Kingdom Journeys Rediscovering the Lost Spiritual Discipline edition by Seth Barnes Religion Spirituality eBooks
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Do you feel like you've been missing out on the abundant life? Most people do.
If you take a look at the life of Jesus, you see that he called his disciples to follow him - on a physical journey, not just a spiritual one.
Hundreds of books talk about our faith walk as a journey. But few delve into the subject of how a physical journey can reinvent and revitalize our spiritual journey with God.
Kingdom Journeys is about the journeys we all take, presented in a series of "initiation steps" by disciples who are taking serious the call to leave everything and simply "go."
This book is an exploration of an ancient spiritual discipline we must recover -- if we're going to truly follow Jesus.
Kingdom Journeys Rediscovering the Lost Spiritual Discipline edition by Seth Barnes Religion Spirituality eBooks
I was privileged to receive a copy of this book as a gift. I am overjoyed to have it read. For readers of Jeff Goins' WreckedWrecked: When a Broken World Slams into your Comfortable Lifeand Tyler Braun's Why Holiness Matters: We've Lost our Way--But We Can Find it Again, this book will fit right along. It pretty much has the same theme and same language, only from a different perspective. In my view, Jeff Goins's book "Wrecked" covers the feeling that you get after experiencing a Kingdom Journey and Tyler Braun's book explains the ultimate goal of that Kingdom Journey.For those not familiar with the above books, "Kingdom Journeys" delves into the why and how of completing a missionary trip, short or long, for the purpose of encountering the brokenness in the world and doing something about it. In the process, you learn about who you are and who you are called to be. Throughout Scripture, personal story, and the intimate stories of numerous individuals who have taken the plunge into a Kingdom Journey. The author covers almost every issue and perspective that can be covered regarding this topic.
The only negative part of the book is its over-celebratory praise of Kingdom Journeys. I share the sentiment of the author, but at times, it can be overwhelming. If you believe in missionary trips, you will find this a blessing. If you don't,it may be a deterrent or at least annoying. Reading it, I was impressed with the perspective the author had on Jesus' Great Commission and on the path he outlines of Abandonment, Embracing, and Dependence. It is path that I would argue that these steps can be completed without a Kingdom Journey.
Readers, particularly of the Christian faith, should wholeheartedly enjoy this refreshing take on missionary work and how it can be cultivated in your life. Readers who are not Christian, will still find helpful material that will help them "empty their ego" and "refresh their spirit"
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Kingdom Journeys Rediscovering the Lost Spiritual Discipline edition by Seth Barnes Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews
Seth has taken often overlooked but meaty truths that lead believers to a more committed walk and a deeper relationship with the Lord and made understanding them simple. Using his own experience with stepping out in faith, he created a world laboratory of sorts with what he has called kingdom journeys. I was constantly reminded of the book, The Spiritual Secret of J. Hudson Taylor, as the many testimonies are shared in the book. As did Taylor, all who participated in the Kingdom Journeys put themselves into situations where they had to learn how to hear and move forward by the Spirit because they had no resources of their own. I found the book challenging me in areas and confirming what I have been discovering in the Word in other areas. I was hoping for a better connection between the principles and those who don't or can't go on a literal journey with no purse or change of clothes. I recommend this book because we all need to be challenged in our walk.
This book is for you if you are 16 years old to 30, but be careful, life will never be the same for you. And that's a good thing. If you pick this book up and go on a kingdom adventure you will never look back at your life and say 'i wish i had gone on an adventure' like most people do. You will experience the best God has to offer and come close to Him and others in a way you will never experience in a comfortable, predictable lifestyle in the USA.
If you are 30 to 100 years old, you should read this book too. I'm 49, just returned from an incredible adventure in bullet city Mexico in which my wife and I spent 7 years loving kids in poor areas. Now I'm looking for my next adventure. This book has made me want to 'go' even more. It will rock your world! And that's a good thing.
I enjoyed this book. It is a fairly quick read, and very engaging. At its best it is a call for us to embrace our discontented restlessness and step out in faith, away from our comfort zones, and avail ourselves to Christ to be used as agents of transformation in the world. However, at its worst, it may be (mis)understood by some readers as a call to embrace an irresponsible, narcissistic venture into thrill-seeking and slum tourism that ultimately serves vain self-glory rather than the glory of God. Undoubtedly, the author intends for this book to speak to followers of Jesus, and that is why it is called KINGDOM Journeys. But I do not think the prerequisite of personal faith in Christ is clear enough star to finish. Though he uses Alexander Supertramp (of "Into the Wild" infamy) as a negative example, I'm afraid that some readers who have not fully surrendered to Christ, or who have but have not matured to a point of distinguishing our wishes from God's leadings, could come away from this book with the wrong idea. Discontent and restlessness are no sure signs that God is calling us out on a kingdom journey. They may be indicators that something is afoul in our souls -- something that needs to be remedied long before we would ever set out on a journey like this. The author seems to suggest that the journey could be the remedy for the ailments of our souls. He does not entertain the notion that those soul-ailments could be disastrous if they are not remedied before departure. But where a foundation of maturing faith in Jesus Christ is found, this book will challenge us to give ourselves fully to His mission without fear, reservation, or hesitation.
From my own experience with kingdom journeying, I have learned that it is one thing to embrace and endure the hardships that arise on journeys such as this, and to allow those adversities to produce brokenness and dependence in us; it is something altogether different to have a fool-hearty martyr complex that seeks hardship as an end in itself, as a thing to glory in. Some of the hardships of kingdom journeying are necessary and unavoidable. But where relief from those hardships (or prevention of them) can be easily found, it is foolish to ignore prevention or relief for the sole purpose of making things harder on yourself. Not all journeys are kingdom journeys, and it takes more than calling it a kingdom journey for it to serve kingdom ends. I don't think that the journey of a pair of restless students biking empty handed to a conference is worthy of comparison with other examples of those in the book who selflessly followed the call of God to the hard places of the world to serve "the least of these" in His name.
I was also a bit uncomfortable with some examples of following a subjective, "voice of God" experience without the important grounding of those experiences in the objective revelation of His word in Scripture. We must come to depend, not on our own inklings of what God may be saying to us, but on the things that He has undoubtedly inspired for us in His written word.
The book could be improved, from a literary perspective, by some helpful editorial critiques regarding redundancy, transitions, and resolution. Some stories are dropped without resolution, while the author moves off on a divergent path that is sometimes not clear to follow. I am not sure if the frequent instances of repetition are intentional efforts by the author to reinforce important truths, or if they are editorial oversights and mere redundancy. I determined to not allow this to dampen my enjoyment of the book.
All that said, I think the overarching message of the book is one that needs to be heard by young and old alike. The book's moments of brilliance far outweigh its less-than-stellar moments. I recommend it for the benefit of "he who has ears to hear," and will be personally making use of it as I prepare myself and others to engage the nations on Kingdom Journeys.
I was privileged to receive a copy of this book as a gift. I am overjoyed to have it read. For readers of Jeff Goins' WreckedWrecked When a Broken World Slams into your Comfortable Lifeand Tyler Braun's Why Holiness Matters We've Lost our Way--But We Can Find it Again, this book will fit right along. It pretty much has the same theme and same language, only from a different perspective. In my view, Jeff Goins's book "Wrecked" covers the feeling that you get after experiencing a Kingdom Journey and Tyler Braun's book explains the ultimate goal of that Kingdom Journey.
For those not familiar with the above books, "Kingdom Journeys" delves into the why and how of completing a missionary trip, short or long, for the purpose of encountering the brokenness in the world and doing something about it. In the process, you learn about who you are and who you are called to be. Throughout Scripture, personal story, and the intimate stories of numerous individuals who have taken the plunge into a Kingdom Journey. The author covers almost every issue and perspective that can be covered regarding this topic.
The only negative part of the book is its over-celebratory praise of Kingdom Journeys. I share the sentiment of the author, but at times, it can be overwhelming. If you believe in missionary trips, you will find this a blessing. If you don't,it may be a deterrent or at least annoying. Reading it, I was impressed with the perspective the author had on Jesus' Great Commission and on the path he outlines of Abandonment, Embracing, and Dependence. It is path that I would argue that these steps can be completed without a Kingdom Journey.
Readers, particularly of the Christian faith, should wholeheartedly enjoy this refreshing take on missionary work and how it can be cultivated in your life. Readers who are not Christian, will still find helpful material that will help them "empty their ego" and "refresh their spirit"
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