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5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable book for all Discples of Jesus Christ
Very helpful book that helps Christians gain a greater understanding of how God has reached out to them prior to and during the process of becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ. It also gives them the tools to share their own spiritual journey and story of God at work in their lives with others. This book is a "must-read" and tool for those who desire to know God's love for them more deeply and share His love with others.
5.0 out of 5 stars Foundational truths that anyone in leadership should understand to properly teach
I read this book several years ago when I went through a CS Lewis discipleship year long course. This was probably one of my favorite books I read during that year, enough that I have decided to read this book again. I'm surprised that more people have not reviewed this book. What is most important to me from the book so far going through it this time is that there is a process leading up to our conversion. I feel that too many believers always want to talk about our free will but negate God's free will to choose us and the Holy Spirit's part in our conversion. This is why I feel more leaders new to understand this and why this book is so important. We can evangelize all we want but if the Spirit isn't involved the outcome is not going to be what we want to see. We cannot talk someone into believing. That's not our part.
5.0 out of 5 stars Saw myself in this
Our world and experiences are limited by our environment and geography, and so goes out knowledge. I love reading real people's faith stories. The stories here support the author's "spiritual birth line" . The book has given me a fresh understanding on how God can work on reclaiming His beloved - meeting us exactly where we are!
5.0 out of 5 stars A new title and publisher for "Spiritual Birthline"
This is the same book (with slight revisions and additions) of my book, "Spiritual Birthline". It has been formatted to pair up with "The Walk" (also published by P&R. "Beginnings" was written to help those in ministry understand how the Spirit works to bring us to faith; "The Walk" was written to help new and renewed believers walk in a gospel way.
5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding that conversion is a process and not an event
My conversion took many years and I can't really say when it happened. I know exactly when it started but for me it is a continuing process. Stephen Smallman's book affirmed for me what I already understood: that when the Holy Spirit moves in, you are at the beginning of a journey that will last the rest of your time on earth.
4.0 out of 5 stars Born again, but how?
Smallman spends 14 chapters dissecting, scrutinizing, and putting back together Jesus conversation with Nicodemus regarding “you must be born again“. I applaud his overall approach of describing it as a gestational process rather than a singular one time “pray the prayer“ event. In my summary, he affirms that the pre born-again discipleship process needs to continue in the post born- again, sanctification process.I personally loved his small personal sub-story in the concluding chapter of how praying the phrases of the Lord‘s prayer on a regular basis in his own personal prayer life greatly expanded his concept of the kingdom of God and thereby “living for the king”. I have self published a book on this topic entitled “Increasing the bandwidth of the Lord’s prayer”. My prayer life was transformed in my late 60s during my lifelong spiritual growth.
5.0 out of 5 stars Perceptive
Describes the regeneration process using true story-illustrations. It helps not only energize you for Christian witnessing, but removes the burden of urgency, showing how you don't make it happen, God does.
3.0 out of 5 stars Chapter 1 is 90% of the book's value
A good book but should be about 1/10 as long, he says the same thing many different ways. It's not a new concept being introduced, just one that evangelical Christians has not been biblically perceptive about.
Five Stars
Very helpful
Inspirational thought provoking
Great book easy to understand and read. Good principles to understand about ourselves and others. How we judge ourselves and them, grace love and patience. amen
Confusing book with some helpful bits
In some ways this book is helpful and a discerning Christian with a firm grasp of theology may find it helpful. Smallman's basic thesis is that conversion is a process and that there is an enormous amount of work that God does silently in a person that the person himself does not always know about. But this work of God eventually leads the person to be converted to Christ.This is a helpful thing to say since today in many churches conversion to Christ is not understood as a process and most people do not seem to understand that God initiates the work of conversion in a soul and works in that person perhaps for many years before the person becomes a Christian. This, of course, is very helpful. The problem is that Smallman calls the beginning of this work the new birth. In other words when God begins to work in a person which will eventually lead to his conversion, Smallman indicates (though he is not very clear on this) that this is the new birth. This is all very confusing. Take the example he gives of an Indian man in London who first experienced the work of God in his heart 65 years before he was actually converted. Does this mean that for all of 65 years or for some of that time this man was born again but remained an idolater? If this is the case what are we to make of 1 Jn. 3:9, "No one who is born of God will continue to sin"? How can a man remain an idolater for many years while he is "becoming born again"?This leads to another question: is birth itself really a long drawn out process? Is it not the case that conception happens in a moment and that birth is usually a fairly short matter. Can we really use this to say that the new birth can take years, decades even?One more gripe: I thought Smallman was a bit obsessed with the theme of his spiritual birthline, it almost becomes a mantra with him and the only way to explain salvation.So, all in all, some helpful bits but rather a confusing book.
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Description:
Review:
5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable book for all Discples of Jesus Christ
Very helpful book that helps Christians gain a greater understanding of how God has reached out to them prior to and during the process of becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ. It also gives them the tools to share their own spiritual journey and story of God at work in their lives with others. This book is a "must-read" and tool for those who desire to know God's love for them more deeply and share His love with others.
5.0 out of 5 stars Foundational truths that anyone in leadership should understand to properly teach
I read this book several years ago when I went through a CS Lewis discipleship year long course. This was probably one of my favorite books I read during that year, enough that I have decided to read this book again. I'm surprised that more people have not reviewed this book. What is most important to me from the book so far going through it this time is that there is a process leading up to our conversion. I feel that too many believers always want to talk about our free will but negate God's free will to choose us and the Holy Spirit's part in our conversion. This is why I feel more leaders new to understand this and why this book is so important. We can evangelize all we want but if the Spirit isn't involved the outcome is not going to be what we want to see. We cannot talk someone into believing. That's not our part.
5.0 out of 5 stars Saw myself in this
Our world and experiences are limited by our environment and geography, and so goes out knowledge. I love reading real people's faith stories. The stories here support the author's "spiritual birth line" . The book has given me a fresh understanding on how God can work on reclaiming His beloved - meeting us exactly where we are!
5.0 out of 5 stars A new title and publisher for "Spiritual Birthline"
This is the same book (with slight revisions and additions) of my book, "Spiritual Birthline". It has been formatted to pair up with "The Walk" (also published by P&R. "Beginnings" was written to help those in ministry understand how the Spirit works to bring us to faith; "The Walk" was written to help new and renewed believers walk in a gospel way.
5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding that conversion is a process and not an event
My conversion took many years and I can't really say when it happened. I know exactly when it started but for me it is a continuing process. Stephen Smallman's book affirmed for me what I already understood: that when the Holy Spirit moves in, you are at the beginning of a journey that will last the rest of your time on earth.
4.0 out of 5 stars Born again, but how?
Smallman spends 14 chapters dissecting, scrutinizing, and putting back together Jesus conversation with Nicodemus regarding “you must be born again“. I applaud his overall approach of describing it as a gestational process rather than a singular one time “pray the prayer“ event. In my summary, he affirms that the pre born-again discipleship process needs to continue in the post born- again, sanctification process.I personally loved his small personal sub-story in the concluding chapter of how praying the phrases of the Lord‘s prayer on a regular basis in his own personal prayer life greatly expanded his concept of the kingdom of God and thereby “living for the king”. I have self published a book on this topic entitled “Increasing the bandwidth of the Lord’s prayer”. My prayer life was transformed in my late 60s during my lifelong spiritual growth.
5.0 out of 5 stars Perceptive
Describes the regeneration process using true story-illustrations. It helps not only energize you for Christian witnessing, but removes the burden of urgency, showing how you don't make it happen, God does.
3.0 out of 5 stars Chapter 1 is 90% of the book's value
A good book but should be about 1/10 as long, he says the same thing many different ways. It's not a new concept being introduced, just one that evangelical Christians has not been biblically perceptive about.
Five Stars
Very helpful
Inspirational thought provoking
Great book easy to understand and read. Good principles to understand about ourselves and others. How we judge ourselves and them, grace love and patience. amen
Confusing book with some helpful bits
In some ways this book is helpful and a discerning Christian with a firm grasp of theology may find it helpful. Smallman's basic thesis is that conversion is a process and that there is an enormous amount of work that God does silently in a person that the person himself does not always know about. But this work of God eventually leads the person to be converted to Christ.This is a helpful thing to say since today in many churches conversion to Christ is not understood as a process and most people do not seem to understand that God initiates the work of conversion in a soul and works in that person perhaps for many years before the person becomes a Christian. This, of course, is very helpful. The problem is that Smallman calls the beginning of this work the new birth. In other words when God begins to work in a person which will eventually lead to his conversion, Smallman indicates (though he is not very clear on this) that this is the new birth. This is all very confusing. Take the example he gives of an Indian man in London who first experienced the work of God in his heart 65 years before he was actually converted. Does this mean that for all of 65 years or for some of that time this man was born again but remained an idolater? If this is the case what are we to make of 1 Jn. 3:9, "No one who is born of God will continue to sin"? How can a man remain an idolater for many years while he is "becoming born again"?This leads to another question: is birth itself really a long drawn out process? Is it not the case that conception happens in a moment and that birth is usually a fairly short matter. Can we really use this to say that the new birth can take years, decades even?One more gripe: I thought Smallman was a bit obsessed with the theme of his spiritual birthline, it almost becomes a mantra with him and the only way to explain salvation.So, all in all, some helpful bits but rather a confusing book.
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