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Have you ever been loved with "skimpy love"? Or has your love for someone else seemed to shrivel? Enter the world of God's extravagant love: It is beyond measure. Careful study of God's Word, along with delving into ancient customs and symbols from Biblical times, helps us understand His passionate love for all He has created. If we call someone extravagant, we're usually thinking about his spending habits and luxurious way of life. So to use that word for a homeless man who had only one change of clothes-an itinerant teacher who depended on others for food and shelter-seems a stretch. Yet Jesus was the most extravagant person who ever lived. Carole Engle Avriett invites you to redefine your notion of "extravagant." In this study of ancient customs and ways of life, you'll gain an understanding of the cultural context of the Scriptures and of twelve key characteristics of God's nature, giving you a new appreciation of God's love in all its fullness. You may think you know what love is, but not until you've experienced His extravagant love will you understand what it's like to be loved by a King . . . the unrestrained and lavish God whose passion draws souls into eternity. Have you ever been loved with "skimpy love"? Or has your love for someone else seemed to shrivel? Enter the world of God's extravagant love: It is beyond measure. Careful study of God's Word, along with delving into ancient customs and symbols from Biblical times, helps us understand His passionate love for all He has created. If we call someone extravagant, we're usually thinking about his spending habits and luxurious way of life. So to use that word for a homeless man who had only one change of clothes-an itinerant teacher who depended on others for food and shelter-seems a stretch. Yet Jesus was the most extravagant person who ever lived. Carole Engle Avriett invites you to redefine your notion of "extravagant." In this study of ancient customs and ways of life, you'll gain an understanding of the cultural context of the Scriptures and of twelve key characteristics of God's nature, giving you a new appreciation of God's love in all its fullness. You may think you know what love is, but not until you've experienced His extravagant love will you understand what it's like to be loved by a King . . . the unrestrained and lavish God whose passion draws souls into eternity. "There's no greater love or adventure than knowing Jesus Christ," says nationally known speaker and bestselling author, Carole Engle Avriett. Her distinguished publishing career includes fourteen years at Southern Living magazine, where she wrote hundreds of articles on architectural and interior design and co-authored several books, notably At Home with Southern Living. She also served as editor in chief of an award-winning lifestyle monthly for Central Florida and spearheaded a magazine for Disney's internationally acclaimed town Celebration. Currently, she invests her skills full-time writing Christian books and military history memoirs, the latter inspired by her own family's tradition of military service. In addition to writing, Carole leads women's conferences, sharing her powerful testimony of personal struggle until Christ came into her life at the age of thirty. For the past eight years, she has led a large non-denominational ladies' Bible study. "We are doing life together with Jesus," she says. "It's been an amazing experience!" As active members of First Baptist Church, Orlando, Carole and her husband have often served as missionaries to Brazil with the church's missions program. "When I write and teach, I draw from a wide range of personal experiences including surviving cancer, caring for aging parents, and riding every roller coaster in central Florida with my seven grandchildren," she says. Her other books include Extravagant Love and national bestseller

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