In Mark Batterson’s third book, he tries to get the reader back to a “primal Christianity.” In essence, he attempts to remove the multiple layers of culture and religion that has sunk the Western Church into a mere form of institution, rather than the movement that it’s called to be. The author tends to focus on a few key areas that he considers primal.
1. Justice: I was a bit surprised, and happy, to find so much focus on the issue of justice. Mark strives to help us re-imagine what scripture states about serving those who are on the underside of power.
2. Hearing God: Throughout the book, there is a huge focus on spiritual disciplines. Praying, scripture reading and doing. Needless to say, the author is humble, passionate and compassionate. He writes with a sense of balance, love and wide-spread knowledge.
There is no doubt, that once we read this book we will have a pathway to live a more missional life, that will in fact help us move back in-time to a profusely, primal version of Christianity, so we can move forward with a vision to see a better way if serving Jesus, and following in His footsteps!
This book made a lot of change in my life. Since then I always reading it like my food in my everyday life being my guide to our lord.