Review:
Twenty-Four: Integrating faith and real life
Twenty-Four:
Integrating faith and real life
Krish Kandiah
Fans of the cult TV show 24 will get into this book instantly. Jack Bauer, the finest field agent at the Counter Terrorism Unit of the US government is cited on page one. This ultimate hero seems to carry the weight of the world on his not inconsiderable shoulders. Saving the President, killing the bad guys and saving the world is all in a days work. But as Krish Kandiah points out (according to TV land) Bauer has never been to the toilet, gone home to bed, had a meal sitting down or run out of battery power on his mobile phone. Bauer is a full-on 24 hour a day agent. Building on this analogy, the author takes a lightning survey of real life which is far away from a scriptwriter’s world; work, leisure, family, eating, resting, exercising, shopping and (wait for it) fun. He passes these everyday things through the filter of Scripture with the simple aim of helping us discover what a God-centred life looks like.
In a cliché-free zone, the book suggests practical ways that we can discover a more 24/7 approach to discipleship. It is real, stimulating and designed to make you think about the stuff the makes up the daily diet called life.
I have a hunch that Kandiah is going to write a lot more, and if this book is anything to go by, the church will be enriched by some unique insights into truths that don’t have a sell-by date but always benefit from re-packaging.
High:
Short, sharp, easy to read chapters with really useful suggestions.
Low:
Design and production doesn’t do the book justice.
4 stars
£8.99
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Reviewed by Ian Coffey, senior pastor of Crossroads Church, Geneva.
Price:
£8.99
ISBN:
9781850787
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