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January 31, 2008
Books : The writings of Major W. Ian Thomas
The Saving Life of ChristThe Mystery of Godliness
And
The Indwelling Life of Christ: All of Him in All of Me
by Major W. Ian Thomas
When I was 11 years old, having only started my personal relationship with God a year before, I attended a week of meetings at a nearby church that changed my whole perspective on Christianity. The meetings were lead by Major W. Ian Thomas. That I can still remember his name 36 years later is a tribute to how great an impact his teaching had on me.
This past year I discovered that Ian Thomas had published several books, and I managed to purchase and read of a three of them (two in one volume).
“The Indwelling Life of Christ” is a series of 50 short devotionals, many on the same themes he spoke on that week long ago. My copy is now packed with post-it bookmarks for passages I want to return to so as to remind myself of key truths. I strongly recommend this book to fellow Christians.
“The Saving Life of Christ” is about the difference between trusting God for salvation (going to heaven after you die) and trusting God for your life in the here and now. It explores the weakness and frustration that exists if you find yourself stuck with the one and not the other. I also learned some cool stuff about Amalak (one of the enemies of the Isrealites) from this.
“The Mystery of Godliness” is an examination of how God transforms us into His image. He goes into some fairly deep theology on _why_ Jesus was dependant on the Father, and _why_ we must be dependant on Jesus. There are definitely some connections with other verses that I had never seen before. The book starts out quite strong; but the latter parts go back to stuff that I think of as basics. Still, worth reading.
Posted by Steven at January 31, 2008 05:00 AM
