Soul Revolution: How Imperfect People Become All God Intended

by John Burke

Book Overview

You've heard it all before. The promises for a better life get tiresome after awhile, because you know they don't deliver. However, they do touch on a profound and inescapable truth. You were created to live your life out of a rewarding, richly textured relationship with God and others--and deep down, you long to experience that kind of life. But how? Are you willing to devote sixty days to finding out?

Soul Revolution may be one of the most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310276462
• ISBN13: 9780310276463
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Great Perspective!

I really enjoyed following this book, overall it had it's up's and down's but as the examples proved this helped my connection just following the 60-60. Was fun and helped me relay current thoughts to God. =] Just ordered No Perfect People alowed!

Wonderful perspective

Great book reminding us of the need to stay connected with the holy spirit. Through the testimonies we get the real life victories that people can reach if they minimize our exposure to this world and focus more intently on what God wants for us.

Simple steps to a more radical faith

We have lost the ability to see and hear and understand how to truly follow the way of Christ moment by moment, according to John Burke in this book. As a first step to reconnecting, John invites us to try a simple experiment: for a period of sixty days, have your watch set so that it beeps every hour to remind you to abide in the presence of God. A major problem with the way Christianity is lived in western countries today is that Christians do not resemble the disciples of Jesus as described in the New Testament in the ways they think and act, and the priorities they hold. The book invites us to imagine ourselves as being loving towards unlovable people, increasingly generous, relishing the gift of life and making a lasting difference in the lives of others. A soul revolution is what we need, and we can gain it by practicing the presence of God each moment in our lives. The book is divided into five sections: Preparing for a soul revolution; Loving God; Loving people; Building character; and Being the Body. Each section contains fresh and insightful commentary and moving testimonies. I found it to be one of the best written and most inspiring Christian books that I have read in recent years.