Sacred Cow Tipping

To say that Mere Churchianity is poking at the establishment is somewhat of an understatement, yet I finished this book by the late Michael Spencer feeling as if there was a profound truth that I needed to glean.

For years, the established church has been a representative of the Devine, but I have often wondered if Christ came and stripped away what He did not want in church, just how much would be left.

The suggestion that we as “believers” are actually “occasional fans” of the Savior was difficult to read, but perhaps that was the intent.  Perhaps our sacred cows that we hide behind or within are keeping us from the REAL Jesus.

I would highly recommend this book to any one who is teaching the teens and college age believers who are at the point of believing in the Lord, but perhaps not the establishment.  Anyone who has struggled with the dichotomy of The Lord of Love and the Head of the Church, should give this book some attention.

If you long to leave the “Church Shaped” life and exchange it for a true life in Christ.  By all means, read this book!

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review”.

love at last sight

Some books we read for the pure enjoyment of reading while others help us face issues and offer help to overcome struggles that we face.  Kerry and Chris Shook should be thanked and commended for their book "Love at Last Sight".  This is not an easy book to read in the respect that it forces you to take a look at where you are weak or lacking within the confines of your closest relationships.
Though I try to be a good and Godly husband, there are a miriad of areas in my life with my Bride that need attention and assistance.  This book will be a powerful tool in correcting the issues that are rough spots in our road together.
The book is broken up into four weeks worth of reading and each day is written in a consise manner that you can read in one sitting which is very helpful.
I have read the book, and now having read it, my wife and I are going to use it as our evening devotional.  If you want to improve your relationship by better understanding both yourself and your spouse, buy this book!
I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.

Audacious

Audacious.  Not a word that you hear very often, and certainly not one that you use very often, but after reading Sun Stand Still by Steven Furtick I think it will find its way to the forefront of my spiritual vocabulary.

Though this book isn’t necessarily written as such, I felt as if I were hearing a sermon.  A sermon from a very motivated and inspiring preacher.  But these aren’t only words, they are built around one of the most amazing accounts of God moving on behalf of his people that you will find in scripture.  The faith, or should I say audacious faith, of Joshua is used as the sounding board that encourages us to get outside the box and start standing firmer on the gift we have been given in our relationship with an all powerful God.  To believe in the impossible, to seek what can’t be seen, to become what we have the potential to be.

After reading this book, I can see how this Pastor Furticks desire to trust God far beyond what he was able to accomplish on his own, moved him into an audacious faith to built a church that not only thrived, but exploded.  It is obvious to me that this man not only preaches it, Steven Furtick puts it into active practice and challenges us to do the same

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.

A modern look at sanctification

Take a rubber band and pull it tight.  As long as it is tight you have potential energy, let it go, and all the energy that it stored is released.  This mental picture kept popping up in my mind as I read Mark Battersons newest release, Soulprint.

In Battersons latest, he relies heavily on the life of David and how every area of his life was leading to a much bigger picture; a picture that though often troubled, was rife with God and how this King was guided by Him.

The biggest thing I gleaned from this book is that there really is no need for a self help book that tries to build in you everything you need to succeed.  Batterson maintains, and I agree, that all you need to succeed was within you before you were born.  You were created unique in all the history of the universe and everything you need to fulfill the plan built around that uniqueness is already within you waiting to be recognized.

Sanctification (the process of making holy) is a spiritual concept that in recent times has fallen under the name it and claim it philosophy, and often it is not even a part of the spiritual life.  Mark Batterson has done a great job in both bringing it back to its Biblical foundations and back to the forefront where it belongs.

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.

Living it

This Blog is designed to be an outlet of my Christian beliefs.  Plain and simply put, I am unashamed of my belief that Jesus is the Christ, Son of the Living God, and though much of it is a complete mystery to me, I have felt and experienced enough to know without a doubt that He is who He said He was.

This blog will be reports on my encounters with this marvelous God as I struggle through this journey we call life.  I will also be reporting on books I have read, people I have met, and will try to share with those who may read my writings one fact...

The Spirit of God is active on this planet and there is no telling how you will find Him or what adventures He might take you on.

Hope you enjoy this Journey with me.....