We see Jesus, we believe in Jesus and we wait for Jesus, yet still we suffer. This book offers real and rugged answers in life’s dark places. Discover how to live with hope in a fallen, messed- up, "wild" world, and be encouraged.
Walking through Genesis 3, Dan DeWitt shows us how we can look at this world realistically but without despairing, as we wait for God to keep his promise to bring us out of the wild and into his new creation. It’s the contrast between Eden, where everything reflects God’s perfection, and exile, where everything is spoiled by sin. The book helps us survive living in exile - Life in the Wild - until “the glorious day when God will welcome us home, out of the wild”.
This book holds dark and light in balance. It shows how we are living with the effects of the fall (we are messed-up people living in a messed-up place) - but God’s promise, made in Eden, serves as a beacon of light to guide our steps in this fallen world.
(Review written for 'Life in the Wild')
A great book which looks at how this world is full of evil, pain and suffering. It has a constant reminder that for Christians this is OK because this world is not our home and we have a great savior in Jesus. I would recommend it to any christian.
(Review written for 'Life in the Wild')
I enjoyed this description of the Christian life, highlighting in places the contrast with alternatives. There are several pieces of creative writing/memorable phrases ("Living in the land of meh"; "shame grows in isolation"; "human history marches to the cadence of providence") which help to make the book engaging, and reveal the challenges of a faithful life in fresh ways. In a short book, the author still manages to quote from a wide range of writers to reinforce his points. All in all, I found it a helpful and stimulating read!
(Review written for 'Life in the Wild')
Dan's book is an engaging read. It is filled with theological truth and practical application. His use of great contemporary illustrations helps to drive his points home. Dan's subject of the fall of mankind and living in a fallen world is one that many authors have discussed. However, Dan addresses these topics with a cultural awareness that reminds people of their condition and position before God and the war they are at with themselves. After demonstrating thrdr truths of the human condition before God He then paints the way to Jesus as the one who has conquered death and is ...now the one who can enable us live "Life in with Wild" as we wait his glorious return. It is well done and I highly recommend it!
