Many of us have heard of "The Great Commission." Some of us may have even memorized the verses that contain the charge from Jesus to share the gospel throughout the world. How many of us, though, as a individuals and churches, actually live out the great commission in our daily lives?
This book Our Last Great Hope by Ronnie Floyd encourages and challenges believers to do just that. It is a book that should not and cannot be taken lightly. Once you start reading it, you must either be willing to change your thinking and your life or you must stop reading.
It took me quite a while to read this book. I tend to have several books that I am reading at one time. The one I finish first is usually the most entertaining and easy to read. This book was not the one I finished first. However, it is one that I will likely pass on to others. In fact, after reading part of the section which discusses our use of money I offered it to my pastor to use in his upcoming sermon.
Our church is currently in a process called ReVision in which we are rethinking what our purpose is as a church, how we are doing at fulfilling that purpose and how we can change to fulfill that purpose more effectively. I hope to interject many of the ideas of Our Last Great Hope into this process and will encourage other leaders to read it.
I did not always appreciate the delivery. At many points throughout the book I felt as if the author were writing from a "holier than thou" position. Yet, I cannot escape the message. Whether humbly conveyed or not in this book, the message it contains is one that Christians, especially Christian leaders, need to hear and allow to change their life.
This book was provided free for review by BookSneeze®.
