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Living a Life on Loan: Finding Grace at the Intersections

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Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson remind us how vital it is to be active in the community. Yes, we can make a difference in our corner of the world - one person at a time. Living a Life on Loan reminded me that I need to use my God given abilites to help others around me.

In a world that knows something critical is missing in peoples lives, this book provides a lamp, a guide to what is really missing and wrong in our lives. This books leads you back to God our creator and allows you to experience the unfadthomable depth of his love for his creation.

All praise and glory be to God and his son Jesus our precious savior

Rian

This is a book for those seeking to connect thier sense of purpose, sense of faith, and sense of community into a plan for thier journey forward. It's written in a simple, no nonsense, connect-the-dots style. It is written for the common man, of which I consider myself. Compels me to action. A must read.

This book has many facets of it that are compelling and motivating. However, I can get this sort of thing outside of the Christian Church. The Mormons do these things recommended by this book and they do it very, very well. My main concern about a book like this is that it really doesn't lend to us a focus on Christ but a focus on the world around us. This external focus of the church is just a distraction for the church as a whole and it is not found in the bible except if you were to stretch bible verses out of context.
The people of the church will do the things this book suggests when the church commits itself to preaching the Word of God pointing to Christ and Him Crucified. This is what motivates believers to love those outside of the church and to share what we believe and why we believe it.
This book is making the Gospel of Christ easier to swallow. If they like us maybe they'll like our Jesus.
But, the Bible says:
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
Christ the Wisdom and Power of God
18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."[a]
20Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.

So, we are called to preach Christ and Him crucified, and people will either reject this as foolishness or they will stumble over it. Or God's Grace will penetrate their hearts and they will be humbled by this message and they will cry out to God... "Have mercy on me a sinner"

I believe that Rick Rusaw and those who read it are truly genuine in their pursuit of reaching out to those outside of the church and I commend them for their desire to reach out. I just think this is mis-guided and I don't see this pattern in the Bible and I see it as a distraction for the Church from Christ and what Paul always said... I only preach Christ and Him crucified.
So if you want to go and intentionally reach out to those around you in your community, you can do that through many organizations as a citizen of your country. But, as a citizen of Heaven and the body of Christ reach out with love and share the Gospel message for all of us are sinners and fall short of the Glory of God.

Grace and Peace to you all.

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My Sunday School Class had a six week class on this book. I did not have the book at this time. I had to have this book so I could read it over and over any time I felt the need to remember my LIFE is On Loan.

We used this book and the associated church packet in our congregation and found it quite usefull. Unlike some books in this category, the author's of this book did not stall out halfway through. The material was solid, the illustrations fit and it was simply very usable. It's a good motivator toward getting involved in people's lives and making a difference.

Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (9/06)

Authors Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson lead their readers to a new awareness of the true owner and source of life. Through personal examples and hundreds of heartwarming stories of selfless living, the reader is challenged to move from living a life of dull routine to a life filled with passion and the pursuit of purposeful adventure filled living.

The underlying theme of the book is the life story of the reader and how this relates to God's bigger story. The reader is: encouraged to record his passions, purpose, priorities and values; to examine how they connect with other's stories; to recognize resources to help, with others, write new endings to their stories; and commit to making a difference beyond life here on earth.

The authors encourage the reader to write the "rest of the story" of their own lives by using the questions at the end of each chapter to record personal responses to soul-searching questions that incorporate what they know into action steps for serving others.

I personally appreciated the reminder that, "Regardless of who we are, everything we do and say every day can have significant value." I became motivated to become intentionally and passionately aware of opportunities to influence and impact lives in the "everyday intersections" of my life.

Rick and Eric write in an easy- to-read style that will help the reader to assimilate and apply these important principles personally. It is rich in example for the questioning seeker as well as the mature Christian. This is a book that will help you discover your potential and motivate you to fulfill God's intended purpose for your "life on loan."

"Living a Life on Loan" is filled with profound truths, clearly articulated, simply illustrated with practical stories of serving others, building relationships, and earning the right to share your faith.

Received book free of charge.