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Reading N.T. Wright with a group: The Resurrection of The Son Of God

December 19, 2015 by Dan Sullivan

I have tried various kinds of book discussion groups before, some with great success, and some not so much. After watching this video of Matt Brievogel at OneLife, I rushed out and bought one of the books he was using as a dumbbell:  The Resurrection of the Son of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, Vol. 3)

I’ve been wanting to read it for a long time, but the $45 price tag and 800 page girth were too intimidating. Once I bought it for $10 and started to try to lug the thing around, I was really glad to get some Christmas money and that it went on sale on the Kindle for under $10.

Knowing full well that I’m an excellent starter and not so hot at finishing things, I’m taking Donald Miller’s advice and creating an inciting event for myself. I’ve asked 2 interested brothers to join me in reading the book. We are all busy, and will surely have a hard time over the next 6 months to meet to talk about it, so we are doing a virtual book discussion group. We have a shared Google drive folder and every week we are going to try to stay on the same schedule and share notes, insights, or highlights from the reading for that week.

It is going to be intense, with reading 30-40 pages a week we won’t be done until August, but I think it will be some quality altMDiv experience that I want in my life.

As a prep, I’m reading How To Read A Book until January 1. Several friends have recommended it as a good way to read books on a new level.

Put all of that together with my finding Scribd gives a 30-90 day free trial has given me a good batch of religious reading for the next few months, and yes, they have the NT Wright book there too.

We will not be sharing our notes, but surely I’ll blog some bits on here, and I’ll come up with some consistent tag to help you follow along, unless you want to join us.

Filed Under: Bible Study, Sermons Tagged With: books, NT Wright, ROTSOG

Screwtape in Danger

May 5, 2015 by Dan Sullivan

I’m reading the Screwtape Letters, which has to be, by far, my favorite book of all. Screwtape is writing to his nephew, a junior demon that has just begun the job of tempting a human and leading him (hopefully for Wormwood) to Hell.

Screwtape is talking in this section about how ‘The Enemy’ (which of course is the Lord) will allow suffering into a person’s life so that they will follow the Lord more deeply and truly.

“Do not be decieved, Wormwood. Our cause is never more in danger, than when a human, no longer desiring, but intending, to do our Enemy’s will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys. “

“Our cause is never more in danger” he says. He is, of course, talking about Jesus dying on the cross, which was the ultimate show of obedience to God.

Filed Under: Bookstore, Short Quotes Tagged With: books, cross, Jesus, Joel Osteen, obedience, Screwtape

Goal of Life vs. Goal of Our Vacation Quote

January 6, 2014 by Dan Sullivan

If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks’ vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days.

– Dorothy Canfield Fisher, as quoted in Michael Hyatt’s Creating Your Personal Life Plan which you can learn more about here.

I’m working through this to see how it would apply to the guys at the mission.

Filed Under: At the Mission, Bookstore, Short Quotes Tagged With: books, distraction, goals, life planning, mission, quotes, vision

Faith and Authority from Keith Hueftle's book on Grace

August 14, 2013 by Dan Sullivan

From The Trouble With Grace by Keith Hueftle

Under orders, and with confidence in the person’s authority giving the orders, you might expect to do such a bizarre, inane thing. But this is not a call to presumption. Jesus is not asking to work up a so-called “faith” – self-generated – in order to make some unlikely, self assigned miracle happen. Faith, rather, as He is talking about it, is confidence in The One Giving The Orders, and confidence in The Order Given. Not faith in “faith.” Not faith in your own untapped potential.

It has to do with totally trusting The Person giving you orders.

p. 114, You can buy the book on Kindle here.

Filed Under: Bible Notes, Bookstore Tagged With: books, faith, grace, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Keith Hueftle

Boot Camp and Discipleship from Keith Hueftle

July 9, 2013 by Dan Sullivan

Basic Training has a purpose. It’s to take feckless, immature, self-centered young recruits off the street and change them into a valid fighting unit. In short, to make them effective, and to keep them alive. Translate that biblically as to God’s purpose regarding a People!

From p. 92, The Trouble with Grace, Keith Hueftle

Filed Under: Bookstore, Short Quotes Tagged With: books, Bookstore, discipleship, Keith Hueftle, short quotes

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