The Cure - Spiritual Transformation Book

The Cure - What if God isn't who you think he is and neither are you
by John Lynch, Bruce McNicol, Bill Thrall

I've purchase this book for many of the Pastor friends I get to interact with on a regular basis.  I purchased this book for our ministry Staff at Mountain Vista Community Church.  Recently I bought some more to give to our whole ministry team at the church.  It's an easy read but with some challenges that most readers won't find easy to apply.  I'm going to blog some of the highlights of this book and encourage you to order a copy and get in on the conversation.

There is a narrative interwoven through the book as an illustration of the theology being presented (a little like the old Pilgrim's Progress.)  The basis of the book, which you pick up in chapter one, is that trust is central to the whole book because the book is about what really heals and what really pleases God.

"Pleasing God is actually a by-product of trusting God (p. 20)."  Seems simple enough until we're reminded how quickly we all slip into "pleasing God" as the goal.  Trust is central to our relationship with God and we learn later in the book it's the beginning of our healing process and our relationships with others.

It's a lot of solid and practical theology that will speak to anyone who grew up in legalistic religious communities.