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To Trace a Rising Sun: God, the Gospel, and Your Life in this Age
The Scriptures burden us with this Jesus is either everything the prophets, apostles and He Himself say He is, or He is nothing at all. As Charles Spurgeon so simply put it, “If Christ be anything, He must be everything.” He must be. This is why—and only how—the Gospel has such explosive implications. This is why Golgotha is of cosmic consequence. This is why Paul could hinge the legitimacy of Christian discipleship on the resurrection of the saints upon the Lord’s appearance at the end of the age. Either the whole canon of Scripture still matters, or we can burn the books. Yet the apostolic confidence declared so long ago rings true today, unthreatened and unwavering against the tides of cultural confusion and delusion. 'To Trace a Rising Sun' is a meditation on the point and purpose of creation in this age; if men and women bear the Image of the Holy, then the Gospel of the Kingdom matters for our minutes and decisions. But we must understand the whole story, beginning to end. Consider what you’re made for, called to, and how the story of your life fits into the wild and beautiful story of eternity. If Christ be anything, He must be everything—and if that’s true, He means and changes everything.
273 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 13, 2019
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August 29, 2023
How do I even write a review on this one? I started reading it 5 months ago, had a break, and finished it during the summer.
The words on these pages are challenging, beautiful, confronting, and marvellous. They point to a God, to Jesus, who is greater, and so filled with beauty and light that He is is Beauty and Light personified.
Spoiler: English is not my first language, and some concepts were a bit too difficult for me.
Here comes some lines that struck my heart on another level:
”they dug into the Scriptures, read a bunch of missionary biographies, prayed togheter, ate together, and wrestled through it all together. Many of them concluded the burden of responsibility for stewarding the Good News of the Gospel of the Kingdom fell upon them simply because they were members and ambassadors of the Kingdom. None felt called to preach or pioneer. They just couldn’t shake the testimony of the Word of God that Jesus was worth it and the unreached deserve i.”
”Did it bother us that lives were born and buried without ever being given witness of the Kingdom? Did it bother is that two thousand years after His ascension, we avoided unreached households beacuse we feared their hostility?”
”We’ll be endlessly satisfied in Him.”
”Who lived our lives to die our deaths.”
”We need a Savior King to Save us from ourselves”
”Femaleness and femininity were yet required to properly reflect the nature and knowledge of God within creation.”
”…to just be His children and believe Him.”
”He just knew God was good enough to be trusted when details were dark and things were difficult.”
”Whatever he did, Jesus’ Father sent that angel. He did not leave His Son alone in Gethsemane. He will not leave you alone in yours.”
”Don’t waste your life, don’t spend what you have on yourself.”
”He will not be unjust to forget even the smallest and slightest act of obedience and devotion. Right now, we’re solidiers. Right now, it’s wartime. And we only have one life. One jar to smash. One shot to cross the enemy lines to get the water out of the well. Would we not take it?”
”Let your livelihood and securities and sureties soak themselves into your only true hope, and cling to Him so closely that you begin to then carry His fragrance with you everywhere you go. Find the break in the enemy line and get the water from Bethlehem’s well. When the sun sets on this age and rises on the next, you will not find yourself harboring any bitter regrets. Let your life be Christ. Let your death can be gain. It’s about Jesus.”
How can I give this book anything less then five stars? I realized coming back to it after my break that some of the ideas/truths Quick presents have played in the back of mind, and guided my steps. How can I give anything else than five stars to a book who can truly change the way you live and your lookout on life, yourself, on God on Jesus?
The words on these pages are challenging, beautiful, confronting, and marvellous. They point to a God, to Jesus, who is greater, and so filled with beauty and light that He is is Beauty and Light personified.
Spoiler: English is not my first language, and some concepts were a bit too difficult for me.
Here comes some lines that struck my heart on another level:
”they dug into the Scriptures, read a bunch of missionary biographies, prayed togheter, ate together, and wrestled through it all together. Many of them concluded the burden of responsibility for stewarding the Good News of the Gospel of the Kingdom fell upon them simply because they were members and ambassadors of the Kingdom. None felt called to preach or pioneer. They just couldn’t shake the testimony of the Word of God that Jesus was worth it and the unreached deserve i.”
”Did it bother us that lives were born and buried without ever being given witness of the Kingdom? Did it bother is that two thousand years after His ascension, we avoided unreached households beacuse we feared their hostility?”
”We’ll be endlessly satisfied in Him.”
”Who lived our lives to die our deaths.”
”We need a Savior King to Save us from ourselves”
”Femaleness and femininity were yet required to properly reflect the nature and knowledge of God within creation.”
”…to just be His children and believe Him.”
”He just knew God was good enough to be trusted when details were dark and things were difficult.”
”Whatever he did, Jesus’ Father sent that angel. He did not leave His Son alone in Gethsemane. He will not leave you alone in yours.”
”Don’t waste your life, don’t spend what you have on yourself.”
”He will not be unjust to forget even the smallest and slightest act of obedience and devotion. Right now, we’re solidiers. Right now, it’s wartime. And we only have one life. One jar to smash. One shot to cross the enemy lines to get the water out of the well. Would we not take it?”
”Let your livelihood and securities and sureties soak themselves into your only true hope, and cling to Him so closely that you begin to then carry His fragrance with you everywhere you go. Find the break in the enemy line and get the water from Bethlehem’s well. When the sun sets on this age and rises on the next, you will not find yourself harboring any bitter regrets. Let your life be Christ. Let your death can be gain. It’s about Jesus.”
How can I give this book anything less then five stars? I realized coming back to it after my break that some of the ideas/truths Quick presents have played in the back of mind, and guided my steps. How can I give anything else than five stars to a book who can truly change the way you live and your lookout on life, yourself, on God on Jesus?
July 27, 2023
Challenging. I found this book to be one I will have to read over and over. There were nuggets of wisdom gleaned but also concepts that I am still chewing on. The author showed me answers to questions that gave my soul relief and for this I am grateful. I was also presented answers where the lightbulb is flickering but not all the way on yet. This will be a book I will ruminate on for probably the next year. I need time to go through every verse she cites and really comb through the book as there is a wealth of knowledge packed in these 29 chapters.
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