Journey Into The Miraculous - Todd Bentley

I've just started reading a book called "Journey Into The Miraculous" by Todd Bentley. A number of my Christian friends have been to see Todd speak at venues in the UK and come back saying that he's really on fire for God. I thought I'd read the book and see what all the fuss is about.

I'm up to chapter 6 at the moment. Basically the book covers Todd Bentley's life story to date, and in particular, his incredible experiences of the miraculous power of the Holy Spirit. Todd led a life of sin up until he was saved, and its always interesting to hear about lives that have been so dramatically reformed by God's awesome power.

I'm feeling a bit over-awed by some of Todd's experiences as I get deeper into the book. There's a point where the brain starts to say, "is this all for real?". Maybe that's a lack of faith on my part. I'll post further comments as I get through the book.

You can get Todd Bentley's book here:

http://www.christianbits.co.uk/product.php?id=NDTB007

More to follow.....

Facedown - Matt Redman

Just finished reading the book "Facedown" by Matt Redman, something I had promised I would do for about the past 4 months, ever since I watched the Facedown DVD and was deeply moved by some of the worship on it (there is a lady doing some poetry while the band play soaking music in the background...it is just breathtaking - if anybody knows who the lady is, whether she wrote the poem, and whether there is any more where that came from, PLEASE email me and let me know).

Anyway, the book.....I was pleasantly surprised, because I suppose I had imagined that the book would be just an accessory for the CD/DVD - in other words, I expected very shallow content, and not much to get the brain going....OK,OK I was wrong!!!!!! Matt Redman writes extremely well, and he has obviously done a lot of reading, with quotes from sources as diverse as Tozer, William Barclay, Bill Bryson, Spurgeon, C S Lewis, etc etc.

I particularly liked the section which focuses on the "otherness" of God - "He is not like one of us, He is utterly incomparable - He is beyond the furthest horizon of our imaginations. He is off te scale of our comprehension."

He finishes by saying, "We live as worshippers of the otherly in a culture of the ordinary." - Amen to that, Matt.