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In Searching for God Knows What, Donald Miller's provocative and funny new book, he shows readers that the greatest desire of every person is the desire for redemption. Every person is constantly seeking redemption (or at least the feeling of it) in his or her life, believing countless gospels that promise to fix the brokenness. Typically their pursuits include the desire for fulfilling relationships, successful careers, satisfying religious systems, status, and escape. Miller reveals how the inability to find redemption leads to chaotic relationships, self-hatred, the accumulation of meaningless material possessions, and a lack of inner peace. Readers will learn to identify in themselves and within others the universal desire for redemption. They will discover that the gospel of Jesus is the only way to find meaning in life and true redemption. Mature believers as well as seekers and new Christians will find themselves identifying with the narrative journey unfolded in the book, which is simply the pursuit of redemption.
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Pages 256
Dimensions: Length: 8.4" Width: 5.4" Height: 0.8"
Weight: 0.6 lbs.
Release Date Oct 13, 2004
Publisher NELSON BOOKS #75
ISBN 0785263713
EAN 9780785263715
UPC 000000857330
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 | Amazing, heartfelt book Mar 20, 2007 |
| Miller wrote this book with complete Divine intervention. It spoke to my heart and was written in an easy to read fashion. I went on spring break with my family and I could not put it down! I highly recommend this book. | | | | A good, long talk... Mar 9, 2007 |
Here's what happened. I set out on a two-day road trip with Donald Miller and all I did before he started talking was to was ask him, "So how do YOU think a person becomes a Christian?" If that didn't happen, it's the way it seems.
He starts by making sure I understand that a person really doesn't "become" a Christian, but that we are always in process of "becoming" followers of Christ. Now he never really says that, in those words, but that's how it seems. By explaining that the Bible is not a how-to manual but a love story, Miller rejects formula salvation in favor of an ever-deepening, personal, and unique relationship with God. Miller describes a relationship not unlike a marriage, one that is to be nurtured and cherished.
After several coffee stops and a couple of sandwiches while driving and riding, some pauses to re-direct the conversation toward what Jesus is not, and a few questions as answers to questions, we rest in sleep for a while only to begin the same conversation again at breakfast. Isn't that the way this seems?
I don't know if Miller is in love with Jesus - I think he is - but I know he is in love with his relationship with Jesus, and that's almost the same thing. Or, at least it seems that way.
The best parts of Donald Miller are the acknowledgment of the continual search for the mysterious Lord that he can't "pin down" with a few descriptive words and the wacky sharing of the trip - even though he insists on doing the driving. That's the way it seems. | | | | Great Book Mar 8, 2007 |
| Another great book by Donald Miller. He brings us insight into the Christian faith and by the end of each chapter has you thinking about what you really believe in. | | | | A Wonderful Book that provokes thought Mar 8, 2007 |
This was one of the best books I have read. This was a well written book by Donald Miller, whose writing in this book provoked thought about reading the bible, God and our relationship with him. His views on the bible and God are more unconventional, but very refreshing and in the back of the book he has an endnote about his beliefs the bible, as a kind of note to critics who may think his ideas about the bible and God are way out there. This was a brilliant read and he was often humorous at times, his writing reminded me of how Garrison Keillor writes, I think he even mentions in a footnote in teh back, that he read Garrison Keillor before writing the first chapter.
His main point of the book is that it is a focus on the relation aspect of our faith in Jesus Christ and their is no formula for it. After liking his book so much I can't wait to read, Blue Like Jazz, which I have heard is a really great read. Even if you do not agree with his views, it will provoke thought and questions about your relationship with God to evaluate it in a different way perhaps. Defintely a book you should pick up and read!!!! | | |  | The Search Feb 28, 2007 |
How to communication and commune about life? Do we do it from a pre-modern superstitious perspective? Do we do if from a modern scientific perspective? Do we do it from a post-modern social-self-story-soul-search perspective?
Reading Donald Miller's "Searching for God Knows What" reminds me that we really can never escape our culture. Miller writes as one post-modern to another. Not a bad thing, especially when the author recognizes his own enculturation. But a bad thing, especially when the author assumes that his own enculturation is superior to those of the past.
Historically, humanity has searched for God superstitiously, scientifically, and now socially. Is today's "way" of narrative/story-driven spirituality superior to yesterday's way of synthesis/analysis purpose-driven spirituality?
Whether you agree or not with Miller's "way," one has to admit that he writes honestly, creatively, and compellingly. He's provocative. He does communicate to his fellow post-moderns. He's worth the read. But, for those of other "cultures," he will likely be maddeningly frustrating. He rambles. He digresses. He's messy. Like life--as perceived by post-moderns. He doesn't give you a final answer to your search.
How does one find redemption: the final longing of the human heart? Miller forces readers to ask the question. He says that he is not forcing them to accept his answer (no self-described emerging post-modern ever would consciously do so or at least admit to it). But it sure feels like his no-answer/story-answer is his bullet pointed final answer. Yes, we really can never get away from our culture . . .
Reviewer: Bob Kellemen is the author of "Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction," "Soul Physicians," "Spiritual Friends," "Martin Luther's Pastoral Counseling," "Biblical Psychology," and the forthcoming "Sacred Friendships." | | | Write your own review about Searching For God Knows What
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