Book Review "Green"

I totally geeked out when I received this book in the mail.

Not because I had read any of Ted Dekker's books previously or due to even a marginal interest in Christian Fiction books.

No, I geeked out because earlier in the year a friend of mine told me about the Circle Series books. He said that "the books twist you and turn you and flip you and by the end you are not completely sure what happened except that you're loving Jesus more." His word is an authority for me when it comes to literature.

So needless to say, I geeked out.

I found the book available and asked my literature guru friend whether I should start or end with Green. His answer was a definitive "End with it, dude."

So I ordered the rest of the books, read them and then moved onto this book.

The series is truly phenomenal and Green was a great read.

Quick Summary: Green is a story of love, betrayal, and sweeping reversals set within the apocalypse.

I believe that the series could not have ended any better or any more seamlessly then it did with Green.

I would recommend this book to anyone who had read the previous books in the series or wanted a good read that would "twist you and turn you and flip you and by the end you are not completely sure what happened except that you're loving Jesus more."

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Max Lucado says "Outlive Your Life"

Matthew 16:25 "For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."

Let me start off simply by saying that self-help books make me sick. The focus on 'self' as the ultimate object of our affection and focus is not only sad, but is ultimately against scriptural teaching.

In my opinion, the market for "Me Improved" books has swelled to a point past saturation and the last thing the world needs is a new 5-step program towards "You're Best Life Now."

Thankfully, this book fits into a completely different category. One that the World can benefit from.

Lucado, using the Book of Acts as his outline, draws parallels between ways in which we, today, can follow the example of the Church fathers and be apart of Christ's movement in the world.

The book gives specific ways in which we can "deny [ourselves] and take up [our] cross[es] daily" with discussion and application questions in the back for each chapter in the book.

I would recommend this book to Christians that are losing heart and are having difficulty seeing significance in the work, service, or lives that they are living.