More Alaska and Book Reviews

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The two middle pictures are from an aerial flight we did up aroud Denali and are shots out of the airplane looking down at the glaciers. This glacier in the 3rd picture is a ridiculous 2 miles wide and 3000 feet deep in places. Crazy huh. Thats like God big, only He could make something so awesome I have to say. If you ever get the chance, go to Alaska. Hey I have an idea, we could all just go on a mission trip there!

Book Reviews:

While I was in Alaska I read two books which I both recommend.

Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith by Rob Bell. This is Rob's first book. He is pastor of Mars Hill Church in Michigan which is one of the fastest growing churches in history. I had the privilege to hear him speak at a conference and man he was great. In this book he speaks a lot on the Jewish culture and how it shaped the gospels. He gives his interpretation of what the life of a Christ follower should look like and presents some real challenging, fresh, and new ideas on living like Jesus.

Revolution by George Barna. George is the head guy for the Barna Research Group which does all kind of polls on Christianity and our culture. You've probably heard the Barna polls quoted on CNN or FoxNews anytime Christians and statistics are mentioned. In this book he analyzes what Christianity is looking like in America and how it is changing. He calls this new change a Revolution which could be unlike any other movement in the last couple centuries. He wrote a book similar to this one in 1996 and predicted the way things would be 10 year later, which would be now, and he was 90% correct. In this book he predicts what the American churches are going to look like in about 20 years. Wanna be a Revolutionary? Check it out.