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A Radical Encounter with God: Seeing the God That Isaiah Saw
Greg Haslam is the minister of Westminster Chapel, London, UK. He is an internationally respected Bible teacher and speaker and the author of a number of books including Preach the Word (as general editor). He believes passionately in the recovery of strong healthy churches, characterised by a vigorous, God-centred focus manifested in a renewed confidence in God's Word and a conscious engagement with His Spirit.Greg is married to Ruth and they have three grown-up sons and one granddaughter.
158 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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March 9, 2017
I like Greg a lot and I'm in agreement with his central thesis (that encounters with God are required to return us to the fear of God, give perspective on the world, change us and equip us for mission).
Unfortunately, the book undercuts itself in 3 ways:
1) at times the prose is dull. I know this is the norm with Christian books, but it's still wrong. It's mostly a symptom of these being adapted sermons, but that in itself is a terrible way to choose to write a book.
2) it's too long. Much too long. When a ~150 page book is too long, you know something's gone wrong somewhere. The point could have been made really well in around 70 pages, so why not do that?
3) it's unfocused, which is probably why it's too long. There are too many tangents that don't add to the whole.
2) and 3) should really have been fixed by the publisher, and it would have been a much better book for it.
Unfortunately, the book undercuts itself in 3 ways:
1) at times the prose is dull. I know this is the norm with Christian books, but it's still wrong. It's mostly a symptom of these being adapted sermons, but that in itself is a terrible way to choose to write a book.
2) it's too long. Much too long. When a ~150 page book is too long, you know something's gone wrong somewhere. The point could have been made really well in around 70 pages, so why not do that?
3) it's unfocused, which is probably why it's too long. There are too many tangents that don't add to the whole.
2) and 3) should really have been fixed by the publisher, and it would have been a much better book for it.
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