Dug Down Deep blog tour

Book: Dug Down Deep

Author: Joshua Harris

Summary:

What will you build your life on?

With startling transparency, Joshua Harris shares how we can rediscover the relevance and power of Christian truth. This is book shows a young man who rose quickly to success in the Christian evangelical world before he realized his spirituality lacked a foundation—it rested more on tradition and morality than on an informed knowledge of God.

For the indifferent or spiritually numb, Harris's humorous and engaging reflections on Christian beliefs show that orthodoxy isn't just for scholars—it is for anyone who longs to know the living Jesus Christ. As Harris writes, "I've come to learn that theology matters. It matters not because we want to impress people, but because what we know about God shapes the way we think and live. Theology matters because if we get it wrong then our whole life will be wrong."

Whether you are just exploring Christianity or you are a veteran believer finding yourself overly familiar and cold-hearted, Dug Down Deep will help you rediscover the timeless truths of Scripture. As Harris challenges you to root your faith and feelings about God in the person, work, and words of Jesus, he answers questions such as:

What is God like and how does he speak to me?What difference does it make that Jesus was both human and divine?How does Jesus's death on the cross pay for my sins?Who is the Holy Spirit and how does he work in my life?
With grace and wisdom, Harris will inspire you to revel in the truth that has captured his own mind and heart. He will ask you to dig deep into a faith so solid you can build your life on it. He will point you to something to believe

He's done it again. Joshua Harris' new book is every bit as good as his others, if not better! This book is one you will sit down to read again and again. It is a book that will speak to you no matter where you're standing in your faith walk. In a place in time where so many are saying, and tragically believing, "You believe what you believe and I'll believe what I believe and we'll both be just fine" it reminds us there can only be one truth. The God of the Bible spoke the only truth and it matters. This book helps you dig down and search your own thoughts about God and religion and how you claim to know them as yours... I highly recommend this book! It's fantastic!

And to end, I'd like to quote a bit from his book that really spoke to me:

"It helps me to remember that one day in heaven there will be only one right person.

I'm sorry, but it won't be you. Or me.

It will be God.

Everybody else in heaven will be wrong n a million different ways about a million different things. The Bible tells us that only those who trusted in Jesus Christ, who turned from sin and believed him, will be in God's presence. But on a host of secondary matters, we'll all discover how much we got wrong...

The air of heaven will blow away the fog that so often clouds our vision in this life. In eternity we'll see the silliness of self-righteousness and quarreling over the nonessentials. But we'll also see with piercing clarity just how essential the essentials really are. We'll see just how precious the truths of the gospel really are."

Goodness, there are many words from this book I'd love to share with you, but it's just easier to get your own copy here. Order two and give one to a friend...You'll both be the better for it.

Happy reading!

This was book was provided for review by WaterBrook Multnomah.