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Title: Dream Giver: Following Your God-Given Destiny by Bruce Wilkinson, Heather Kopp ISBN: 1-59052-201-X Publisher: Multnomah Publishers Inc. Pub. Date: 08 September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.07 (28 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Complex Issue Made Simple
Comment: The critical reviews for this book express that simplicity is a bad thing. The truth is that anyone can take a complex issue and make it sound complex. In The Dream Giver, the authors have taken a very complex, yet motivating aspect of life and they have made it very simple.
The story of Ordinary leaving Familiar is very simple. And it is true that you can see many of the illustrations before they are fully developed, but that is not a bad thing. I have been going through the process of reevaluating my dreams, goals, etc. and I had begun to think that the emotions I was experiencing were unique to me. However, this presentation reveals to me that the experience of spiritually chasing your dream is universal.
Specifically, I have been dealing with God's asking me to give Him my dreams and then receiving them back after He becomes more important to me than they are. Having read Ordinary's tale, I now understand so much more about the process of developing a Big Dream, inspired by the Dream Giver.
I recommend this book for mature Christians, new Christians, and even the discouraged unchurched. I think this book could be a great tool for evangelizing the unchurched because the descriptions of Ordinary's experiences will speak to them and confirm the reality of God's hand upon their lives.
Rating: 3
Summary: Uplifting, Entertaining, But Unbalanced
Comment: Bruce Wilkinson, the best-selling author of The Prayer of Jabez, has managed to enlarge his territory yet again with this inspirational work. A short book, 157 pages, it consists of two parts. The first is an extended allegory about a young man named Ordinary, who pursues his Big Dream through many obstacles and struggles, at the behest of the Dream Giver (God). In doing so he must leave his home in the land of Familiar, leave his Comfort Zone and deal with the Border Bullies, who include his family and closest friends. Author Wilkinson uses a lot of capital letters to make sure we don't miss his points.
In the second half he talks to the reader, explaining his concepts in more detail, for any who might not have "gotten it" the first time round. He gives examples from his own life and ministry, exhorting, cheerleading and cajoling us onward to the fulfillment of our Big Dreams.
The book is easy to read, uplifting and entertaining. I managed to finish it in little more than one afternoon. Author Wilkinson has a gift for communication and his writing conveys the sense of personal contact. Unfortunately, he has left out some important elements that would have given the book more balance. Not all Big Dreams are to be followed relentlessly. Some dreams are misguided or even delusional. The author meant to say, I think, that certain dreams--dreams from God, dreams of service and ministry--are to be pursued. Dreams of winning the sweepstakes or becoming a world dictator--maybe not. But, he didn't say it. I think he also meant to say that one should exercise discernment in following a Big Dream. Pray about it, get advice from others, ask questions. Is it really a Big Dream or is it just restlessness, a hankering for change. Maybe your purpose in life is right where you find yourself. But author Wilkinson doesn't say that either.
The Dream Giver is an entertaining, uplifting book--but lacking in balance. Take it with a grain of salt. Reviewed by Louis N. Gruber.
Rating: 5
Summary: Dream Stepper
Comment: Bruce has produced an excellent book, easy to read (I read it in one sitting) filled with encouraging words.
If you have difficulty dealing with parables or word pictures this might not be a wise choice for you. However, if you are on a spiritual life journey and wish to know where God has you in the process, this book is for you.
I believe that Bruce has struck a perfect balance of scripture and application. The allegory is perfectly clear and I intend to purchase this book for two friends who are on their own journey but in very different places than I.
Buy it and put it in your church library!
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Title: The Dream Planner : Inspired by the Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson, David Kopp ISBN: 1590523288 Publisher: Multnomah Publishers Inc. Pub. Date: 08 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Vision of the Leader: The Exponential Leadership System by Global Vision Resources, Bruce Wilkinson ISBN: 0972007431 Publisher: Global Visions Pubns Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life by Bruce Wilkinson ISBN: 1576737330 Publisher: Multnomah Publishers Inc. Pub. Date: 25 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: A Life God Rewards: Why Everything You Do Today Matters Forever (The Breakthrough Series, book 3) by Bruce Wilkinson ISBN: 1576739767 Publisher: Multnomah Publishers Inc. Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: Set Apart : Discovering Personal Victory Through Holiness by Bruce Wilkinson ISBN: 1590520718 Publisher: Multnomah Publishers Inc. Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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