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  After taking the reader on a spiritual theology journey in "Christ Plays..." and introducing the reader to a very pratical way of approaching the Bibe in "Eat This Book", Peterson dives right into the importance of discipleship.

In the first part of the book Peterson introduces us to some of the grand characters of the biblical narrative.  The character scetches that the author paints of Abraham, Moses and Isaiah are intricate and personable.  All of them point to Jesus the Messiah.

He carefully builds on their stories with pastoral insight and grace.  With such comments as "The way of faith does not serve our fantasies, our illusions, or our ambitions.  Faith is not the way to God on our terms, it is the way of God to us on his terms" we are challeneged around every corner.

In the second half of the book we are introduced to different characters in history and how they lived out their spirituality.  From the leadership of Caiphas to the violence of Herod, Peterson puts in stark contast the ways of the world to the way of Jesus. He writes, after discussing the differences between simple birth place of Jesus and the lavishness of the burial place of Herod, "The cave in Bethlehem and the palace-fortress of Herodium contrast two ways of getting on in the world that are still with us: the way of Jesus and the way of Herod."

This book will challenge you, inspire you and teach you.  I highly recommend it for small group studies and a preaching resource.

You can order it here: http://www.amazon.ca/Jesus-Way-Conversation-Ways-That/dp/080282949X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279739171&sr=8-1