I Just Got My Copy of Mike Horton's New Book, Ordinary (Updated Below)

Mike Horton's newest book is ready to ship!  You may recall the White Horse Inn series, "the Ordinary."  Michael's manuscript was the basis for those programs.

Here's the publisher's blurb (Zondervan):

Radical. Crazy. Transformative and restless. Every word we read these days seems to suggest there’s a “next-best-thing,” if only we would change our comfortable, compromising lives. In fact, the greatest fear most Christians have is boredom—the sense that they are missing out on the radical life Jesus promised. One thing is certain. No one wants to be “ordinary.”

Yet pastor and author Michael Horton believes that our attempts to measure our spiritual growth by our experiences, constantly seeking after the next big breakthrough, have left many Christians disillusioned and disappointed. There’s nothing wrong with an energetic faith; the danger is that we can burn ourselves out on restless anxieties and unrealistic expectations. What’s needed is not another program or a fresh approach to spiritual growth; it’s a renewed appreciation for the commonplace.

Far from a call to low expectations and passivity, Horton invites readers to recover their sense of joy in the ordinary. He provides a guide to a sustainable discipleship that happens over the long haul—not a quick fix that leaves readers empty with unfulfilled promises. Convicting and ultimately empowering, Ordinary is not a call to do less; it’s an invitation to experience the elusive joy of the ordinary Christian life.

 You can order the book here:  Mike Horton's new book Ordinary

Update on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 02:49PM by Kim Riddlebarger

Ordinary was reviwed in CT:  Christianity Today's Review of Ordinary

Comments

[Will]

I am looking forward to reading it. My wife ordered it on Amazon and she said something about it being back-ordered...so I may have to wait a while. I am one of those old fashioned types who prefers a real book with real paper and real covers. I've tried reading books on an iPad and it doesn't work for me...