Devotional Book Club
Wesley Chapel seeks to grow in the faith by tapping into the rich history of Christian thought. Each month we select a Christian classic book for individual reading and devotional study. At the end of the month, we gather for an informal, casual time of discussion about the book. This is a great way to enrich your own spiritual growth, learn about significant figures, events, beliefs, or moments in Christian history, and deepen friendships with others.
Current Book:
We Live as Christ
Finally, [Christ] says, "He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me." (Matt. 10:40)
What He is describing is not mere inhabitation. It's getting close to identity, isn't it? Christ and the believer are so closely identified that when you receive a believer, you receive Christ. If you reject a believer, you reject Christ...
What an amazing thought, that God could bring us into such intimacy with himself - the very kind of intimacy that exists between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! How is such a thing possible? Only through the cleansing blood of Jesus Christ and the sanctifying power of His Holy Spirit within us.
Then, wherever we are, Christ is there. -- Dennis F. Kinlaw, pp 23-26
Dates and times for the book review will be announced. Order now to participate in our next Reader's Book Club discussion. You can pick up a copy of We Live as Christ from the south Sanctuary vestibule now. To order a copy from the Chapel, email Dr. Dan Burnett at dburnett@wbs.edu. Books are $8.
Discussion Meeting
The time and place for our review and discussion of We Live as Christ will be announced soon.
Past Books
- January 2009 -
Midnight Rider for the Morning Sun. A historical biography of Francis Asbury, (1745-1816), Methodism's first bishop in America. - July 2008 - Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God. The biography of Oswald Chambers, author of My Utmost for His Highest, one of the world's best-selling Christian devotional books.
- March 2008 - Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret. A spiritual biography of Hudson Taylor, the "father of modern missions."