Chasing Elephants by Brent Crowe

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 1 Corinthians 10:31-32

Chasing Elephants by Brent Crowe

Chasing Elephants deals with the "gray areas" in the Christian walk.  Those things that are not directly addressed in scripture.  The idea is that by developing a framework to look at things with a Christian worldview, any topic can be analyzed.  Mr. Crowe uses several examples of social drinking, online networking, service opportunities, and others.

I was leery when I first began reading this book.  I was on guard against a liberal world view being presented.  Part of this is because of the topics the author chose to use as examples.  I was dead wrong.  Mr. Crowe is grounded in scripture and speaks truth.  Even hard truth.

The book begins with establishing a framework.  Through scripture, Mr. Crowe identifies 18 different questions to use to evaluate a decision.  The decision on an activity, a group, anything.  This is a powerful tool.  We are called to be in the world, but not of the world.  What better way to guard against that than to see the truth in scripture!

Once the framework is established, several real examples are studied and applied.  Its a great application demonstration and really worked well.  I have already been sharing these questions with others.  I am sure it will be a great ministry tool.


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