All In – You Are One Decision
Away From a Totally Different Life by Mark Batterson (Zondervan) is one of those books that rattles
your comfort zone and leaves you hungry for more of God—antsy to get in on
God’s action. (That is, if you can wade through the catchy phrases and get to
the substance.)
Batterson
distinguishes between following Jesus and asking Jesus to follow us. We are
deceived to think we can hold out on God and not lose out in our own lives.
Only when we take Him at his Word and take up our own cross, can we live all
that He has for us.
Batterson’s
writing is pithy and poignant albeit a tad annoying because of the cliché
overkill. Still, the content is rich with Scriptural examples and profiles as
well as stories from secular history illustrating the message.
Read the rest of this review -- & watch a video of Batterson's preachign -- in my article in The San Diego Christian Perpectives Examiner.
I received an advanced reader copy of this book as a Booksneeze book reviewer. All In is scheduled to be released in September.
Janey
DeMeo M.A.
Copyright
© July 2013
