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This book is a gold mine! Do not let the title fool you - when I first saw the title, 'Your God is Too Glorious' - I immediately thought... No He's not!! He is completely glorious! - What kind of heresy is this??? But then the rest of the title says, "Finding God in the Most Unexpected Places". I would say that the 2nd part of the title is the true title. The author takes the reader through his own broken experiences, the broken experiences of others he has met, and some Bible characters to show us what most of us Christians already know - that we really experience who God is during the trials and the "yucky" times of our life. I spent time both laughing and crying while reading this book. I think Chad Bird is an amazing author. I look forward to reading more of his books.

Chad Bird did a tremendous job with this book. God's love, mercy, and grace are all around us every day...even when we don't see it! I would recommend this book to anyone! It was a joy to read!

Your God Is Too Glorious
Finding God in the Most Unexpected Places
by Chad Bird
Baker Books

Christian
Pub Date 02 Jan 2018


I am reviewing a copy of Your God is Too Glorious from Baker Books and Netgalley:


This book reminds us that we are ordinary people who have both good days and bad days. We look at our lives are radically ordinary and unexciting. This is the kind of livesGod gets excited about while the world worships beauty power and wealth. We learn God hides his glory in the simple, the mundane, the foolish working in unawesome people and places and things.

In a world of celebrity worship and posturing this is a refreshing, even informative way of understanding God and our place in creation. In this book we are urged to treasure a life of simplicity, to love those the world is so quick to pass by, for God's glory not our own.

Your God is Too Glorious reminds us that it is often the quiet, unimpressive people who make the biggest impact.

I give Your God is Too Glorious five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!

Do we sometimes make God too holy, too other, too glorious to see Him as part of our daily life? Do we want to have a famous ministry when God just wants us to love the elderly lady next door? Do we want to see a great vision from the Lord when He just wants to speak to us through the child we meet on the street?

Bird gives Christians much to think about. He writes, “This book is a call for a sweeping reorientation of our understanding of how God is at work in our lives...” (Loc 77/2396) He gives plenty of examples of God working in inglorious ways, from his own life, the lives of others, and characters in the Bible.

This is a good book for Christians who think God could not possibly use them. Maybe you had your life all figured out and it is not working out at all the way you planned. Perhaps your life has imploded. Bird's did because of his infidelity. He went from professor to truck driver. He shares how he rebelled against God for a time but then came back to be used by Him in an entirely different way. Bird is an example that God will use the weak and the foolish, the down and out, to accomplish His will.

In the end, Bird reminds readers that “God works in our lives by working under cover.” (Loc 2189/2396) This book will encourage you to become more aware of God working in your life and the lives of others, perhaps where you least expect it.

I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.