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A Dangerous Faith by James Lund & Peb Jackson

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was a reasonably interesting set of short, true stories about Christian men and women who have engaged in extraordinary events either because of responding to God's call or who have engaged in events with a Christ-like response and what that has meant to their lives.

The mix of stories is interesting, and if you are a person who likes to hear stories from other peoples' lives, than this is a good read simply for hearing some interesting stories.

All the stories are tenuously held together under the banner of a dangerous faith...meaning that God does not call us to places of comfort and complacency, but to places of excitement and potentially danger. When you read through some of the author's experiences themselves, you grasp that the adventuresome spirit is at home with these two guys and that is how they relate to life and to their relationship with God. There is not a real story line amongst everything, nor do they really pull them all together, except for saying that these people followed God and ended up in dangerous places....but were glad they did.

As with most reads, I feel that there are things that you can learn, pull out, or insights that are worth writing down and remembering...here are a couple that I pulled from this book.

Bruce Olson wrote about walking through a cacophony of sounds in the jungle and the Montilone people remarking about the sound of a piping turkey...The Montilone's were able to hear, notice and appreciate the small voice amidst this chaos...and Bruce remarked "It was a poignant moment for me. I wondered what else I'd missed-not only in the jungle, but also in my own spiritual life. How much had I overlooked when I'd failed to patiently tune in to God's subtle voice in the midst of life's chaos and stresses?"

At one point in thinking about Bruce's adventure, the author remarks that maybe we misconstrued what God's peace really is...not that we will live in safety, but regardless of the circumstances we are in, our soul is safe and thus we can have peace.

One other story reminded me of how we have to immerse ourselves in the lives of those that we want to have an impact on and that often the most difficult circumstances and challenging places are the very events that strip away everything that is not real from our lives and allows us to actually strengthen our relationship with God.

So, read this book for the stories, to be inspired by people following God's call and being obedient to Him


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