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BEHOLD YOUR GOD: Rethinking God Biblically past John Snyder

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BEHOLD YOUR GOD is "born out of a desire to see the glory of God manifested among His people."  The author strongly believes that the church in the United States faces a huge obstruction – indifference. This review was written by Hank Griffith of South Suburban Evangelical Free Church in Apple Valley, Minnesota.

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New Albany, MS: Media Gratiae, 2013

Over a catamenia of several months our small group at church studied Behold Your God: Rethinking God Biblically, by Pastor John Snyder. While Snyder was completing his doctoral work in Puritan and eighteenth century theology at the University of Wales: Trinity St. David, his family attended an evangelical church that impacted them profoundly. Upon returning to the The states Snyder sought to put into practise what he had learned, both in his studies and in the church his family attended. The church he planted in Mississippi, too as this study came out of those experiences.

BEHOLD YOUR GOD is "built-in out of a desire to meet the glory of God manifested amid His people." The author strongly believes that the church in the United states faces a huge obstacle – indifference. People are worshipping a "God" of their ain imagination. He contends that "the greatest demand of the church and the world is to be reintroduced to the 1 who cannot give u.s.a. anything meliorate than Himself."

BEHOLD YOUR GOD: Rethinking God Biblically is designed for individual or group report over a xiii week catamenia. Information technology includes daily personal study, likewise equally an hr long video to watch and discuss as a grouping at every coming together. Each DVD includes a story about the life of a great Christian from the past, a message from the Word of God by Snyder, and cogitating comments on the lesson past contemporary pastors and theologians. As well the DVD there is a workbook for each participant. Every lesson is divided into five sections or "days." Each solar day takes about 20 to 40 minutes to complete. Information technology includes questions that are designed to help the participant empathize what the Bible teaches virtually God and reflect on their implications for his life and church.

The following is a list, in no particular order, of some of the chief themes in BEHOLD YOUR GOD, at least from my perspective. Others may describe up a slightly different listing.

  1. Nosotros cannot completely fathom God. We tin can merely perceive the edges of His ways.
  2. Our view of God should be based on what He has revealed near Himself in the Bible.
  3. Right living and right doctrine planted deeply in our heart by God are inseparable.
  4. Pride, unbelief, and selfishness oft hinder us from turning our lives completely over to God.
  5. Nosotros can learn much well-nigh God past looking at His revelation in His Son Jesus Christ who came to earth to save u.s..
  6. God'due south work to bring sinners to Himself is the clearest window into the heart of God, His greatest brandish of His glory.
  7. Beholding our holy God demands a response of holy living on our part.
  8. God has created us and saved the states for His celebrity. The worship of God should exist our main occupation in life.
  9. If nosotros look closely, we volition see that in reality our church building life, i.east. our hymns, sermons, evangelistic methods, Christian service, etc. are ofttimes more man-focused than God- focused.
  10. When we gather together in worship it is to view God'due south worth and respond to it. This should exist the primary goal of our Sunday worship service.
  11. Everything we do in life should be God-centered – our worship, our evangelism, our Christian service, our daily lives, etc.
  12. We should beware of lesser gods, which are really just idols.
  13. Nosotros should avert pragmatism in our lives and in our churches, i.e. choosing to do what appears to piece of work, rather than what God has commanded united states to do.
  14. Our deserted prayer meetings reveal that we alive our lives like deists, rather than theists.
  15. The police force of God prepares people to hear and receive the gospel of Jesus Christ.
  16. True revival can't be conjured up past emotions and activities in the church. Yes, we should repent of our sins and pray for revival, merely revival is a piece of work of God that He alone tin can bring about.

My only criticism of the volume is that I call back the author sometimes presents a extravaganza of Christians and churches in America. Just the same, I found this thirteen week study quite impactful in my own life. Though I did not actually larn anything completely new about God, it caused me to reflect securely near Him and how truths about Him should influence my life and my church.

HG

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