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Searching for God Knows What
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Manufacturer: Hovel Audio
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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 277.3082092
EAN: 9781596445451
ISBN: 1596445459
Label: Hovel Audio
Manufacturer: Hovel Audio
Number Of Items: 6
Publication Date: 2007-11-30
Publisher: Hovel Audio
Studio: Hovel Audio
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In Searching for God Knows What, Donald Miller's provocative and funny new book, he shows readers that the greatest desire of every person is the desire for redemption. Every person is constantly seeking redemption (or at least the feeling of it) in his or her life, believing countless gospels that promise to fix the brokenness. Typically their pursuits include the desire for fulfilling relationships, successful careers, satisfying religious systems, status, and escape. Miller reveals how the inability to find redemption leads to chaotic relationships, self-hatred, the accumulation of meaningless material possessions, and a lack of inner peace. Readers will learn to identify in themselves and within others the universal desire for redemption. They will discover that the gospel of Jesus is the only way to find meaning in life and true redemption. Mature believers as well as seekers and new Christians will find themselves identifying with the narrative journey unfolded in the book, which is simply the pursuit of redemption.
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Summary: Wonderful, beautiful, convicting
Comment: The past few days that I have spent with this book have been wonderful and.. like a soul spa. I feel refreshed and peaceful.
I also feel convicted. Donald Miller has made me see that I have been a pharisee for a while now. I was so worried about picking apart other people's theology that I was completely forgetting about Matthew 22:36-40.
Not that Donald Miller doesn't care about theology.. the ideas he expresses in the book are completely Biblical. I so recommend this book to everyone.
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Summary: Ridiculously Relevant
Comment: I had just recently read Searching For God Knows What for the third time while taking some time out from work and study - getting away from everything to think about everything. Getting out the box to think about the box and what it really looks like, because its often hard to tell when you're on the inside.
Do you ever find books that you conclude to be decent reads, until one chapter comes along that ends up blasting you away with so much truth and potency that you can't help to place the book amongst the greats? Thats what happened with me and this book. What Donald Miller converses about the lifeboat and the need for people outside ourselves to tell us how much we are worth was just so honest and real and blazingly true, i hurriedly recommended it to every single friend i could think of.
Donald discusses (amongst many other things) that ever since the fall, we (humanity) constantly look at things outside ourselves to validate our existence, to tell us that we are okay - that we are worth something and can contribute something to society. And forgive me if this is a universal truth that everybody should learn in 11th grade psychology, but just the way that he puts it, with such honesty, makes you really review why you have turned out the way you have and why you do certain things, whether it be to gain other peoples acceptance or love or whatever it is they are willing to give. This book all up makes me really look deep inside, to wonder if i do things to push myself up the invisible social ladder, or to have a better position in the life boat (see the book).
I think Donalds chapter on the lifeboat theory should be read by everyone that can read, and for those that can't read someone should read it to them. It is so needed in my generation especially (gen Y's) and gives good insight into why we are the way we are. The way don puts all this across in such a casual and truthful discussion will keep you humble and inward looking for days after you finishing reading. This book deserves a chance.
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Summary: Entertaining, Fresh Perspective on Christianity
Comment: This book is an entertaining, fresh perspective on Christianity. The author makes some insightful, amusing observations, rambling from one topic of the Christian life to the next. I found myself smiling often as I moved through the pages, wondering how in the world a person could make such a profound point in such a rudimentary way. I would have given the book four or five stars if it had possessed more content. Still, for an entertaining, fresh perspective on a relationship with Jesus, it is worth the price and the read.
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Summary: Compassionate Truth
Comment: Donald Miller speaks with a heart that has a relationship with Jesus. His criticisim with making faith a formula spoke to me and I agree with his emphasis that it is all about relationship...not a perfected theology. This is a book for Christians who don't recognize what the American church has become.
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Summary: Faith and You to Know and Understnd
Comment: We, all of us chrsitians, are always or seemingly always searching for something. Faith is knowing and trusting with His love, God's Word. Almost everyone has his or her definition of faith and we are always searching. So who am I to really review and comment on this well-written heart-felt touch of the writer as he leads those who need this touch of writing in a faithful way. Grab it and read it!
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