Andy Talks

This week in our morning reflections, Andy will be looking at the books that shaped him and molded him.  Each day he'll be talking about a different book that is important to his life and his faith. These other books have shaped Andy theologically and spiritually, today's books continue to shape him through his own personal devotional life. The Rule of Benedict and the Book of Common Prayer are two texts that Andy uses each day to direct his own personal prayer and devotional life. They are spiritual anchors for him in a world that can seem rudderless.  What, for you, are your spiritual anchors?  The Book of Common Prayer - https://www.amazon.com/Common-Prayer-Administration-Sacraments-Ceremonies/dp/0898690803/The Rule of St. Benedict - https://www.amazon.com/Rule-Benedict-Spirituality-Century-Spiritual/dp/0824525949

This week in our morning reflections, Andy will be looking at the books that shaped him and molded him.  Each day he'll be talking about a different book that is important to his life and his faith. Today Andy talks about two of Phillip Yancey's great books, The Jesus I Never Know and What's So Amazing About Grace.  In Jesus, Yancey decides to look at who the Bible actually says that Jesus is.  Not who has been told Jesus is, but what the Bible actually says.  The answer may be different than you expect. 

This week in our morning reflections, Andy will be looking at the books that shaped him and molded him.  Each day he'll be talking about a different book that is important to his life and his faith. This book has shaped his understanding of theology probably more so than any other book.  This book lays out the understanding that sin has greatly corrupted all of creation, but the goal and purpose of salvation is to restore what sin has taken and bring about that restored, new creation.  God will redeem and restore not only us but all of the cosmos.  He is working on all of us, through His grace! The New Creation - https://www.amazon.com/New-Creation-Wesleys-Theology-Today/dp/0687096022/

This week in our morning reflections, Andy will be looking at the books that shaped him and molded him.  Each day he'll be talking about a different book that is important to his life and his faith. For Andy, the Ragamuffin Gospel may be the important book he's ever read.  This book tells us this.  We are all broken and imperfect, we all fall down, we all mess up, we all make mistakes.  Everyone one of us.  And we are radically loved, no matter what.  God's grace is great and amazing, not because we are perfect, but because God is good and God is love.  This book will change your life.  The Ragamuffin Gospel - https://www.amazon.com/Ragamuffin-Gospel-Bedraggled-Beat-Up-Burnt/dp/1590525027

Join Andy as he shares about the books that influence him and his faith.  Today, Andy shares about Mere Christianity by CS Lewis. This was the first book he read after he became a Christian and it's intellectual thought process appealed to him and to many.  This is a great book that centers in on what are the true essentials of the Christian faith.