Astonished: Recapturing the Wonder, Awe, and Mystery of Life with God
Apr 2014 · David C Cook
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In Astonished, Pastor Mike Erre calls Christians away from simplistic formulas to honest and rugged faith in the mysterious and unpredictable God. God is more about deepening the mystery of faith, not removing it. Jesus should get bigger the longer we walk with him. Life and faith should grow to be more profound and wondrous, not less. In Astonished, you will see how we are far more comfortable with tips, steps and techniques for living, than we are with ruthlessly trusting the mysterious God of the Bible. God asks us to follow him into tension, frustration, and difficulty because he wants our trust, not just our intellectual agreement. He calls us to seek Him even as we live in awe of all that is yet to be known about Him. Astonished is an invitation to question in a culture that wants answers, to wonder in a world with little mystery left, and to believe in what is unseen and find it beautiful.
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Francois Coeries
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June 30, 2016
This book pushes your boundaries and thinking beyond the popular, culture-driven rhetoric. The author makes you feel uncomfortable and yet joyful at the same time. Knowing God is our mission, yet His mystery us ever growing. Hard hitting, soul stirring, heart warming, mind boggling, awe inspiring.
Ric Leach
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April 13, 2016
This book drives me to seek not the packaged and controllable God of my own making but the unknowable God of the Scriptures.
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Sarah Downes
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April 6, 2016
I need to read this again. So much to take in.
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About the author
Mike Erre is senior pastor of First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California. He has previously served at both Mariners Church and Rock Harbor Church in Orange County. A graduate of Talbot School of Theology, Mike speaks at universities and conferences around the country. This is his fifth book.
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