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 PrintableVersion How to set your heart on fire (and not just on Sundays)PassionateHOW TO SET YOUR HEART ON FIRE ‘Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.’ We all have sung these words many times but what if we really meant it? That is what inspired Jeremy McQuoid to write this book and I’m thankful he has. In it he explores what it means to live a passionate Christian life, a life in which our hearts really do burn within us. To help us, Jeremy likens our spiritual heart to the image of a human heart with its four chambers. He suggests that the four spiritual chambers burn for four different but indispensable things: God’s glory, God’s people, God’s world and God’s return. Each section has two or three very readable chapters that unpack the theme and conclude with some searching application. Each chapter has a good grounding in Scripture and Reformed theology, without proof texting. As I read it I found myself nodding in agreement as I read his argument. I really was glad to have these points about God’s glory, the church, mission and the end times underlined. However, having agreed with the theory I was then in no position to wriggle out of the implications for my life. Here Jeremy shows a great touch of being realistic and hard-hitting without becoming threatening. The book is very clear about the way we ought to be living. I struggle, and probably we all do, with what it means to be passionate. Having read this book quickly in order to review it, I am certainly going to go back and re-read it again. Although the message is straightforward, somebody had to write it down clearly and the result is a book that is as good to keep for yourself as it is to give away. Certainly a challenging read for both new and mature Christians, perhaps an ideal confirmation or baptism gift. Roger Fawcett© Evangelicals Now - January 2007 |
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