Overrated
by Eugene Cho | Book Summary
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Author: Eugene Cho
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A passionate call to action, coupled with a number of practical ways to be engaged, flow throughout the pages. It's easier to hashtag or announce a desire to bring change in a global way than to be involved in making a difference in one's local community. Through poignant anecdotes, the reader is taken on a journey of brutal honesty and a serious call to follow Micah 6:8, "to do justice, and to love kindness." The idea of changing the world is compelling to any Christian, but this must start with a position of humility, where the believer understands that change must start from within. Some of the more pertinent issues covered include: why justice matters, the tension caused by upward mobility, and asking hard questions before jumping into attempts to solve a problem superficially. |
Eugene Cho is the founder and was the senior pastor for 18 years of Quest Church, an urban, multicultural, and multigenerational church in Seattle, Washington. He is currently founder and visionary of One Day's Wages, which focuses on alleviating global poverty. He and his wife Minhee have three children. Born in Seoul and raised in San Francisco, Cho's passions include leadership, justice, the whole gospel, and the pursuit of God's Kingdom on earth.
He is President/CEO of Bread for the World and Bread Institute, a non-partisan Christian advocacy organization urging both national and global decision makers to help end hunger—both in the United States and around the world. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, Eugene received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2017. Cho has also written Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk: A Christian's Guide to Engaging Politics.
Overrated
by Eugene Cho
[ Book Summary ]
| Author | Eugene Cho |
| Publisher | David C. Cook |
| Date | 2014 |
| Pages | 238 |
Overview:
Eugene Cho is on a mission. It's a mission of honesty and transparency. In his words, it's his confession. Without employing guilt and shame as motivators, Overrated describes an issue that is all too common in the church today: loving the idea of changing the world more than actually taking steps to be a part of that change.
A passionate call to action, coupled with a number of practical ways to be engaged, flow throughout the pages. It's easier to hashtag or announce a desire to bring change in a global way than to be involved in making a difference in one's local community. Through poignant anecdotes, the reader is taken on a journey of brutal honesty and a serious call to follow Micah 6:8, "to do justice, and to love kindness."
The idea of changing the world is compelling to any Christian, but this must start with a position of humility, where the believer understands that change must start from within.
Some of the more pertinent issues covered include: why justice matters, the tension caused by upward mobility, and asking hard questions before jumping into attempts to solve a problem superficially.
Eugene Cho is the founder and was the senior pastor for 18 years of Quest Church, an urban, multicultural, and multigenerational church in Seattle, Washington. He is currently founder and visionary of One Day's Wages, which focuses on alleviating global poverty. He and his wife Minhee have three children. Born in Seoul and raised in San Francisco, Cho's passions include leadership, justice, the whole gospel, and the pursuit of God's Kingdom on earth.
He is President/CEO of Bread for the World and Bread Institute, a non-partisan Christian advocacy organization urging both national and global decision makers to help end hunger—both in the United States and around the world. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, Eugene received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2017. Cho has also written Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk: A Christian's Guide to Engaging Politics.