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Title: Life You've Always Wanted, The by John Ortberg ISBN: 0-310-22699-6 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (32 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Tale of Two Books
Comment: First of all, I want to say that some of the material in here is among the most applicable and heart-rendering that I have read in a long, long time. It seems to me that this book is almost two different books. The books reminds me of some movies that I have watched where the first half was so magnetic that I could not stop watching. Then the second half of the movie loses my attention because it goes on a tangent or is just plain uninteresting.
Ortberg's discussion of boundaries resonated within me. He states that Christians use boundaries to dictate who is in their group and who is not. Drinking is a boundary. If you drink, you are outside my group. If you don't drink, you are inside the group. The same applies for smoking, dancing, caffeine, you name it. Ortberg implies that this is how many Christians live their lives. He says that our lives should be marked by a transformation of the heart, not by boundaries. Wow.
Another chapter highlighted the need to be quiet, to take things slow. This, he says, is necessary to hear God speak to us. That really does make sense. Being one who likes to speed (and people in Nashville drive SLOW), I found this chapter to be refreshing.
A lot of the book deals specically with spiritual disciplines in bullet fashion (before reading the Bible, do this, this, and this). That's where it started to get uninteresting. Not that this is not important. Far be it from that. But he starts the book with such fervor on the life we are all looking for as Christians and then moves to a bullet list of what to do. For me, I just found that change too much. But still a good buy.
Rating: 5
Summary: Unbelievable in it's practical application
Comment: I have read several books on spiritual development
/formation and this is "hand-down" the best and most practical I have ever seen. The Author has either been there or has been given devine insight from God (or both). There is no "air" in this book it is hard hitting, accurate and real life. Should be required reading for all.
Rating: 1
Summary: Not for non-hardcore Christians
Comment: I wish I had read the reviews here before picking up the book. Let me state right off (to prevent the sure-to-happen viscious replies) that this is a well written, thoughtful book. It is, however, written specifically for "serious" Christians.
The cover and title are somewhat misleading. I thought it was going to be geared to a more general audience. I am sure that for those looking to regain touch with their Christianity it is worthwhile reading. But if you're looking for something that is not so centric into 1 belief system, then this isn't the book for you...
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Title: Life You've Always Wanted, The by John Ortberg ISBN: 0310246954 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.29 |
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Title: The Spirit of the Disciplines - Reissue : Understanding How God Changes Lives by Dallas Willard ISBN: 0060694424 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 February, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ by Dallas Willard ISBN: 1576832961 Publisher: Navpress Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat by John Ortberg ISBN: 0310228638 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Epistles of John by Howard I. Marshall, I. Howard Marshall ISBN: 0802825184 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
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