Thursday, August 16, 2012
ARC Pastor Publishes New Book
7:18 PM | 
Posted by
Mike Bradley
“Too
long have followers of Jesus settled for religious compliance and inoffensive
comportment. Too long have rank and file Christians delegated the dangerous
life of following Jesus to the professionals, believing them best suited for
the radical engagement with the world that Jesus models. Too long have we
believed that the highest goal of Christianity is conforming people to good
behavior, getting folks to follow the rules, making people nice. Now is the time to raise our
danger quotient. Now
is the time
for us to move from bland church drones into followers of the living Christ who
are potent for the purposes of God and a mortal threat to the enemy of our
souls.”
So
opens the recently published book, The
Dangerous Kind, written by ARC pastor, Graeme Sellers. Graeme is lead
pastor for Wonderful Mercy Church and a member of the ARC National Leadership
Team. As Director for the ARC, I am very strategic about the books I recommend
to you as leaders and this is a book well worth reading as it speaks to one of
our core values: being a safe place for the dangerous kind. I was privileged to
read the manuscript three times as it was being developed and I was inspired,
challenged, and learned something each time I read it. Graeme's perspectives on
various themes, which can help us live a life that is dangerous for the kingdom
of God, are fresh and inspiring.
Cheryl
Sacks who leads a large, bi-annual conference on prayer called Prayer Quake, and is a published author
herself, writes: “I was even more impressed
with chapter one when I read it a second time. (Graeme) is not only a gifted writer
but more importantly has God's message of the hour. The Dangerous Kind is a wake up call to everyone who desires to
live a life of authentic Christianity. If you want to be jarred out
of a life of complacency and mediocrity and enlist in a mission that will
change the course of history, then this book was written for you.”
I cannot recommend this book to you highly enough. I have
purchased copies for each of my staff members at The Master’s Institute and
were I back in a congregational setting it would be a book I would go through
with my staff and all ministry team leaders. You can order a copy today on
Amazon.com. You’ll be glad you did!
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