Don’t die without reading this one. You will find that you can relate intimately with just about everything the pilgrim goes through. Brings you a lot of encouragement and hope.
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Book Review: The Pilgrim’s Progress
Posted by Matthew on May 3, 2009
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Book Review: Les Misérables
Posted by Matthew on May 3, 2009
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Book Review: Hudson Taylor: God’s Man in China
Posted by Matthew on May 3, 2009
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After reading this book years ago, it quickly became my number one favorite book. This testimony and story of Hudson Taylor giving his entire life to the evangelization of the interior lands of China has shaped me more than any other book I’ve read.
I felt his character, way of thinking, and biblical viewpoints were exactly like my own. This particular book has a lot of personal journal entries from Hudson Taylor and they were where I felt the most connection with him and his life. A true mentor of faith!
Book Review: Into the Wild
Posted by Matthew on May 3, 2009
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I loved this book. It invigorates your craving for the wildness of nature and at the same time a lot of respect for its mysterious ways of destroying you.
I appreciated the philosophical mixture in the biography of this guy Chris. It reflected in so many ways my own searching for identity as a being that was brought forth from the earth not having grown up with my father… Fathers are the glue of society and when they do not impart true identity to their sons, or a twisted identity, the society falls apart and destroys itself. I think Chris had a deep disdain for our self-destructing social patterns; a disdain fed directly by the twisted parenthood of his own father.
The connection between man and earth is intimate, no doubt. The problem is, the earth is unforgiving, brutal, and at times, monstrous. I think when Adam fell, his calling to subdue the earth became impossible. Chris’ story is one amongst many that testifies of this. Krakauer (the author) also plugs in some stories from other wanderers and explorers and even his own story of climbing “the thumb”. The book lines up with the movie pretty well too. It appears that Chris might have been a believer in the Lord. His heart was aching for meaning and truth…his journal reveals a path that looks like it was leading straight to God; one of his favorite passages from a book he read is in reference to the Gospels (Doctor Zhivago). We’ll know soon enough.
Book Review: A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness
Posted by Matthew on May 3, 2009
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Book Review: Heavenly Man
Posted by Matthew on May 3, 2009
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I bought this book in January 2004 just before departing for China for the first time to reach an unreached people group. I had it with me the whole time I was there but didn’t finish reading it until after I returned…I had no idea of the work of God going on around me in that place, but I could easily confirm that God is up to something great over there…
I loaned it to a couple people and eventually people everywhere were reading it and asking me if I had. There is so much to be gained by the Chinese Christian example if the rest of us were willing to listen to them.