First off,
Chapter 4 on "Lukewarm People" will make you want to punch every mirror you look into for the rest of your life. (example, page 73)
"LUKEWARM PEOPLE love God, but they do not love Him with all their heart, soul, and strength. They would be quick to assure you that they try to love God that much, but that sort of total devotion isn't really possible for the average person; it's only for pastors and missionaries and radical."
Chan then cites Matthew 22:37-38....Look it up, if ya ain't skeerd!
The whole chapter is packed full of depth and insight into the kind of Christianity that makes people become atheist.
But, just wait until you get to chapter 5. I like to call it the EPIC FAIL exercise.
What does God mean by love? He tell us-----
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. it does not insist on it's own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends....faith hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8."
Now go back and replace the word "love" with your name, (and all the "it's" with he/she).
Chan asks at this point, "Don't you feel like a liar?"
Then crawl into a hole in the middle of yourself and realize that you accomplish very little for Jesus....that is to say we accomplish very little WITHOUT Jesus.
This book continues to feed the fire in my spirit, and I know it will for you too. I have been giving this book away to people because of the truth found in it.
Until next time,
the Ogre
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