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Title: Wasting Time With God : A Christian Spirituality of Friendship With God by Klaus Issler, James Houston ISBN: 0-8308-2280-1 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: H. Rogers
Comment: Wow! The best book I have read in some time. I started this book and had to start over, this time armed with a yellow highlighter. The author's incredible insight makes this book a keeper. I know I'll read it more than once!
Rating: 5
Summary: Christian Spirituality: Deep, Historic, Biblical
Comment: Klaus Issler is professor of Christian educationa and theology at the evangelical Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) in La Mirada CA. The title "Wasting Time with God" is an irony: what people consummed with busy-ness and materialism consider "lost" time is, in fact, the very center of life. The book has broad appeal, drawing from an immense diversity of Christian sources.
Tracing his own pilgrimage, the author begins with "The Quest" to know God. The work then divides into two major sections: (1) "Making Room for God" through developing friendship, humility and faith; and (2) "Deepening Our Friendship with God" by way of personal commitment, communication, "apprenticeship" and "partnership." Extensive endnotes (249-82) and indexes of authors, subjects and biblical texts enrich the work for those who desire to explore further.
"Wasting Time with God" is a theology of Christian spirituality. And yet the theological concerns lie subtly underneath a work very readable and relevant to everyone yearning for authentic relationship with God. The work is full of practical illustrations and applications that make every chapter come alive for the teenager as well as the pastor.
At times the diversity of sources is a bit overwhelming. Yet the mosaic of voices through various Christian traditions affirm that what Issler is setting forth is not a novel or peripheral teaching about relationship with God. Rather I found each chapter wonderfully convincing as it leads the reader in the way of life.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Pleasurable and Challenging Read
Comment: I first came across the book at a conference on spiritual formation. The IVP table had a pre-release copy on their table for examination. After taking a peak I ended up reading over half the book between breaks and at lunch. The author encourages a thoughtful passionate spirituality. I liked the chapter on faith where we are challenged to remind ourselves regularly of unseen realities. The chapter on prayer is inspiriing. It actually encouraged me so much that I looked forward to prayer. What more could you ask for? A hearty thanks to the author.
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Title: Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ by Dallas Willard ISBN: 1576832961 Publisher: Navpress Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Conformed to His Image by Kenneth Boa ISBN: 031023848X Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Satisfy Your Soul: Restoring the Heart of Christian Spirituality by Bruce A. Demarest, David Hazard ISBN: 1576831302 Publisher: Navpress Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Faith Is a Verb: Dynamics of Adult Faith Development by Arthur Stokes, Kenneth Stokes ISBN: 0896223973 Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications Pub. Date: May, 1989 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Inner Voice of Love by HENRI NOUWEN ISBN: 0385483481 Publisher: Image Books Pub. Date: 19 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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