Primal by Mark Batterson

Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity
ISBN: 978-1-60142-131-9
*Book graciously provided by WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing.
Where to buy the book: Random House
Release Date: December 22, 2009


Merry Christmas I was to have this posted by the 22nd ....I didn't have it done and wanted to do full justice to is. You need this book....

2009
First ever trip to South Africa
8+years reading through the Bible (enewhope.org/bible)
Donald Miller A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Primal By Mark Batterson

All the above set me in a perfect storm to read this book. Every serious Christ Follower needs to get their hands on it and wrestle through the challenges he presents.
Batterson uses the four components (heart, soul, mind, and strength) and breaks them down for you. Further, he encourages and helps you add them to your life using themes like compassion, wonder, curiousity, and power.

Each of the 4 parts of this small book was powerful and potentially life changing. Potentially, because it remains to be seen how serious we as a reader respond. His using the word 'omnirelevant' , as in the Bible being 'omnirelevant' to every person on the planet , gave me alot to think about and hopefully all of us.
My prayer is that Christians reading this book take the implied challenge of approaching Scripture as "the place where God bares His soul. And it's no Sunday school flannelgraph. It'll make you wince and cringe and blush. But it'll also make you marvel. Nothing speaks to the soul like Scripture.It's the way God reveals His wonders in written form. And like the wonders of creation waiting to be discovered, the Bible beckons us to explore." Part 2, Chap. 5 page 71-72

Go here and buy this book, 2010 let's go PRIMAL....