Wat sal jy doen as jy iemand ontmoet wat dalk in die een-en-twintigste eeu nog ? lewende, oorspronklike dissipel van Jesus kan wees? Dit is wat met Jake gebeur het toe hy ? man ontmoet wat oor Jesus praat asof hy Hom persoonlik geken het en wie se lewenswyse elke fondasie van Jake se lewe bevraagteken.
GENOEG GEHAD VAN KERK SPEEL, is Jake se joernaal van dertien gesprekke met sy nuutgevonde vriend oor ? periode van vier jaar. Met die hulp van die vreemdeling, word Jake gekonfronteer met sy diepste vrese, veg hy deur pynlike omstandighede en ontdek hy vreugde en vryheid waarvan hy net kon droom.
As jy regtig moeg is om kerk te speel en jy is ernstig om die moontlikhede van ware verhouding met Jesus te ontdek, sal jy vind dat Jake se storie jou hoop gee dat jy ook in die liefde van Jesus kan leef. Hierdie boek vra die moeilike vrae en bied verreikende antwoorde. Dit mag dalk net jou wêreld ook omkeer!
".... 'n feesboek wat ons Vader se verhouding met my en my vreugde in Hom beter verwoord as wat ek dit ooit self sou kon sê! Ek nooi jou om die boek te lees! Jy gaan bevestiging en begrip kry vir baie roeringe in jou eie hart. Jy gaan ontdekkings maak van ons Pa se hart vir jou wat jou sal laat bruis van vreugde en vrede en dankbaarheid omdat jy deel van Sy onvoorwaardelike liefdesfokus kan wees! Geniet dit!! Jy sal nooit weer dieselfde wees en dieselfde oor kerk dink nie!"
Ds. Andre de Villiers van Braambosbediening in Mosselbaai en Pretoria
“Vir dié van ons wat met ? diep verlange wil weet hoe dit voel om geliefd te leef, kan ek nie ? beter opvolg vir Die SHACK aanbeveel as hierdie boek nie. Dit is ? avontuur en ontdekkingstog diep in die hart van dié God wat ons altyd gehoop het regtig bestaan. Die Vader wat ons elkeen persoonlik met ? ewige, onveranderbare liefde liefhet.” WILLIAM YOUNG, skrywer van The SHACK.
Vind jy dat jy baie keer besig is om jou omstandighede te gebruik soos ? kind wat die blaartjies van ? madeliefie een vir een aftrek om te probeer uitvind of God jou liefhet? As jy onseker is van sy liefde in moeilike omstandighede wanneer dit krities is dat jy MOET weet dat Hy jou liefhet, dan is daar ? plek waar jy hoop kan kry.
As jou geestelike lewe eerder voel soos harde werk as vryheid, eerder soos ? leë ritueel as ? piekniekmandjie vol vreugde, laat Wayne jou help om:
'n Vader te ontdek wat jou liewer het as wat jy ooit liefgehad is; met ? liefde waarvan jy net kan droom; dit waarna jy jou hele lewe lank gesoek het.
'n Groeiende openbaring te kry van Sy verknogtheid aan jou, Sy sorgsaamheid en kameraadskap wat jou deur selfs die moeilikste omstandighede dra.
'n Borrelende verhouding met Hom te ontwikkel wat jou sal bevry van die pyn van skaamte terwyl jy herskep word om as Sy kind op aarde te lewe.
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted
during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally
murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.
Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness,
Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him
back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he
arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his
darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's
world forever.
"When the imagination of a writer
and the passion of a theologian cross-fertilize the result is a
novel on the order of The Shack. This book has the potential to
do for our generation what John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress did
for his. It's that good!" - Eugene Peterson Translator of "The
Message"
Die vertaling het gewerk en ons kry die een na die ander getuienis dat Afrikaans sprekendes die vertaling geweldig geniet. Die boek is nog steeds besig om lewens om te keer.
Die hoeveelheid wat verkopp is binne 6 maande is 'n rekord vir Afrikaanse vertalings - dit spreek vanself.
Almal wat die Afrikaanse vertaling van 'The Shack' lees, vind dit 'n besondere maklike vertaling wat lekker lees. Baie mense wat die boek in Engels gelees het, voel dat hulle ondervinding oneindig verryk is deur die boek weer in hulle moedertaal te lees.
Hier is 'n voorbeeld van 'n gesprek tussen Jesus en Mack:
“So, wat is ek veronderstel om nou te doen”?
“Net wat jy al klaar besig is om te doen. Leer om te leef asof jy geliefd is. Dis 'n konsep wat nie maklik vir die mens is om te aanvaar nie. Julle kry baie swaar om julleself met mekaar te deel.” Hy glimlag en gaan dan aan. “Ons wil graag hê dat jy terugdraai na ons toe, en dan sal ons kom en ons tuismaak binne-in jou. Ons wil ons lewe met jou deel. Dis 'n werklike vriendskap, nie 'n verbeeldingsmaatjie nie. Ons bedoeling is om hierdie lewe, jou lewe, saam te ervaar in deurlopende gesprek soos reisgenote. Jy deel dan in ons wysheid, en leer om lief te hê met ons liefde en ons deel in jou mor en kla en teëpraat ...”
So
you DON'T want to GO TO CHURCH anymore BUY NOW By Jake Colsen
Stephan's comment:
This book is not a critique on the church. It is a call to authentic and spontaneous relationship with Jesus that will eventually replace the bondage of religion in all our lives - whether we go to chruch or not. This is a MUST READ for the serious pilgrim.
What would you do if you met someone you thought just might be
one of Jesus’ original disciples still living in the 21st
Century? That’s Jake’s dilemma as he meets a man who
talks of Jesus as if he had known him personally. This is Jake’s
compelling journal that chronicles thirteen conversations with his
newfound friend over a four-year period and how those exchanges
turn Jake’s world upside-down. With his help, Jake faces his
darkest fears, struggles through brutal circumstances and comes
out on the other side in the joy and freedom he always dreamed was
possible.
After 36 yearsof being a Christian and pastoring a church for 16 years, the Holy Spirit used this book to open my eyes to the real character of God. I found out that He IS love and that He loves extravagantly. Linda and I learnt to live loved and it changed our lives. This is the theology behind The Shack, written by the writer who took the rough manuscript of The Shack and produced the best seller we know today.
Wayne
Jacobsen wanders the world helping people sort out how to live deeply
in the life of Jesus. Formerly a Contributing Editor to Leadership
Journal, he has written numerous books on spiritual intimacy
and relational church life, including So You Don't Want to Go
to Church Anymore, under the penname Jake Colsen. You
can find his other books, blog, and articles at lifestream.org,
and his weekly podcast at thegodjourney.com.
He resides in Moorpark, CA with his wife Sara.
WILLIAM P.
YOUNG author of The Shack.
For those of us who are longing to "live loved", i can
not recommend a better follow-up to The Shack than this book. It
is an exploration and adventure into the heart of the God we hoped
was truly there and who loves each of us in particular with an everlasting
love.
Beginning with God's simple command to "love one another", this book shows you how to create authentic and loving relationships and communities. In a fast-paced culture that values independence and autonomy, the principles of "one anothering" can transform your relationships and broaden your community of true friends. You'll learn new methods for opening doors to deeper friendships and meaningful interactions with strangers. If you seek to strengthen relationships with other believers, you'll learn how to be the church rather than just go to church. This book helps you to avoid the pitfalls of judging others and inspires you to engage people with love, acceptance, kindness, and respect.
This is not a book for the faint hearted and the undiscerning reader. It questions many accepted and revered teaching and one has to be careful not to be swept away by Darin's enthusiasm. It is an easy read and once i decided to spit out the bones and eat the meat, I was enriched by this well written book.
With so many confusing teachings about God and countless contradictions, misunderstandings, outright scams, and simplistic, fear-based teachings, how can we really know who God is for ourselves? The Misunderstood God analyzes some of the most common claims about God’s heart and personality, and measures them against what God has called Himself: perfect love. Through a journey into the sixteen aspects of love from one of the most well-known scriptures around the world—the “love chapter”—The Misunderstood God offers step-by-step comparisons and simple, biblical teaching to reveal the profoundly simple truth that God is, indeed, love. He has made it so easy to know His heart that even a child could understand Him.
The author:
Darin has appeared on television and radio, as a panel guest on relationship subjects for KTAR (Arizona’s largest news radio station), and has appeared on “The God Show” with Pat McMann. Host of the “Into the Wild” podcast and founder and president of The Free Believers Network (www.freebelievers.com), he travels and speaks on knowing the heart of God. Darin also teaches a weekly class called Plan B on untouched avenues of contemporary theology. Darin lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife Angie and their five children.
This book really helped me to find freedom to exercise the gifts and trust Jesus for miracles. It is well written with many illustrations and is an easy read.
How good is Jesus' Good News? Are you stirred by persistent hope that it was intended to be far better than what you are experiencing? That it can make a real difference in your world?
The refreshing mix of real life stories and sound theology makes Naturally Supernatural immediately accessible.
This 'must read' will revive your hope that:
God can work in and through us more powerfully than we can imagine.
The life of Jesus is accessible, and
We get to join in the demonstration of this Good News.
God may be closer than you think!
Gary Best and his wife are National Team Leaders of the Vineyard family of churches in Canada.
Widely illustrated with present day stories, Gary's book brings heaven to earth and shows that Jesus makes the supernatural natural for all believers even today - Jackie Pullinger-To - St. Stephan's Society, Hong Kong.
BUILDING A LIFE OF INTIMACY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH GOD
By Frank DeCenso
Stephan's comment:
I found Frank's approach easy and foundational for those who desire to build intimacy with Jesus. This may be too basic for those who are schooled in the practice of the presence of God but for those who are seeking more, it will be an excellent foundation to build on..
Frank DeCenso has written a gem of a book that exposes the heart of an empowered life. We live day by day out of our abiding relationship with Christ as we walk through His world in the routines and when facing the challenges of life. Also, he demonstrated that our ministry to others flow from an uninterrupted relationship with Christ. We all need to be confronted with these basics, no matter how long we have been Christ followers or how much theological education we have received." Dr. Eddie Gibbs - Senior Professor of Church Growth Fuller Seminary. Author of "Church Next, Leadership Next: Changing Leaders in a Changing Culture", and "Emerging Churches".
Price per disc: R180
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Both "He loves me" and "So you don't want to go to church anymore" audio books by Wayne Jacobsen in mp3 format.
This means that you cannot play it in your normal CD player but in your computer or in a CD player that can handle mp3 format discs.
Price: R180 incl. shipping in SA.
At this price for BOTH books, it is a great proposition.
Speaker/author Wayne Jacobsen shares at a gathering in California and weaves a story of what it looks like to live a life enveloped by the affection of a loving Heavenly Father.
In this 45 minute DVD you will discover what it means to live loved and how to move closer to the reality of experiencing the love of Father God.
God's love is not dependent on our works. Instead, God loves us no matter what, even WITH our sin and not inspite of it and He delights in us in ways that we never dreamed possible.
Wayne is the author of the brilliant "He loves me" and "So you don't want to go to church anymore" and in this DVD he interacts with his audience in his usual highly entertaining style and communicates the gist of the message God has called him to bring to the world.