Pastor Jones was a guest speaker at our Church last summer and presented the information contained in this book. Wow!!!! It was one of the most enlightening sessions I've ever attended regarding the Old Testament. This book lays out the Old Testament in a way that's very easy to follow and understand, irregardless of how long you've been studying the Bible.
Teaser: Intimidated, overwhelmed, totally confused. With hundreds of pages of names like Melchizedeck, Mephibosheth, Meshelemiah, and Michmethath, who wouldn't feel this way about the Old Testament. But imagine that the Old Testament was a 1,000 piece puzzle. Figuring out what you're putting together is easier if you have the picture on the box to go by and the corners and straight edges as guides. The chapters in this book provide the puzzles's box cover, corners, and straight-edged pieces so you can understand the whole picture of what you are assembling. Armed with these advantages, when you read or study Old Testament stories, you will discover how the pieces fit together.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Book Discussion - So You Want To Be Like Christ? (Charles R. Swindoll)
I read this book a couple of years ago and was challenged by it in many ways. If you've read the book and would like to leave comments, questions, discussion points, please do so here:
Teaser: In a world bent on enticing us away from growing deeper in love with Christ, how on earth do we become more Godly?
Teaser: In a world bent on enticing us away from growing deeper in love with Christ, how on earth do we become more Godly?
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Book Discussion - Ashamed of the Gospel by John MacArthur
I'm setting up this discussion board for my brothers and sisters in Christ who have read the subject book and are interested in discussing it. I'm in the 6th Chapter of the book now and am being challenged by what I'm reading. I would love to discuss it with others who've read it. Anyone else out there want to discuss this book?
Here's the overview of the book as written on the back cover---just to whet your appetite:
"Everywhere there is apathy. Nobody cares whether that which is preached is true or false. A sermon is a sermon whatever the subject; only the shorter is the better." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
In the late 1800's, Charles Spurgeon warned that the Church was drifting away from the purity of the Gospel. Instead of boldly proclaiming the truths of Scripture, Christians were candy-caoting the Word, being careful not to offend anyone. As a result, Christianity's influence in the nineteenth-century England was severely weakened.
Now, 100 years later, John MacArthur is sounding the same alarm. And it's a warning the Church just can't ignore.
The signs of compromise are all around us: Numbers have become more important than the message. Churches are offering up "Show-Time" religion instead of the "Old-Time" religion. Pastors have turned to the marketing industry to help them draw people in rather than relying on the sovereign power of God.
Until all that changes - until we return to our calling to go into all the world and preach the Gosepel without shame - the Church is in danger of losing its impact on society. And that would be our generation's greatest loss.
Here's the overview of the book as written on the back cover---just to whet your appetite:
"Everywhere there is apathy. Nobody cares whether that which is preached is true or false. A sermon is a sermon whatever the subject; only the shorter is the better." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
In the late 1800's, Charles Spurgeon warned that the Church was drifting away from the purity of the Gospel. Instead of boldly proclaiming the truths of Scripture, Christians were candy-caoting the Word, being careful not to offend anyone. As a result, Christianity's influence in the nineteenth-century England was severely weakened.
Now, 100 years later, John MacArthur is sounding the same alarm. And it's a warning the Church just can't ignore.
The signs of compromise are all around us: Numbers have become more important than the message. Churches are offering up "Show-Time" religion instead of the "Old-Time" religion. Pastors have turned to the marketing industry to help them draw people in rather than relying on the sovereign power of God.
Until all that changes - until we return to our calling to go into all the world and preach the Gosepel without shame - the Church is in danger of losing its impact on society. And that would be our generation's greatest loss.
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