A Book You'll Actually Read

Back in March we held our Disciple Now event. A weekend retreat where students stayed in host homes and we had a speaker, Dustin Jones, and worship leader, Joshua Price. One night Josh, Dustin, and I were all wrapping up and just talking about ministry when Josh brought up a series of books that he really liked and told us we should check out.

The series of books are called the "A Book You'll Acutally Read..." series. The books are written by Mark Driscoll, a pastor I admire for his strong theological teaching and often "straight to the point" method of teaching.

I bought three of these books (On the Old Testament, On the New Testament, and On Who Is God) and all three have given me a great, easy to understand overview of each topic. It has been a great tool to help students understand biblical principles. I am even thinking about teaching a special class for teenagers interested in digging deeper, and going through one of these books.

Each book is short, I mean REALLY short. It is a 6" square book with no more than 90 pages, and it isn't like the text is small either. I read one of them in one sitting, it is an easy read that fills your head with some important knowledge.

For some parents the greatest fear in being the primary spiritual discipler in their kid's life is the fact that they don't know the answers to everything. Let me let you in on a little secret, neither do I! A phrase I use often is, "That is a great question! Let me do some research and I will try to find an answer for you." There is nothing wrong with you as the parent doing the same thing. I understand that you want to be better prepared when it comes to biblical knowledge, and that is where books like these will really help.

You can find the "A Book You'll Actually Read" series at Amazon.com

More information can be found at ReLit.org