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New Books by Alan Hirsch and Frank Viola!
Wanted to make you
aware of two brand new books. "The Forgotten
Ways" by Alan Hirsch and "God's Ultimate
Passion" by Frank Viola
Read what others are
saying about these books.
GOD'S ULTIMATE
PASSION by Frank Viola
Author website:
www.frankviola.com
God's Ultimate
Passion
takes you on a guided tour of the Bible, tracing
three interwoven storylines from Genesis to
Revelation. It expresses the intensity, hope,
and wonder of an engaged, grass-roots, visionary
practitioner. It will help new readers of the
Bible get the big picture, and it will help
seasoned Christians remember what really matters.
* Brian McLaren, author/activist (brianmclaren.net)
God's Ultimate Passion
is a masterpiece that takes seven thousand years
of human history and simplifies it so that the
reader can understand what has always been God's
passion. It looks beyond the hands of God into
His mind and heart as it places our lives and
purposes in divine perspective. This is a must
read for those who believe and for others who
want to believe. God's Ultimate Passion
reads like a movie on paper . . . Great Job! * Alan Hirsch, author of The Forgotten Ways, The Shaping of Things to Come, and founding director of Forge Mission Training Network
. . . This
poetic exposé by Frank Viola is indeed a
masterful work of art – a modern day
mystical classic for sure. It is with a
burning heart that I commend to you
God’s Ultimate Passion.
* Dr. James W.
Goll, Encounters Network, author of The
Lost of Practicing His Presence, The
Seer, Dream Language, etc.
Some
books are meant to be read and shelved. That’s
not true of the “Classics.” Through the
generations, books that are Classic speak to new
generations who were not even born when it was
written. It's a book for this hour, without a
doubt. But it will be a book for years and years
to come. It has captured truth in simple
language that speaks to the heart, not just the
head. God's Ultimate Passion is
one of those books. Upon reading it, I have
ordered a case to be sent to people I know who
must digest its message. I thank the Lord
for the anointing that is upon its pages.
Frank sidesteps the maze of ecclesiastic labels
to get to the heart of what church really is and
how God sees it. Using the biblical metaphors of
church, and fleshing them out with the whole
sweep of Scripture, Frank gives us fresh insight
into the church as Bride of Christ, House of
God, as Household, Body of Christ and the Family
of God. Frank's unique contribution has to do
with passion and romance, elements of God's
intention with his people. This is often missing
in "missional" books written by men unhealthily
driven by purposeful objectives and blinded to
the passionate romance of enjoying God forever.
It bothers me that our talk of being "missional"
often misses this dimension. We see the church
dressed in a business suit but never in high
heels and evening gown. Frank reminds us that
the church is glamorous and God is concerned
with more than just getting the job done.
A lot of literature
comes past my desk, and this is one of the most
refreshing books I have read in a long time . .
.
Viola leaves
trivialities aside, turning instead to
scriptural evidences of what motivates God
Himself. He weaves the scriptural accounts of
history into a wondersome tapestry with a common
thread . . .
THE FORGOTTEN
WAYS by Alan Hirsch
Author website:
http://www.theforgottenways.org/blog/
"Hirsch has
discovered the formula that unlocks the
secrets of the ecclesial universe like
Einstein's simple . . . formula (E=mc²)
unlocked the secrets of the physical
universe. There are some books good enough
to read to the end. There are only a few
books good enough to read to the end of
time. The Forgotten Ways is one of
them."--Leonard Sweet (from the foreword)
"With The Forgotten Ways, Alan Hirsch has brought us closer to the reality of seeing a true apostolic church-planting movement in the West. This is a seminal work that will change our thinking, our vocabulary, and hopefully our way of being the church in this new century. I have already read the book twice and will probably devour it again."--Neil Cole, author of Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens and Cultivating a Life for God "A full-blooded and comprehensive call for the complete reorientation of the church around mission. Nothing less than the rediscovery of a revolutionary missional ecclesiology will do for Alan Hirsch. A master work."--Michael Frost, coauthor of The Shaping of Things to Come and author of Exiles "Every chapter has the kind of rich insight and inspiring challenge that we have come to expect from Alan Hirsch."--Brian McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christian, A Generous Orthodoxy, and The Story We Find Ourselves In "A fascinating and unique examination of two of the greatest apostolic movements in history (the early church and China) and their potential impact on the Western church at the dawn of the twenty-first century. The book may well become a primary reference book for the emerging missional church."--Bill Easum, Easum, Bandy & Associates "It is refreshing to read a book relating to the missional church that provides theological depth coupled with creative thinking. The Forgotten Ways helps to rescue the concept of church from the clutches of Christendom, setting it free to become a dynamic movement in place of a dying institution."--Eddie Gibbs, coauthor of Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures and author of LeadershipNext: Changing Leaders in a Changing Culture "The Forgotten Ways is a compelling challenge to awaken the church's innate entrepreneurial instinct and propel it into the fringes of our emerging culture. I recommend it highly, especially to those endowed with the boldness to align the church's operating system with the missional heart of God. markers in the field of mission--this is one such book. It is essential reading for all those who are grappling with the key issue of what the church can and must become."--Martin Robinson, author of Planting Mission-Shaped Churches Today "This is a provocative and insightful contribution to the discovery of effective missional engagement with post-Christendom Western culture. Grounded in Alan's own experience as a missionary pastor and illustrated by examples from various places, The Forgotten Ways challenges and equips both inherited and emerging churches to recover the dynamic of a missional movement."--Stuart Murray Williams, author of Church after Christendom and Changing Mission: Learning from the Newer Churches -Emerging Churches
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