We are giving away a copy of The God Of The Mundane
by Matt Redmond over at Find Free Christian eBooks Today. The giveaway begins Monday, January 21.
We've all heard the sermons and read the books: "If you really loved God, you would be radical. You would sell your belongings. You would become a missionary and move to another country." Matthew B. Redmond has preached the gospel of doing more for God, and he wants out. In this collection of essays, he asks a simple question: what about the rest of us? Is there a God for our often-mundane lives? This is a book about pastors, plumbers, dental hygienists, and stay-at-home moms. It finds grace and mercy in chicken fingers, smiles from strangers, and classic films, and ultimately convicts us of something Matt Redmond has learned himself: there is a God of the mundane, and it's not about what we do for him. It's about what he does for us.
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by Matt Redmond over at Find Free Christian eBooks Today. The giveaway begins Monday, January 21. We've all heard the sermons and read the books: "If you really loved God, you would be radical. You would sell your belongings. You would become a missionary and move to another country." Matthew B. Redmond has preached the gospel of doing more for God, and he wants out. In this collection of essays, he asks a simple question: what about the rest of us? Is there a God for our often-mundane lives? This is a book about pastors, plumbers, dental hygienists, and stay-at-home moms. It finds grace and mercy in chicken fingers, smiles from strangers, and classic films, and ultimately convicts us of something Matt Redmond has learned himself: there is a God of the mundane, and it's not about what we do for him. It's about what he does for us.
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The following is a our review of the God of the Mundane:
Our lives are largely like that, though, aren't they? For most of us, life is a day-in-day-out cycle of the ordinary. Is there God in the ordinary, in the mundane? Does he care about our work-a-day lives? Does he value them? That is the question that former Protestant pastor Matt Redmond asks in The God Of The Mundane .
As Christians, we often display a tendency to elevate those who do the extraordinary. It is well that we should. Exceptional clergy, missionaries, and Saints -- for adherents of traditions that recognize them, can provide examples for us to follow. It is the godliness that is the genesis of their actions that we should emulate though – not necessarily the particular actions themselves. Many of us have a different vocation than those that we place our focus upon. Godliness in the lives of the everyday lay person might bear different fruit.
In this slim volume, Matt Redmond presents us with the case for being ordinary. He leaves us recharged with the knowledge that the changing of diapers, the folding of laundry and the pushing of pens upon weekday desks mean something – and may even be the whole point. He assures us that God is in the mundane and that we, immersed in the seemingly insignificant, can be Jesus to the world.
I oftentimes make disclaimers regarding the books that I choose to review. “This is not a ‘beach book,” I might write. The God Of The Mundane requires no such qualifier. It is every person’s book, with a message of use to every person.
May God bless you as you strive to live out your own vocation.
Know that you are valued and loved by Him.
Pax Christi dear ones,
.As Christians, we often display a tendency to elevate those who do the extraordinary. It is well that we should. Exceptional clergy, missionaries, and Saints -- for adherents of traditions that recognize them, can provide examples for us to follow. It is the godliness that is the genesis of their actions that we should emulate though – not necessarily the particular actions themselves. Many of us have a different vocation than those that we place our focus upon. Godliness in the lives of the everyday lay person might bear different fruit.
In this slim volume, Matt Redmond presents us with the case for being ordinary. He leaves us recharged with the knowledge that the changing of diapers, the folding of laundry and the pushing of pens upon weekday desks mean something – and may even be the whole point. He assures us that God is in the mundane and that we, immersed in the seemingly insignificant, can be Jesus to the world.
I oftentimes make disclaimers regarding the books that I choose to review. “This is not a ‘beach book,” I might write. The God Of The Mundane
requires no such qualifier. It is every person’s book, with a message of use to every person.May God bless you as you strive to live out your own vocation.
Know that you are valued and loved by Him.
Pax Christi dear ones,
~Michelle
This book was an Advance Review Copy (ARC) sent by the publisher — common practice in the industry. No payment was accepted in exchange for a review or mention, and the reviewer was in no way obligated to review the book favorably.
This book was an Advance Review Copy (ARC) sent by the publisher — common practice in the industry. No payment was accepted in exchange for a review or mention, and the reviewer was in no way obligated to review the book favorably.
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