A semi-humorous look at Christianity; what it is and what it isn't compared to the Bible examples of wild faith and experiences. How normal is it in our every day lives to walk on water, or have a donkey talk to us, or any of the many other "unusual occurances" of the Bible? This is the normal of the Bible heritage of faith that we come from. This author brings to light the recognition of the stirring of the Holy Spirit for Christians to become hungry; to become life -long students of Jesus..to be disciples. Tyler Blanski states that " we do not need a revival; we need a holy renaissance.
I found that while I liked this book and its basic idea, I did find it a bit dry many times, sorry Tyler. Some high points to name just a few: Tyler brings up the interesting idea of 2 cities, " The city of God vs. The City of Man". ( he also called it Christendom and Atomland) The first is full of wonder and the impossible vs. The City of Man; which is all logic and science with no room/or need for God; its all biology and natural laws". Ancient vs. Modern. Two totally separate Cities. Tyler's desire? " I want Christians to truly know the love of Christ and to allow that love to completely transform their outlook on all of reality. I want the Gospel to be incarnated in their daily lives ".
I really found it interesting that in old Hebrew theology space is not empty; space is holy. Another piece of information that got my attention was that according to Dallas Willard, the reason we don't get the full wonder of Heaven, is because of timid translations. That really sounded like truth to me; I've seen many times where the original Hebrew is so much fuller in meaning in many of the scriptures. Tyler Blanski has done his homework and if you are looking for a book that has notes that give you resources to back up what he's saying and to give you a chance for further study; this is it.
I received this book free from the publisher Zondervan, through the Book
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