We are going to be reading chapters 4 – 6 of The Numbers of Hope on Christian Book Club this week. I have been trying to write this article all day and have been dealing with a slow Internet connection. I was getting really frustrated so I had to just give it a break for a while. As I was waiting I was thinking about how silly it is to get frustrated over something like the speed of my Internet connection. Of course, it took me a little while to get there. I initially wanted to call my provider and complain to someone. “What is wrong with your Internet Service today?” “Don’t you realize how important what I have to do is?” “How could anything move so slowly?” Sometimes I am amazed at my own self-importance!
Keep reading the daily devotionals. I am really enjoying them. I like Chapter 6. I am glad that Jesus is a heart transplant specialist! I will comment more during the week! Look forward to reading your comments as well.
This month at Christian Book Club we will be reading Max Lucado’s 3:16 The Numbers of Hope. I always enjoy reading Max Lucado. His writing style flows in a way that makes reading the book very enjoyable. He is an amazing storyteller. There is so much power in story. Here is how we will read the book:
- Week 1 – Chapters 1 – 3
- Week 2 – Chapters 4 – 6
- Week 3 – Chapters 7 – 9
- Week 4 – Chapters 10 – 12
I would also suggest reading the 40 day devotional that begins on page 135. I know that there are only 30 days in June but we could discuss the first 30 days and I think we will enjoy the extra discussion. As always I look forward to reading your comments. Your insight really adds to reading the book.
A Personal Note
I am sorry I didn’t post sooner. At the church I pastor we had one of our members get hit by a car while she was running on Thursday morning and she went to be with Jesus. Her name was Dawn. She was really quite an amazing woman. She had a very difficult past, drugs and alcohol and a lot of personal tragedy. Five years ago she gave her life to Jesus and she had a huge impact on people. She was an amazing example of what it means to be “Born Again”. I have been ministering to her friends and family and hearing about the impact she has had on them. I had just finished reading Your God is Too Safe when I got the phone call Thursday morning.All I could think about was the C.S. Lewis scene that Buchanan had talked about at the end of the book. Where the children are with Aslan and they find out that they had been in a train wreck and that they had died and were going to stay with Aslan. This was the quote that really stuck with me.
“All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story, which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever and ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.”
Dawn is beginning Chapter One of the Great Story. She will be missed but I am glad that she is with Jesus in the for ever story.
I can’t believe how quickly this month is going by. As I have said I am really enjoying Your God is Too Safe. Each chapter seems to give me something new to think about. Your comments have also helped me to see things that I missed in my reading. That is why I enjoy reading books like this in a Christian Book Club setting.
This week we will be reading and discussing Chapters 13 – 17. We are moving into “The Holy Wild”. I just did a quick preview scan and I think we are in for some very interesting reading. I look forward to reading your comments. Don’t forget that you can comment on each others comments. If you get a chance this week, try to do that for one another. Just use the Reply to This Comment tab. If you are new to the site your first comment has to be moderated by me. That is done so that spammers can’t get in and put garbage on the site. After I approve your first comment, your following comments will just pop right up.
It is time to get ready for June’s book which is Hope 3:16 by Max Lucado. I am looking forward to the book. I haven’t read it yet, but Max Lucado is an excellent writer and speaker. If you ever get to go to a conference where he is speaking you will enjoy it. If you need to order the book I will give you a link to do that here.
Thank you all for your participation. I hope you are enjoying this club as much as I am.
Your God is Too Safe – Week 3
I can’t believe how quickly this month is going by. As I have said I am really enjoying Your God is Too Safe. Each chapter seems to give me something new to think about. Your comments have also helped me to see things that I missed in my reading. That is why I enjoy reading books like this in a Christian Book Club setting.
This week we will be reading and discussing Chapters 13 – 17. We are moving into “The Holy Wild”. I just did a quick preview scan and I think we are in for some very interesting reading. I look forward to reading your comments. Don’t forget that you can comment on each others comments. If you get a chance this week, try to do that for one another. Just use the Reply to This Comment tab. If you are new to the site your first comment has to be moderated by me. That is done so that spammers can’t get in and put garbage on the site. After I approve your first comment, your following comments will just pop right up.
It is time to get ready for June’s book which is Hope 3:16 by Max Lucado. I am looking forward to the book. I haven’t read it yet, but Max Lucado is an excellent writer and speaker. If you ever get to go to a conference where he is speaking you will enjoy it. If you need to order the book I will give you a link to do that here.
By Max Lucado
Thank you all for your participation. I hope you are enjoying this club as much as I am.