Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God by Francis Chan
Crazy Love is one of those books that have deeply impacted me and called me to change my life. Francis Chan calls us to live out the words of Jesus and to quit making excuses for why Jesus didn’t really mean what he said.
The first two [...]
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The Penny: A Novel (Paperback) by Joyce Meyer, Deborah Bedford
The Penny is about a family of four. The father is physically, emotinally, and sexually abusive. The mother has been beaten and defeated to a point that she never challenges him and escapes everytime the dad abuses the girls. The girls have been abused all [...]
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Contemplative Youth Ministry (Mark Yaconelli 2006)
The idea of being contemplative is that we spend time in prayer, silence, reflection, and listening to God. Yaconelli takes this practice and transfers it to a way of doing ministry. His basic premise is that our ministries should be based on being present to students and listening to them, [...]
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Thom Rainer is the author of Simple Church and many other books. His new book is called Essential Church? and is aimed at how do we keep our 20 and 30 year old’s connected and active in church. The cool thing is that this book can be downloaded for free by going here.
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Just finished the book and here are my thoughts:
Many times we can get so wrapped up into supporting any system (church, a business, relationships, etc) that we forget the reason they exist. Sometimes church becomes more about sustaining church than fulfilling Jesus purpose for the church. Sometimes church becomes a substitute for real spirituality. We [...]
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“So You Don’t Want to Go to Church Anymore”. I saw this book title and thought I have to get this. How many of us have not wanted to go to church anymore? I have quit in my past and some days I just want to quit. Dan Kimball wrote a book “They Love Jesus [...]
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I bought The Shack a few weeks ago because everyone seems to be reading it. It takes a while to get into this book. The first four chapters lay the backdrop and most everyone I talk to agree these are not the best reading. The rest of the book will have you hooked and you [...]
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