Mark Batterson’s new book ‘Primal’ is a quick easy read and mark excels at using stories from his travels to enhance his points. After reading his description of the roman catacombs I felt like I had taken the trip with him. Batterson wonders what Christianity would look like if we all truly loved God with compassion, wonder, curiosity, and power. As you read chapter after chapter, you will begin to see small and not-so-small ways that your life should be transformed by living the Great Commandment by loving God with every aspect of your life.
Description
In Primal Mark Batterson takes us back to the life Jesus intended for His followers to live. Jesus is asked what it takes to be a follower of God, and He answers with this primal phrase, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” This is primal Christianity.
Mark then leads us through a reawakening of what it really means to love God fully in these four areas —
- Passionate, God-directed and others-focused love.
- Wide-eyed, awe-struck, transcendent wonder.
- A searching, engaged, holy curiosity.
- Energetic, all-encompassing, servant-hearted work.
Bio
Mark Batterson serves as lead pastor ofNational Community Church in Washington, DC. Starting with a core group of 19 people, NCC has morphed into one church with two locations—the movie theaters @ Union Station in Washington, DC and Ballston Common Mall in Arlington, VA. Comprised largely of Capitol Hill staffers, NCC is 80% single and 80% twenty-something. The macro vision of NCC is to meet in movie theaters @ metro stops throughout the DC area.
Mark is the author of ID: The True You; a weekly online evotional; and a daily blog. He also serves as Chief Spiritual Officer ofGodiPod.com, a start-up that preloads iPods with sermons, audio devotionals, and music.
I am posting this review as part of a book tour. I got the book for free, but only doing the review because it was a book that I would have bought and read on my own.
