Guy Walker’s Tuesday Book Review 1/4
I just finished Mark Batterson’s “In a Pit With a LION on a Snowy Day.” The book revolves around 2 Samuel 23:20
20 Benaiah son of Jehoiada from Kabzeel was a vigorous man who accomplished a great deal. He once killed two lion cubs in Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he climbed down into a pit and killed a lion. 21 Another time he killed a formidable Egyptian. The Egyptian was armed with a spear and Benaiah went against him with nothing but a walking stick; he seized the spear from his grip and killed him with his own spear.
Can you imagine watching those things happen? Killing a lion! Killing an Egyptian with his own spear. I would love for someone to make a movie about this book.
Benaiah was a lion chaser. Mark does a great job explaining what lion chasers are
- Lion Chasers are willing to take risk so God can use them
- Lion Chasers are opportunist
- Lion Chasers find a way of making circumstances work in their favor.
The book also has some great stories. My top 5 stories are:
- The story of Sarah who was scared to go on a missions trip.
- Lee was making 6 digits at Microsoft and left to plant a church.
- Edward Lorenz discovering the butterfly effect
- Corrie sharing her experiences living in a concentration camp
- Marks stories of the lion’s he has chased
Mark made me wonder if I would be willing to chase a lion into a pit on a snowy day.
I want to give a copy of this book away. So the first person to comment on this post will get a copy in the mail from me. Just click “comment” and type “Send me a copy.” If you don’t want to make your address known you can email it to me planterguy (at) gmail (dot) com
This was part 1 of a 4 part series called “Book Review Tuesday”
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