The Vision and the Vow: A Call to Discipleship

I have ordered over 20 copies of "Red Moon Rising" to distribute to Christian friends--all responses have been positive. I purchased "The Vision and the Vow" just to see what Pete Grieg was currently thinking. I found it powerful and persuasive--count me in. It is the rare book I want to give to a very gifted, capable, unconventional non-Christian who understandably can't get interested in "normal" Christianity.

This is an excellent book exploring what it means to be fully committed to Jesus Christ in our current world. It explores everything from grace to holiness to our commission to take the gospel to the world. The call to prayer and intimate relationship with God is set in line with the call to be outward meeting the practial and spiritual needs of the hurting. This book is definitely worth the time. It actually surprised me how good it is. Pete Greig writes in a very natural and honest style and is very easy to read and identify with.

The vision and the vow - pete greig Not being someone who's been into the whole 24-7 thing massively I haven't read any of pete grieg's stuff before. I've been amazed and impacted by some of the truths of coming back to a life of sacrifice and love for God. The book is not a natural contender for a recommendation on the ignite web site because towards the end it suggests you think about taking a vow of commitment to love Jesus, be kind to others and spread the gospel in other nations. It's not miles away from our own ignite declaration we encourage you to take but in all honesty we're into building God's kingdom and want to recommend this one to you because we believe it may inspire you. The book has roughly five sections, firstly a fabulous chapter about Jesus that I've loved and that the vision, from the 247 stuff is actually Jesus and then some of how that works out in real life for us people living in the 21st century. The Vision in these pages connected somewhere in my heart with a desire that longs to live "dangerously, obsessively and undeniably" for Jesus. My favourite part of the book is called "summon the losers", identifying that no one is too bad, broken or boring to be used by God. I've used it as a great framework for some talks I've been doing in Christian unions across Cardiff. Those chapters, and in fact the whole book is packed with great stories and illustrations about us growing up into maturity with our relationship with God, a call to discipleship and some of the "how to" help that is most valuable.

I just can't explain how this book has impacted me over the last month. I've read a chapter a night as my devotional time. Pete Greig is an amazingly honest and moving writer. His writing flow meets wonderfully with my thought process. I was convicted, challenged and called to meet the expectations God has in store for our generation. I hope you are ready for a wild ride that will get you thinking inwardly - to your heart and mindset - and outwardly - to show kindness to the world through living out Christ. Thank God Pete followed God's moving to write this book.

There are countless faith based books each year that try to describe what it means to "live a Christian life". The Vision and the Vow paints a clear picture of a faith that has clear roots in the first century church, but also desires to be unlike anything the world has ever seen. Grieg describes a collection of Christians who live by the thought that "none live for themselves". Grieg's passion is palpable as you read through the book. This book is a great read for Christians who have lost their vision, or need a new breath of fresh air.