The link below is to a book review of ‘Reset,’ by David Murray.
For more visit:
https://www.9marks.org/review/book-review-reset-by-david-murray/
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The Happy Christian – A Review
I try to be a positive Christian with a positive outlook on life. Generally speaking, I look on the bright side and press on in the Christian life with hopefulness because Christ is on the throne. But sometimes I fall into a rut of gloom, cynicism, and I think the cup is “half empty,” so to speak. From time to time I can identify with Christians who are always gloomy, pessimistic, and critical. The question is, how can we get out of the rut of gloom? We should want to, since the Christian faith is not one of gloom, doom, and extreme cynicism!
David Murray answers this question in his new book, The Happy Christian. In ten chapters, Murray tackles gloom armed first with Scripture and secondly with some helpful scientific studies and insights about pessimism and optimism. If I can make a generalization, Murray is basically calling God’s…
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Book Review: Jesus on Every Page – 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament, by David Murray
Many years ago on the Emmaus Road (Luke 24:13-27), two of Jesus’ disciples came upon Jesus but did not recognise him. A discussion soon began between the two disciples and Jesus concerning what had been happening over the last couple of days and in the course of the discussion Jesus, ‘begining at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself (Luke 24:27). In every believer’s life there is an Emmaus Road event – sometimes it is a short journey, for others the journey is a lot longer, yet at some point we come to see Jesus ‘in all the Scriptures.’
Now, David Murray takes the reader of his book on a new adventure down the Emmaus Road in which he shares his own experience of discovering Jesus ‘in all the Scriptures,’ allowing us to discover this same Jesus whom he has come to know and trust ‘in all the Scriptures.’ It is a journey through history – Israel’s history, yet Jesus is there through it all. In this book David Murray seeks to enable each believer who reads it to experience their own journey on the ‘Emmaus Road,’ with the benefit of a tour guide pointing out all of the attractions along the way. This is the ‘Jesus Road’ and it is the Old Testament, described by one who has travelled it many times and who is therefore qualified to assist others along that road.
This book is especially geared for the young Christian (even if aged in years) and as such is extremely easy to read. It comes in readily available packaged sizes (chapters), which is great as most young Christians these days are generally not readers of good food and find it difficult to consider weighty matters. But these especially prepared meals are easily consumed and equally easily digested. Even Christians not accustomed to any reading will find these meals palatable. They come in manageable portions and are made up of prime, quality cuts. Read rightly, this excellent book has the potential to revolutionise the way we approach the Old Testament, yet in exactly the manner it was meant to be read.
This is not a dry read, but a very personalised read as the reader enters into the process of discovery that David Murray himself experienced and now shares with the reader of his book. Take up this book and begin a journey along the Emmaus Road with an experienced guide, it is a journey not to be forgotten or regretted.
The Book’s Webpage:
http://jesusoneverypage.com/
Buy this book at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Every-Page-Testament-ebook/dp/B00B7QRAMM/
Purchase before 31st August 2013 and get $100 of free Old Testament resources:
http://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/08/12/100-of-free-old-testament-resources/
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