess. This riveting book will give you a fresh vision for your life and the world.”

Carl Medearis

“In Sacrilege, Hugh Halter attacks our spiritual sensibilities with a jarringly honest appraisal of the church. He also (to use even more street slang) ‘takes us to church’—specifically the church Jesus would attend. Halter is a missional apostle cut out of the same cloth as Saint Patrick. He is wild about Jesus, bullish about outsiders, and, despite numerous misgivings, still willing to stay connected with the church. Given Hugh’s low expectations (he only needs to convince three of us in order to feel successful), he only needs two more of you to sign up.”

Jim Henderson

“Every generation God compels a handful of courageous leaders—prophets—to call the church back to its Jesus movement essence. Hugh Halter is such a leader. In Sacrilege, Hugh compels the church to ask a very dangerous question behind everything it does: ‘Why?’ For the sake of Christ and all those he lived and died and lived again to save, I dare you to step into that space, read the book, and do as God and his Scriptures lead—nothing more, nothing less.”

Jim Mellado

“This book is Hugh Halter the man: irreligious, forthright, honest, fun, insightful, creative, adventurous, and compassionate. And so it is an insightful, practical, missional guide to the sacrilegious life of those who want to follow Jesus in the way he wants to be followed—sacrilegiously.”

Alan Hirsch