{"product_id":"the-resistance-isbn-9798217153077","title":"The Resistance","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe beloved author of \u003ci\u003eRescued \u003c\/i\u003einvites readers to discover the story of the God who creates, rescues, and mobilizes us to share in the work of restoring the human family and recreating this world which He so loves.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe all know the conflict that lives in every soul and affects our whole world: that our lives are of infinite worth and yet something is radically amiss. Faced with the gap between what we know in our hearts life should look like and the ways human existence falls short, we are tempted to despair: to suspect that God, if He exists at all, is either uninterested or just disappointed in us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFr. John Riccardo, Catholic priest, author, and founder of the ACTS XXIX apostolate, has spent nearly thirty years repeating the same simple and life-giving message: \u003ci\u003eDon't give up. You matter to God!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Resistance \u003c\/i\u003eis not another religious instruction manual or theological textbook. It’s a deeply personal re-introduction to the Gospel as the one story that makes sense of everything: who we are, why we exist, what’s gone wrong, and what God has done about it. Told in a voice that’s both pastoral and accessible, \u003ci\u003eThe Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e brings readers into the heart of a God who’s often misunderstood, ignored, or rejected—and who longs to be known.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough storytelling, Scripture, and raw honesty, Fr. John invites readers to wrestle with the biggest questions we face:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy am I here?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere am I going?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow do I get there?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is about recovering a true vision of God and in doing so recovering who we are and what God is inviting us to do to help restore the human family and recreate the world He so loves. It’s about reshaping the way we see the world—not through the lens of modern culture but through the lens of Scripture. And it’s about unleashing hope in a world that’s starving for it.\u003cb\u003eFr. John Riccardo\u003c\/b\u003e is a missionary and the Executive Director of ACTS XXIX. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1996. In 2019, after twenty-three years in parish ministry, he founded Acts XXIX to proclaim the gospel in an attractive and compelling way and to equip clergy and lay leaders for the age in which God has chosen us to live. Fr. John is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the Gregorian University, and the Pope John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family.","brand":"Image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233735356645,"sku":"NP9798217153077","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-resistance-isbn-9798217153077","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}