Darryl Tippens Reviews

Added December 18, 2006

Pilgrim Heart

The Way of Jesus in Everyday Life

Author: Darryl Tippens
Publisher: Leafwood Publishers
Available At: Bookstores everywhere
Publishing Date: September 2006
Genre: Nonfiction: Christian Living
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0-9767790-7-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-97677-907-0
Reviewer: Joyce Handzo
Rating: 9 Gargoyles

Pilgrim Heart simplifies the Christian's journey by highlighting the heart of Jesus. Sound biblical principles are placed within practical practices to encourage believers to express their faith in everyday living. Ordinary activities take on holy significance when understood through the teachings of this book.

Sometimes scholarly, yet always spiritually sensitive, these pages seek to make Christianity relevant in today's world. By re-examining the motivation and methods of the early disciples, the author constructs a plan for today's believer. Stressing the importance of community, readers will understand the challenges facing the local church, while recognizing the need for radical changes. When Christians become companions on this journey of faith, lives will be transformed into the image of Jesus.

If readers are skeptical about whether Christianity can impact our contemporary culture, allow Darryl Tippens to lead the way on a path not ordinarily taken. As he reaches back into history to the time of the earliest disciples, he sheds light on some spiritual practices that made Christianity distinct. Daily habits of forgiveness, confession and discernment were added to activities like singing, storytelling and hospitality. This blend of exercises yielded a vibrant faith that positively affected the culture. Remarkably, this power is still available to us today, and is succinctly and clearly explained in this book.

Pilgrim Heart examines the Christian life in view of its objectives to glorify the Lord and transform lives. Believers will be encouraged by this book as well as motivated to embrace these spiritual disciplines. The author's ideas are enhanced through biblical examples and the compelling thoughts of notable Christian thinkers. Today's pilgrim believers will find plenty of spiritual food in these pages.

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