Tom Branch - Roads of Faith

Finally I have just completed the Pursuit of holiness workbook. I have the book, workbook and audio book. I read the book 1.5 times, listend to the audio 3-4 and read book with audio 1 time. The book was great it has been such an eye opener. Gave me new convictions and all that funn stuff.

Now the workbook, I think needs some serious reworking. SOme of the questions I loved and then some I hated as it seemed to throw me off. But there are still some major thoughts on this book. My friend Lorie says it was a life changing book for her, for me it was more of an eye opener. Whichever it is a great book. I think I still need to take a night here ina few days and summarize and reflect the wholness of what I read in this book. I know I have several pages of notes just form the workbook alone.

Next I may read Tozer's Pursuit of God. I found it online for free so I downloaded it to read later. Now from what I know of Tozer is like dropping your heart into a bag of razor blades soaked in vinegar. Here was my introduction to Tozer (this was not from the Pursuit of God, but from another book that quoted him:

The old cross is a symbol of death. It stands for the abrupt, violent end of a human being. The man in Romans times who took up his cross started down the road had already said good-bye to his friends. He was not coming back. He was going to have it ended. The cross made no comprimise, modified nothing, spared nothing; it slewed all of the man, completely and for good. It did not try to keep on good terms with its victim. It struck cruel and hard, and when it had finished its work, the man was no more. (The Best of A.W. Tozer, p176)

Sheesh thats just very cutting. And so far after reading the intro and first chapter, it seems I may be in store for more of the same stuff. I may start up reading again another hjerry Bridged book The Discipline of Grace, but I may try to continue witht e book/audiobook combo again with Phillip Yancey's What's so amazing about Grace? Then I might just make those the next three. Then I thgouth about going back over and do the questions from the last book I read Never Beyond Hope and try to grasp a better understanding of those that stood out to me.

Well I have only 20 books in line to read or pick up where I left off. Good thing I do not watch TV much anymore. In fact its rare. I will still do movies, but even they are down. Two years ago I would have said you were crazy if I were to give TV up...well I guess I am the crazy one now.

Still I should nto get too far ahead ofmyself. There is still much taht needs pondering and prayer in life right now. So maybe its time to focus in on him and see where I go from here.

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