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Title: Paul: A Man of Grit and Grace (Great Lives from God's Word, Volume 6) by Charles R. Swindoll ISBN: 0-8499-1749-2 Publisher: W Publishing Group Pub. Date: 15 April, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.85 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Priceless insight into a remarkable life
Comment: Paul's life was in so many ways a type for our own that I wonder why more books of this ilk have not been written. When we study his letters, we learn the teachings of a man who walked with God through this life in ways most of us can only imagine. But we don't get the point until we consider the man himself, flaws and all. Then we begin to see how Paul knew grace experientially, so he could explain how others could live in it. Paul understood sin, but he also knew the power of Christ to redeem sinners and he never 'got over it'.
Swindoll's books are as good as his sermons, which is to say, magnificent. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about the Christian life, but especially to anyone who wants to serve God with everything He has blessed you with.
Rating: 5
Summary: A challenging portrait of a man devoted to Christ
Comment: Charles Swindoll's Paul: A man of grace and grit is a fascinating look at one of the New Testament's biggest
contributors. Saul of Tarusus or better known as Paul the apostle is truly a man of grit. Born in a Jewish family.
A devout follower of Judaism. A man devoted to Jewish law and persecuting Christians. Swindoll fleshes out Saul from the book of Acts
in great detail. Saul persecuted Christians as Hitler persecuted Jews during the 1940's. Saul was a man who violently
opposed to Christ, his teachings, and his followers. He hunted them down. Tried them, and stoned them.
Odd that such a man would end up not only worshipping Jesus, but also writing some of the most beautiful words in the New Testament and spreading the gospel.
How strange that such a man who spewed forth such hate toward Christians would turn around and write such a beautiful
testament to love (Letter to Corinthians).
Swindoll's Paul is presented in 22 chapters, that cover everything from Paul's beginnings, meeting with Christ risen, to his ministry, and finally his death. Each chapter refers and reflects to appropriate bible passages, mostly those from Acts.
What was surprising was that each chapter also ended in a reflection. For example, chapter 2: The violent capture of a rebel will, covers Saul's encounter with Christ. Here a violent man is converted into a spokes person for the very person Saul hates the most. Amazing really.
Swindolls refers to this change as "Kicking against God's goads". "To kick against the goads" was a common expression found in both Greek and Latin literature, which rose from the practice of farmers goading their oxen in the fields. Goads were typically made from slender pieces of timber, blunt on one end and pointed on the other. Farmers used the pointed end to urge a stubborn ox into motion. Occasionally, the beast would kick at the goad. The more the ox kicked, the more likely it would stab into the flesh of it leg, causing pain.
Saul's conversion may not have been quick, but with Saul's previous violent lifestyle and Christ haunting words, those words may
have been the "goad" that pushed Saul into Paul and a past of hate into a future of preaching the gospel. Swindoll ends the chapter on a wonderful reflection on what "goads" you? Is God goading you perhaps?
Are you holding onto some rebellious attitude that perhaps the Lord is goading you to let go of?
Each chapter has a reflection like this. Each chapter not only brings us closer to how Paul lived, but also asks us to examine our relationship with God, our loved ones, and even ourselves.
This book is # 6 in the series. I'll have to pick up the previous books, and sincerely hope that Charles Swindoll adds a #7 in the series.
Rating: 4
Summary: Another great resource from Charles Swindoll
Comment: I heartily recommend this book. It is an insightful biography, and the contemporary applications Swindoll gleans from Paul's life are helpful. Swindoll is one of the great expository writers of our time and this book certainly adds to that legacy. I appreciated this volume more than his biography of Moses and almost as much as his book about the life of David.
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Title: Elijah Great Lives, Volume 5 by Charles R. Swindoll ISBN: 0849913861 Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: 03 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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Title: David Great Lives Series: Volume 1 by Charles R. Swindoll ISBN: 0849913829 Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: 26 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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Title: Moses Great Lives Series: Volume 4 by Charles R. Swindoll ISBN: 0849913853 Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: 16 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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Title: Joseph Great Lives Series: Volume 3 by Charles R. Swindoll ISBN: 084991342X Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: 21 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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Title: Esther Great Lives Series: Volume 2 by Charles R. Swindoll ISBN: 0849913837 Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: 14 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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