Spiritual Food from a seasoned man of God who walks in demonstration of the Spirit not enticing words of man's wisdom!
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I believe this book was a God send! I am a Rhema Bible Training Center graduate and was blessed by the writings. Brother Van Vlymen seems passionate and has insight from the Spirit of God to aggressively walk in the spirit. God bless you Brother Vlymen, and keep walking in the spirit in the authority of Jesus Christ! very real and down to earth ...like a true man of God. Amen!
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My aunt loaned us this DVD. And I also read the book in the late 80's. I guess our personal discipleship is also called our Christian walk in the New Testament. The Pilgrim left his former immoral lifestyle and went on s spiritual journey in search of Heaven-the Celestial City. He cast off his burden of guilt over his past sins when he came to the cross. I think the fools of Toledo, Ohio mocking my Christian beliefs reminded me of the evil immoral mockers at the town called Vanity Fair. Toledo also has a recognized whore problem in the news. When I once went to a Baptist church of which I was an official member, the pastor mentioned how we should lean on the Promises of God in the Bible to get us through The Slough of Despond! I also noticed that I go from interest in minstriy to ministry as my spiritual needs dictate. And I could identify the fragments of Scripture (although not by chapter and verse)from my own Bible Study and reading. They left Pilgrim's wife Christiana out of this movie. And the shodowy lighting in the film did make it seem low budget. But it had a good message! At a time I just thought of my Christianity as me and my Bible and the Holy Spirit. No fancy churches!
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I have been aware of this amazing man and his journey for a while now and met him at the Woodstock book signing for Faithfully Religionless.  What a terrific read!! Sharing it with all I know who want to walk a more enlightened path! This is not about "following" someone or viewing him as a guru...just someone like you and I finding our own way.
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this man is so humble, and walks in the power of The Lord, he shares from that place of humility - the power of THE ANOINTED LIFE - and how to pray like a child - open - expecting - and with YOUR WHOLE HEART~!  A powerful book - anointed and precious - liberting!
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Charles Swindoll utilizes his God-given gift of explaining things in a plain,concise,easy-to-grasp manner to help the beliving MAN navigate through the tempests of life which beset him,by applying Scripture in his resolutions to the plights which the Born-again MAN of God faces!! He lists the attributes a man needs in order to please his Lord,and stabilize his family,which he is the head of. Gumption,Integrity Masculinity Understanding Compassion and Patience are the"weapons"he must adroitly wield to lead a successful,victorious life in Jesus Christ!! The mans place in society at-large,in the family and his role as"the head"are expounded on and researched throughout this book!! Threats to the mans headship are identified and examined herein,to give the Man of God an edge in his never-ending battle to maintain his house in its service to the Lord.
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Ater enjoying and learning a lot from "The gospel according to Jesus" I was shocked and astonished to read Strange Fire. Anybody with some spiritual discernment or biblical knowledge know that a lot of bad theology and malpractice is common in the church today! For that reason one expect of somebody who walked the proper road of sanctification to talk(as part of the body of Christ) and teach like Jesus! He said " I did not come to condemn , but to save! "  the Author mentioned a deficient immune system  but the way he did that it seems that the deficiency is more of an outo- immune disease where one organ of the body attacks another by using generalisations and amplifications. Obviously he is a saved devoted Christian but unfortunately miss out on personel intamacy because of a narrow mindedness caused by a traditional view of cessasionism not endorsed by the living Bible but by tradition and the " revelations and eschatalogical interpretations" of churchfathers!

John MacArher rightly warns about popular moneyloving televangelists.  After reading this book I wonder whether he should not have included "Best selling authors"
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I found this book, Model Man,  a cookbook religious  formula...oppressive.  Concerned it will turn men away from the church.  Does NOT get to the heart of males. I would suggest the Christian Male read Paul Coughlin's book,  NO MORE CHRISTIAN NICE GUY (REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION)  and UNLEASHING COURAGEOUS FAITH.  Mr. Coughlin's touches the soul and heart of a man and will be a catalyst in assisting a man in becoming a true rugged disciple of Jesus !!  Mr. Coughlin's books are liberating for the Christian Male and will help a male be the man, the disciple, the husband and the father the real Jesus desires for all males !
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In his book The Pleasures of God - Meditations on God's Delight in Being God, pastor and best selling author John Piper, takes us as his reader where no man has gone before. From the moment we begin to read the book until the time we put it down, we feel and realize that we are being transported to someplace that is "other;" that is, a place that is so holy and sublime; we can scarcely take it all in as mere mortals. This book is not one that someone would pick up and read casually and think to themselves, "that's nice" and then put it down and walk away unchanged...at least not if the reader really reads the book with spiritual eyes and heart open to what God wants to reveal about himself as a result of their reading it.

The Pleasures of God is no ordinary book with just another message to communicate to us some facts about God. Reading this book is like dipping your glass deep into spiritual waters where we can drink with delight and be fully satisfied for the time and yet want more because we know God's ocean of truth and grace and love never runs dry. It can also be likened to our sitting down at the king's table with our empty plate to feast on the finest of spiritual food and eat to our heart's desire and yet again experiencing a strange mix of complete satisfaction and a hunger for more when we leave the table.

The book consists of nine chapters, an epilogue, helpful resources, a study guide as well as a scripture, person and subject index. In Chapter one Dr. Piper writes about the "Pleasure of God in his Son" - Jesus Christ. He writes about how much our Heavenly Father delighted and now delights in his son concluding that God's pleasure in his son is pleasure in himself as well. (Think about that for a while and grasp it if you can). And so because God boundlessly delights in his own beloved son, how much more we should delight in him as well.

In Chapter 2 the author shares "God's Pleasure in all He does." He writes concerning God's Pleasure in His Various Works. In all of the 9 chapters of his book Dr. Piper frequently refers to the Word of God to prove the point or points that he is making as well as sharing from the lives and writings of other saints such as David Brainerd and C. S. Lewis. Talk about plumbing the depths for golden kernels of truth. In the other 7 Chapters Dr. Piper writes about the Pleasures of God in His Creation, in His Fame, in His Election, in Bruising the Son, in Doing Good to All Who Hope in Him, in the Prayers of the Upright and finally in Personal Obedience and Public Justice concluding with the Epilogue - that it's Almost Too Good to Be True - A Final Word of Hope. And now as hard as it may seem to believe, I am left speechless and in awe, in wonder, in delight and in greater reverence for my God, who has been revealed in the book to be the God of all Pleasures - both in and with himself and his works as well as in and with us.

I do most highly recommend the book to anyone who wants to learn more about their God and Savior and as a result become more like him - deriving supreme pleasure in knowing him and from obeying him as God and as LORD and King of their lives.

I have received a complementary copy of the book from Waterbrook/Multnomah Publishers for reviewing it.
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George Fowler (born 1929) is a former Trappist monk (17 years) and a priest (12 years), who was excommunicated for marrying a nun; he is also a syndicated columnist, founder of the National Foundation for Healing Religious Abuse, and author of&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Feed-Your-Soul-A-Cookbook-That-Nourishes-Body-Mind-And-Spirit/dp/0671891006/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Feed Your Soul: A Cookbook That Nourishes Body Mind And Spirit</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Learning-to-Dance-Inside-Getting-to-the-Heart-of-Meditation-Harvest-Book/dp/0156005247/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Learning to Dance Inside: Getting to the Heart of Meditation (Harvest Book)</a>.

He writes in the Preface to this 1995 book, "This book is more about a path than about me. It's the story of all who walk---or want to walk---the road to inner wholeness but who find themselves, as I did, struggling against negative odds and surrounded by unhelpful circumstances. It's meant to encourage people to let their hearts dance. And not to take as long about it as I did !... This book chronicles how I found more wholeness than I'd dreamed of. It traces how the focusing of my goal became more and more spiritual as life went on---and had less and less to do with institutional religion."

Here are some representative quotations from the book:

"Catholicism told me that I was nothing less than a son of God, and then it went on to say that I could actually come to experience that reality here on earth. And it insisted with reassuring authority that it would teach me how to do that." (Pg. 85)
"(I)t was sufficient in previous times to defend a doctrine or demand by stating that Jerome, Augustine, Aquinas or some other traditional luminary had taught it. What was adequate persuasion in a more credulous era had become ludicrous by 1964." (Pg. 127)
"'Where was your conscience in all this, priest and monk vowed to celibacy?' I bitterly asked myself on the return ride later that night. 'After all, you have to say Mass for a convent of nuns at 6:00 A.M. How can you do that now when you've spent a good part of the night in bed with a man?'" (Pg. 179)
"In no way did I feel I'd committed the ugly, remorse-laden, crudely sensual 'sin' my church told me was the lot of priests who, God forbid!, have sex or, FAR worse, get married." (Pg. 212)
"I had never heard a more straightforward, honest statement of the very problem I was most concerned with: Churchianity as distinct from spirituality, institutionalized religion as distinct from religion itself, what Jesus taught as distinct from the institutional malarkey that has since adulterated that teaching." (Pg. 258)
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If the Spirit of God lives on the inside of you, when you read this book it will not 'speak' to you. I believe that the dear lady who went through such exercises to 'please God' and to write this book is being led by the nose by evil spirits. A vast number of books are mediated rather than written, and sadly this one comes into that class.

The most interesting thing about this book is the reaction of one and another to the author. We live in a time of 'prophetic dance' and other art forms which I believe to be the latest diversions dreamt up by the enemy. I have even come across 'prophetic basoon playing'.

Paul the Apostle wrote 'I would rather speak 5 words that were easily understood, than 500 words in an unknown language (free translation). I understand by this that he spoke plainly, with a desire to build people up, and had no interest in things that were weird or arty.

There is so much out there that is not on the plain foundation of the scriptures. I don't regard waving flags in Christian meetings as evil, but I won't do it, nor the other 1,001 things that people choose to do in preference to living holy, quiet lives that are pleasing to God.

My wife, who is a spiritual lady, took one look at the book and indicated that she didn't think she would be reading it. After speed-reading it, I tore the book up and binned it to prevent my boys reading and believing it - the same that I do to other doubtful publications that come into my house from time to time. I suggest if you have a copy you do the same.
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The author teaches from the scripture and personal experience. He uses his experience with this Gift and the teachings of the scripture to clear some of the objections and confusion surrounding tongues. I heard a Pastor once say: "A man with a personal experience based on scripture is NEVER at the mercy of a person with just a teaching"
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This is very interesting. Read his introduction. He says nothing about being a godly man. He never shares his love of Jesus Christ. Instead, he pridefully throws out his accomplishments for exception.

First off, there is no diagnosis for Crazy....read your DSM Doctor's.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Study the bible and understand the context. What he teaches you, will fool those who just read the bible or listen to their pastor. Pray and dig deep to find truth. It's simple and sometimes the simple things can be over looked.

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.
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I never pass up an opportunity to read a book by A.W. Tozer.  He was such an awe inspiring man of God. he had so much wisdom of the Bible and things above that it is astounding.  Delighting in God is a follow up to The Knowledge of the Holy.  It is a book that will take you to deeper depths in your walk with God and I think it will give each reader the desire to know God in way they never have before.  I couldn't help but think of the old song "I Was Made to Serve the Lord" while reading this.  Our whole purpose in this life is to serve Him.  To do that to the best of my ability I must come to know Him on a new level.

UNDERSTAND YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE BY BETTER UNDERSTANDING GOD

"My worship grows and grows as my perception of God grows.  God cannot grow.  My perception of God grows and I experience Him day after day.  I should be more capable of worshiping God today than I was ten or twenty years ago."

We were all created in the image of God and to fully understand who we are and what we were created to be we must first come to understand God so that he can work through us.

Delighting in God is the message Tozer intended to be the follow up to The Knowledge of the Holy.  He demonstrated how the attributes of God - those things God has revealed about himself - are a way to understand the Christian life of worship and service.  We are here to serve and adore him, but we can only fulfil that role by acknowledging who he is, which is the essence of the Christian life and the source of all our fulfillment, joy and comfort.

About the Author
A.W. Tozer (1897-1963) was a self-taught theologian, pastor, and writer whose powerful words continue to grip the intellect and stir the soul of today's believer. He authored more than 40 books. The Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy are considered modern devotional classics. Find Tozer information and quotes at tozeraw@twitter.com.

Reverend James L. Snyder is an award-winning author recognized as an authority on the life and ministry of A.W. Tozer. His first book, In Pursuit of God: The Life of A.W. Tozer, won the Christianity Today Reader's Choice Award. Because of his thorough knowledge of Tozer, he was given the rights from the A.W. Tozer estate to produce new books derived from over 400 never-before-published audio tapes. James and his wife live in Ocala, Florida.
***This book was provided to me by Bethany House Publishing in exchange for my honest review.
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I never thought that the Holy Spirit can inspired someone to live a life of total faith and believed in Jesus, and his Word. I wish I had known about these teachings when I was a new born believer. Had I no listen to so many teachers, most of them with good intentions but just like Paul sincerely wrong, I would had never lost my faith. Now thanks to God and the teachings of this godly man, I am hoping to gained or recuperate what the devil had stolen from me through those so call good men of God, but so out of sync with God's will.
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As a Christian man I know not all men are like this. A Christian author should not be reviewing and adding mens oppinions who are not Christian and of the worlds mindset. They should write only from the Holy words perspective and what GOD's commands are, not what mans opinions are. It is just that... a few handful of mens opinions. Men are commanded to act a certain way. They are not to look at women with lust of the eyes and are not to try and get sympathy for it from women. Men/Husbands that struggle with this need prayer not encouragement to keep be more of this world. Women are to be of modest dress and focusing on their inward inner quiet self not on the outward dress as is also commanded by GOD. This book is going against what the author professes to believe in for one who claims she follows GOD. If you want to know what your husband wants, what GOD wants for your marriage, ask your husband and read the word and pray about it don't read this book!! It does not rightly divide the word of GOD. Men are to respect their wives as the weaker partner as also commanded by GOD. This author needs to read the word and study the word to get back to the TRUTH.
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Who wouldn't want to have a trip with a personal Guru.  Visiting places of interest off the beaten path with folk that are part of the local fabric is an invitation for food fellowship.  It makes one wonder what is important to the journey of the spirit.  Each of us has a different way of looking at our own pursuit of the spiritual.  I highly recommend this book.
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In a world of microwave cooking and a never-ending stream of instant communication through texts and emails, Christians are often too distracted to truly listen to the Lord's voice and follow His guidance.  We easily dismiss anything that does not offer instant gratification.  This book shows us how to tune in to the Lord and give Him our undivided attention through an age-old discipline that is so contrary to what we experience in modern life, the discipline of fasting.  Greg Von Tobel, the president and founder of Prisoners for Christ Outreach Ministries, shares his personal experiences with fasting and how this practice helps him hear God's still small voice when he faces personal and ministerial trials. This is not an abstract book of theological principals but a personal testimony that grabs the reader's attention and speaks to the heart through real life situations.  There are very few modern guide books to fasting and it is refreshing to find one that combines moving personal testimonies along with a detailed study of Biblical figures who have exercised the discipline of fasting.  If you are looking for a way to grow in your relationship with the Lord and wholeheartedly seek His direction, this is the book for you!