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"Gods At War" is my first experience with Kyle Idleman. i had heard lots of buzz about 'Not A Fan", so when his newest title came up for grabs, I was happy to oblige. The main theme throughout is the idols that fight for our affection, stealing the place of Jesus as first in our heart. We are constantly pursuing things other than Christ, so Idleman calls idolatry THE issue rather than one among many. This is interesting to me. While clear to me now that it's been laid out for me, most of us don't go through life thinking of idols… Read more
"The call to live & die for bigger things." That's the tagline for this book, which immediately had me intrigued when I saw it on the review selection page for booksneeze. I was having a conversation with a friend recently about the lack of happiness, and more so the presence of heaviness, in the lives of the people we know. There seems to be more and more people struggling with depression and a general feeling of something missing in our western culture. Ken Wystma is on to something in this book when he suggests that we are feeling empty because we are missing our calling to pursue justice in our world. There is a deep connection between our joy and the joy of others. When we work towards… Read more
Dirty God is the first book I have read by Johnnie Moore. Until this point, I had only read an article of his on Huffington Post, but the idea intrigued me. God comes down to us in our mess and meets us here. There isnt another religion that claims this kind of God! Grace is what is so unique about God. I agree! This is the beautiful thing about the God we serve. In our brokenness and vulnerability, he doesnt crush us or squash us like a bug. But he meets us there and lifts us up. The grace of God is controversial, as Moore states, because its so easy to get and more than we can handle. Grace also must move us to give grace as much as we have received it. Moore challenges us to live in… Read more
