Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Challenging Reads
I'm reading two books that are super challenging, "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan and "The New Friars" by Scott Bessenecker. "Crazy Love" starts out a little slow but hang in there if you're reading it, by Chapter 4 it's worth it. Two chapters that I especially like are chapter 4, "Profile of the Lukewarm" and Chapter 8, "Profile of the Obsessed". Here are 2 excerpts:
"Most of us have too much in our lives. A lot of things are good by themselves, but all of it together keeps us from living healthy, fruitful lives for God.....Has your relationship with God actually changed the way you live? Do you see evidence of God's kingdom in your life? Or are you choking it out slowly by spending too much time, energy, money and thought on things of this world?" p67
"To be brutally honest, it doesn't matter what place you find yourself in right now (easy/hard, good/bad). Your part is to bring Him glory - whether eating a sandwich, drinking coffee at 12:04 am so you can stay up and study, or watching your 4 month old take a nap. The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing God wants to be glorified because this whole thing is His. It is His movie, His world, His gift." p44
The other book "The New Friars", addresses serving the world's poor in ways that are radical, where Christians have "voluntarily removed themselves from the status quo in order to seek justice and mercy with the poorest of the world's poor." It is convicting and challenging, and making me think a lot. Here is a quote, "Both (rich and poor) deserve the dignity of sufficiency. Neither should suffer the intoxication of extreme wealth or the destitution of extreme poverty. Their destinies were meant to be bound together." p43
"Most of us have too much in our lives. A lot of things are good by themselves, but all of it together keeps us from living healthy, fruitful lives for God.....Has your relationship with God actually changed the way you live? Do you see evidence of God's kingdom in your life? Or are you choking it out slowly by spending too much time, energy, money and thought on things of this world?" p67
"To be brutally honest, it doesn't matter what place you find yourself in right now (easy/hard, good/bad). Your part is to bring Him glory - whether eating a sandwich, drinking coffee at 12:04 am so you can stay up and study, or watching your 4 month old take a nap. The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing God wants to be glorified because this whole thing is His. It is His movie, His world, His gift." p44
The other book "The New Friars", addresses serving the world's poor in ways that are radical, where Christians have "voluntarily removed themselves from the status quo in order to seek justice and mercy with the poorest of the world's poor." It is convicting and challenging, and making me think a lot. Here is a quote, "Both (rich and poor) deserve the dignity of sufficiency. Neither should suffer the intoxication of extreme wealth or the destitution of extreme poverty. Their destinies were meant to be bound together." p43
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