The Wonder of the Word

 

If you know nothing about Tony Evans, you know he is a powerful orator of God's Word and has been doing so for decades, and has raised his children up to do the same, Priscilla Shirer ring a bell?

In case you did not know, she is one of his four children.

But this book here is part of a master library that Pastor Tony Evans has created, aptly titled the Kingdom Pastor's Library. And I quite enjoy this because Pastor Tony is quite clear that when we choose to pastor the goal is to build the kingdom of God, to edify the kingdom of God, and to point all honor and glory back to God and the cross.

So this particular book in this library is The Wonder of the Word. Its purpose and function are to break down the authority and necessity of the Word of God in everyday life. It assumes that you know God, that you study the Word, and that you are in some form of leadership role. It is only 6 chapters long, with the first chapter establishing the authority of Scripture, then it moves on to establish the sufficiency of Scripture, then on to the canonicity, which simply means the manner in which the books of the bible are accepted as the Word of God.  Then the fourth chapter delves into transmission, which is where foundational studying of the bible comes in, reception is where we allow the word of God to sanctify us internally, and the final chapter is on application, applying the Word of God to our external behavior.

All in all, I enjoy this book and would highly recommend this book, especially to those who are in ministry, especially those in leadership roles. 

I will say that I do disagree with Pastor Evans on some of the canonicity of the Word but overall it is a good book.

FYI: I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.