Finished up In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day by Batterson. If you haven't read it, its a must read. Love Mark Batterson's style of writing and the the wisdom that he writes with. It's a book I'll have our launch team and our partner churches read. Picked up to new ones:
Looking forward to both of them. I've been waiting for POP goes the Church by Tim Stevens since I first read about it on his blog. Picked up The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre from Rock Harbor (this church has been on my radar for a little while) at Berean last week when I was supposed to be looking for a new small group book.
Not really knowing what to expect out them yet. I've started Jesus of Suburbia; I'm in to it this far. A lot like Plastic Jesus just coming from another angle, but same idea. Christian need to start looking to the REAL Jesus, Jesus Christ. Much more intellectual in his style of writing and I've been doing a lot of word look ups, which isn't normal for me. But good. It's funny, I was just telling Chase that reading makes you smarter, because it forces you to think and grows your learning curve. I was serious when I said it; just wasn't expecting it to be so true.
I've been getting a lot of heat from people as I've been talking to about meeting the REAL Jesus. Most people shut down right away. I've been looking for a way to get them to connect with journeying to break down typical Christianity and follow Jesus as He walked on this earth, but people are so quick to dismiss the idea because they think their Christianity is working for them. It might be working for them, but it isn't working for the Kingdom.
I'm ready to break the news about Ridgepoint Church. Just need to find the time to working it into posts. Keep watching and hopefully it will be up by this weekend.
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You should do a post on what you mean by meeting the REAL Jesus and break down typical Christianity vs. walking as Jesus walked. It might be good to write out what you mean and brainstorm other ways of saying it so as to not turn people off right away. It's like when Christians talk in "Christianese" and people automatically tune them out. Sometimes writing out your thoughts and putting it into words helps you clarify your points into ways others will be able to grasp the concept. You know?
And, I can't wait to hear the breaking news. Checking daily!
I will. It's very true that it helps you think to get things written down. I'm still processing through it all though and understanding they way people process new ideas or in this case bring old ideas back. So much of what we do it physiological. It's interesting.
I think I'm adding stuff to the BIG NEWS and I want to go bigger and release everything at once. So it might be another week until me are able to say here it all is...
Josh
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