Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead Review

In my work, I feel the most important thing I do is to give the gospel to Christians. Might sound a bit contradictory, but there is so much that most regular "church goers" have never been told (or experienced), and sadly, much of what we WERE told is misused, overused, or just plain wrong.

Spiritual "depth" many times equates to working harder, getting "more serious" or giving more time and commitment to your local church and whatever activities/programs they deem important and need to grow.

Life in the heart, aliveness, relational intimacy with God and others, and honestly and literally walking with God seems almost extinct. And it's killing us. The place where life should spring from is buried, held suspect, under continuous scrutiny, or simply neglected.

There's no lack of telling us to "get busy. Don't be late. Sign up. Get useful. Get on board." We seem to serve "in mass" learn and get taught "in mass" are sort of known "in mass" even get saved "in mass." It's like churches have taken their cues from the "Word of Walmart" rather than the Word of God.

But John's work in Waking the Dead (and much of his other writings) is like triage for the heart! It's an invitation. It's permission. And it deeply honors those who read it. It's (thank God) not another version of "c'mon, get motivated, change your world for Jesus" kind of thing. It's both an invitation and a trail map into the great (and largely unchartered) landscape inside every one of us. And it's there where we find life. The life that we and others desperately need.

This may sound funny, but John's message actually includes US! WE matter! Not just our efforts, "being used by God", or what we can accomplish in this life. WE matter. We are made certain ways (beautiful ways), we are known deeply by our Father, and there is room, even wide open spaces, to live a riskier, larger, and richer life. We even get to make mistakes!

Eldredge's work is like invigorating fresh air for our souls.

Waking the Dead Overview

Wild at Heart helped men get their hearts back.  Waking the Dead will help us all find the life Christ promised.  Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” That’s the offer of Christianity, from God himself. Just look at what happens when people are touched by Jesus—the blind see, the lame walk, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life. In other words, to be touched by God is to be restored. To become all God meant you to be. That is what Christianity is supposed to do for you—make you whole, set you free, bring you fully alive. But Jesus also warned that the path to that life is narrow, and few people would find it. You’ll notice few have. Waking the Dead will help you find that life, see the fierce battle over your heart, and embrace all that God has for you. There is so much more. Do you want it?

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