Brian C. Stiller
Author of Preaching Parables To Postmoderns
About the Author
Brian C. Stiller, is global ambassador for the World Evangelical Alliance. He previously served as president of Tyndale University College Seminary in Toronto and was the founder and editor of Faith Today magazine. His books include Evangelicals Around the World and An Insider's Guide to Praying show more for the World. show less
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- Rating
- 3.5
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I loved the cover of this one (props to David Fassett) and really wanted to like the actual book, too, but it was just okay.
It seemed unfocused in the beginning. The examples given were not personal anecdotes or even very specific in nature - very big-picture, which I didn't connect with. There was a lot of jargon and "big words" that interrupted the flow of the text for me. (Exceptions to these complaints are chapters 6 and 7.)
I did like some of it, but it wasn't my favorite on the whole.
"Listening to a text of biblical promise in a village void of clean water, and having no seed for spring sowing, will trigger prayer with different intensity and expectation than in a place where our greatest need is finding a new music minister." (p 167)
" 'God has no grandchildren.' Each generation must make its choice." (p 20)… (more)