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Title: Rumors of Another World: What on Earth Are We Missing? by Philip Yancey ISBN: 0-310-25217-2 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (50 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Have you heard the rumors?
Comment: Surprising this is the first book I have read by the well known Christian author Philip Yancey. After reading this I want to go and get the book The Gift of Pain. If you like apologetics in the style of C.S. Lewis this is the book for you. Not only does it offer that but many interesting stories that really drive home the points Yancey is trying to make. Are you hearing the rumors in everyday life to an eternal spiritual world? Or are you missing them like the natives of Tierra del Fuego who missed Magellan's ships only because they were behind their comprehension. After reading this you will start seeing and hearing the rumors of another world yourself. There is even a chapter that shows how you can even hear a rumor in sex. This is not the usual preachy books that are out there. There is a wonderful chapter on sex found in the book. Totally changed my view points on many subjects. This book also isn't just for the Christian its meant for the "borderlanders" out there. A term the author uses for people who dont visit Christian bookstores or even churches for that matter. A story in the book that really drove home the idea of guilt and its purpose was one of Dorian Gray. Dorian Gray gets a portrait of himself done. One day he thinks that too bad his face will change and get old while this picture will not. So one day he gets his wish instead of his face changing the portrait changes instead. When he lies his mouth in the portrait twists. Well one day Dorian Gray goes up to the attic to look at this picture and finds that it disgusts him so much that he takes a knife and slashes right through the portrait. Later one of the maids finds him up in the attic with a knife right through his own heart. The painting represented his true self so when he faced his true self he killed himself. Driving home the point on how even guilt can be a rumor as well as a gift. From the book I even added a new signature to my emails and its this "When the chess game is over, the pawns, rooks, kings, and queens all go back into the same box."
Rating: 5
Summary: Penetrating the "incognito"
Comment: The always-loved C.S. Lewis once wrote:
"We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito. And the incognito is not always easy to penetrate. The real labor is to remember to attend. In fact to come awake. Still more to remain awake".
This book will help you to understand those "signs" of the incognito that we struggle to interpret. Philip Yancey extends an invitation to penetrate some of the riddles or "rumors" of the supernatural world and their meaning for our life. He tosses a call to remain awake and access the presence of God on this earth.
"Rumors" is Yancey at his best style. His thinking is lucid and profound, and his analyses are thought provoking and rich in meanings. As usual, he is fond of a big range of authors and thinkers that helps him to explain insightful ideas and offer examples in accessible terms. He is honest, direct and practical. He has really something to say to understand the interaction between the physical and the spiritual (metaphysical) worlds as proposed by Christianity, especially to the people who, like him, are not afraid of doubts.
The author offers three main discussions in this book:
1) The world we inhabit and what we're missing. What rumors of another world it might covey? He discusses the "sacramental" view of life (where natural and supernatural coexist in one world) on subjects as nature, every day life, and sex (a must read chapter).
2) The apparent contradictions: why doesn't this world look like God's world? Bright analyses of sin (as a backhand proof of God's existence) and of guilt (as a gift from God).
3) The interaction of both natural and supernatural worlds: the meaning for our lives, how to practice that existence of God in a modern world (money, death, moral failures, among others).
If you're already familiar with Yancey's work, this book won't let you down -he keeps raising the bar. If you want to read him for the first time, this is a good place to start. In any case, know that you will soon find yourself captivated by one of today's most suggestive and thought stimulating Christian writers.
Rating: 5
Summary: Rumors of Another World: What on Earth Are We Missing?
Comment: The spiritual world is not obvious, and God does not force anyone to believe in God. There are, however, clues, or "rumors," as author and editor Yancey calls them, to the spiritual all around us. We simply need to be attentive to them. Yancey (What's So Amazing About Grace?; Where Is God When It Hurts?) aims to help readers, especially those who are not religious but suspect that the spiritual exists, to tune into the rumors. Some are familiar, such as the complexity of living beings or the beauty of nature. Others are not so quickly associated with the spiritual, such as sexual pleasure. Yancey makes it clear, especially to those on the "borderlands" of faith, that these and many other rumors are all indications of the spiritual world. His skill as an award-winning author is evident throughout this engaging volume. Highly recommended, especially for collections of Christian inspirational reading
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Title: What's So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey ISBN: 0310245656 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Disappointment with God by Philip Yancey ISBN: 031021436X Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 28 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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