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The next in the series of books that you haven't heard of is.. "Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History." Don't rule it out. It's an epic tale of the first three centuries of the Christian movement.
It's the kind of writing that makes one a lover of history. The 1927 Mississippi flood didn't change the course of the river (it was that big!), it changed the course of our nation and the destiny of towns up and down the river. This is another entry in the "10 Recommended books (that you haven’t heard of)"
This entry continues a series of posts about "Ten Books That You May Not Have Heard Of" in which I recommend some wonderful, but obscure books. This post is about an out-of-print, 1945 tale of a young Baptist preacher and his wife struggling in their first church.
Check out the Virginia Baptist website where they published a guest blog about the book "Super Center Savior." The question I asked there is "What would it look like if the church had as much influence in your community as Walmart does?"
Plan B: What Do You Do When God Doesn’t Show Up the Way You Thought He Would? by Pete Wilson My rating: 3 of 5 stars Great concept. Good biblical comparisons and illustrations. Wasn’t overly impressed with the writing style.…
Read it anyway. That's my recommendation. The first part of the book is so good, so beautiful and so descriptive of Jesus as a real person that it will provoke much thought and, I believe, lead you to deeper affection of and obedience. It's the last part, where John tries to show a person how to relate to Jesus, that needs to be read with discernment. There are some real nuggets here as well, but you'll need a shovel to dig them out at times.
Part 2 of the review of Andy Stanley's book "Deep & Wide.." We must learn to think deeply again. We've become like the "Modern Family" sitcom in our ecclesiology - adrift and in reaction mode to what's happening around us. We have no strategy and act like we have no mission. We're simply in our church living rooms spouting off one-liners and have become the slapstick of society. Our youth and college students struggle to apply (or even know) scriptural principles to living and decisions.
A quick look at John Eldredge's book "Beautiful Outlaw.." Eldredge helps us rediscover Jesus as a very real person. Yes, He is fully God, and yes, He is fully man, but as a mysterious both, God the Creator did not cast off His infinite personality to become a flannel board, neutered get-well card of a deity.
Deep & Wide by Andy Stanley was one of the books I began 2014 reading with Dave Farris, our campus pastor in Pulaski, Virginia. Andy is the pastor of North Point Church near Atlanta, and his book Visioneering is on…
