Finally - They have arrived

A couple months ago a couple blogs I frequent on an almost daily basis were offering a free book giveaway if you were "one of the first xxxx amount of people to "email here" and asked. These blogs are located to the right under "Blogs I Frequent." Mark Driscoll at The Resurgence and Scot McKnight at Jesus Creed

Part of the special promotion was to receive the book and then write up a review on Amazon or blog it here. I'll probably blog them here on a somewhat regular basis.

I look forward to Driscoll's book for the comedy factor and maybe get some insight into how to deal with some specific situations in regards to the church and with non Christians who are really hard to get to and talk with them. In my career path I work with a lot of "educated" people who just do not get any of the "Bible stuff" and being "saved." I am not banking on the book answering all my questions but allow for some insight. Afterall, Driscoll is pastor to one of the fasting growing churches (Mars Hill Church Seattle) in the one of the least churched cities in all of America (Seattle, WA). I have read Driscoll's previous work and I also listen to a lot of his sermons and he is very engaging and has a lot of material and stories at his disposal. Plus he preaches in blue jeans and an untucked shirt...makes him cool.

McKnight's book is dealing with prayer and specifically regular routine prayer much like the Catholics are famous for. Reciting the same prayer daily in a normal routine time. Also with focus on litugical prayer books offering specific prayers for you to qoute based on situation or time of year (Lent, Easter, Summer time, etc.). Having grown-up Catholic I get that part and understand it, but there was a period of time where I was down on "rehearsed" prayer and felt it was "not real." Now I do not believe that as much. If the person is honest and sincere during that time then so is the prayer. So this book will be something different for me to read and solidfy some of the recent belief "shifts." For those also frequent Jesus Creed you know that Scot is big on this subject and so he'll have a lot of work put into this and some insight.

So I look forward to reading these books and posting some of my thoughts here as well. Who knows, maybe I'll even do my first Amazon.com review of something!