BOOK REVIEW:Jesus Manifesto : By Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola

When I read the title: Jesus Manifesto, I thought great one more book about a persons opinion of who they think Jesus is. I then thought wouldn't it be great to finally read a book that uses the Bible to get its context for who Jesus is. GOOD NEWS! This book is the one. It starts out with a good look at the book of Colossians. It takes the Apostle Paul's words as the groundwork for the rest of this well written book. It does not use the authors opinion of who Jesus is or might be, but uses scripture to set that stage. That is refreshing. It takes you on a journey through the attributes of Jesus past and present and goes a long way to explain our right standing with Jesus if we belong to Him.
This is an important book, in a world where everyone has their own opinion of who they want Jesus to be. This book gives us an accurate look of who He really is according to the Bible. It is hard hitting and no punches pulled. I t will really challenge those of us from a from a traditional background where Jesus was more about morality and religion than a true life changing force.
For those that are hearing about Jesus for the first time, it will be very revealing about the true JESUS. Enjoy this great ride of soul searching and a calling to the real Jesus.

Book Review Time! (Or at least a chapter)

I wanted to take the time to right a review of what might be one of the better "Christian" books to be written this year. It is a book titled: Radical,Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream by David Platt.
I have to say that it is hard hitting, and it is one of those books that you want to read, because you know you should, but you know it might hurt. And it does.
As a Pastor I struggle with the idea that we tend to be much more concerned with how to "Do Church" (I hate that phrase) than really looking at the one we claim to "Do it all for, Jesus"
The book starts by looking at Luke Chapter 9 and exploring some of the most unpopular teachings of Jesus, and then the author asks us to reflect and to look at how we as a modern Evangelical church line up with what Jesus had to say. It really takes a huge stab at the "American Dream" type of Christianity of which most churches (Mine Included) seem to follow.
Well it's much better and gut wrenching than I can portray in my blog, so if you are "Christian" then you should get it and read every page! It will most likely lead to a decision of whether or not you want to be a Christian!

Thank you for reading this, I know you did not have to!

The Padre D
Derrick

You can get a copy free here:http:you can request a free copy of The Radical Question by going to www.WaterBrookMultnomah.com/RadicalQuestion

Check This Out Also: download and read chapter one here as well as direct them to the Radical book web site at www.RadicalTheBook.com