Jonathan Storment
Autore di How to Start a Riot: Support Your Local Jesus Revolution
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Jonathan Storment has been in full-time ministry for over a decade. He served as associate preaching minister at the Hills Church in the Dallas area until 2010, and has been preaching minister at the Highland Church in Abilene, Texas, since 2010. Jonathan is a regular contributor to Scot McKnight's mostra altro blog "Jesus Creed" and preaches at churches, university chapels, and conferences all-over the world. He and his wife, Leslie, have three children, Eden, Samuel, and Hanna. mostra meno
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How to Start a Riot di Jonathan Storment
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.Very enjoyable and easy to understand. Written with a modern and often humorous tone, at no time does the reader feel smothered or bogged down. Interesting and engaging, this book is good for all levels of biblical knowledge.
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.I too have to say that I loved this book. I loved the way he took you through Acts in layman's words. Today's words. I really got to thinking about things so much differently. In a new way. This book was so easy to read and I couldn't put it down. I too have gotten so many quotes from this book but I don't really have a favorite. You have to read this book even if you think you have read the greatest authors, read Jonathan Storment's words. Loved it......
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing."How to Start a Riot" was a good read. It did a good job going through the book of Acts and explaining what was going on when the book of Acts was written. There is a lot we can learn from the first followers of Jesus if we take the time to study Acts. This was a good book to start the thinking process but people have to continue it by going to the book of Acts and reading it.
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.I really loved this book! It made me think- stop in my tracks, reread, and chew on pieces of it. Pastor Jon takes a fresh look at the book of Acts and the lives of the early Christians, then compares it to how today's Christians are perceived. While the first Christians were known as the ones who "turned the world upside down," Storment proposes that their modern counterparts are more frequently seen as seeking to maintain the status quo. His book is a challenge to modern day Christ followers to live like Christ and stop using their faith like it's the Home Shopping Network. To realize the riot-causing power the reality of Jesus' resurrection and ascension holds, and live like we actually believe it.
Storment dives into the atmosphere of the Bible to make sense of a culture we tend to misunderstand in today's world, and presents it in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand manner. He mixes in enough pop culture references to keep it fun (comparing key players in the early church to Tupac or Yoda? Yes, please!). My one complaints about this book is that Storment has a bad habit of writing a powerful paragraph, then throwing out this silly one liner that distracts and ruins the moment.
You should definitely pick this one up! I have a handful of favorite quotes from this book, but I'll leave you with this one that makes me (and I hope you) think: "Everywhere the early Christians went they started a riot. Everywhere I go they serve tea" (page 28).
Highly Recommended. 5/5 Stars
I received this book from LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program in exchange for an honest review.… (altro)
Storment dives into the atmosphere of the Bible to make sense of a culture we tend to misunderstand in today's world, and presents it in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand manner. He mixes in enough pop culture references to keep it fun (comparing key players in the early church to Tupac or Yoda? Yes, please!). My one complaints about this book is that Storment has a bad habit of writing a powerful paragraph, then throwing out this silly one liner that distracts and ruins the moment.
You should definitely pick this one up! I have a handful of favorite quotes from this book, but I'll leave you with this one that makes me (and I hope you) think: "Everywhere the early Christians went they started a riot. Everywhere I go they serve tea" (page 28).
Highly Recommended. 5/5 Stars
I received this book from LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program in exchange for an honest review.… (altro)
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