An Appointment With the King: Ideas for Jump-Starting Your Devotional Life

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Summary: Very helpful for personal and small group use
Review: Appointment with the King is a great book. My wife, Vicki, said its like Richard Foster's Celebration of Discipline but easier and more practical. My small group really liked it. I have also given away a few copies.

One of the other small group leaders at our church read the book and said it was more helpful than the Prayer of Jabez. Her husband pitched in and said "she has highlighted almost the entire book"! I highly recommend it if you want practical help in your time with God.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent book for your devotional life!
Review: I was looking for a book to use with new believers to help guide them in developing a daily quiet time. I came across "An Appointment with the King: Ideas for Jump-Starting Your Devotional Life" and decided to see if it would work. I must say that I was pretty pleased with this book.

The author, Joel Comisky, is a Christian and Missionary Alliance minister. He has served as a missionary in Ecuador with the C&MA. He also has traveled to worship in Korea. His international experiences add a wonderful flavor to this book. It is always a wonderful experience to read books that bring intercultural insights to their subject.

The book is comprised of 18 fairly short chapters. They are presented in two parts. The first is "Practical Steps Toward a Daily Quiet Time." The second is "The Disciplines of a Quiet Time." In the first section, the author clearly explains what a quiet time is. He also addresses most of the reasons people give for not having a quiet time. This is an excellent section. The second section addresses more detailed aspects of practices that can be included in one's quiet time (Bible reading, prayer, meditation, and even fasting and journaling). All in all, both sections are very helpful.

I did have one concern with the book. The chapter on worship has a paragraph about speaking in tongues in one's quiet time. What the author says is biblically accurate, but I wish he had given a little more space to this topic. It would be unfortunate for a new believer to misunderstand the author's point on tongues based on such a small statement on the use of this spiritual gift in one's quiet time. The author does not state that speaking in tongues is for everyone, but his statement could be misconstrued to that misunderstanding.

Unfortunately, this book went out of print while I was previewing it. I do believe this book would be helpful for use in a small group setting with new believers. Each chapter has a few questions for personal and group use. I hope this one will come back into print. Any concerns about the gift of tongues can be addressed in the small group setting. I think this book would be beneficial to any Christian who is struggling with a time of daily devotion.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent book for your devotional life!
Review: I was looking for a book to use with new believers to help guide them in developing a daily quiet time. I came across "An Appointment with the King: Ideas for Jump-Starting Your Devotional Life" and decided to see if it would work. I must say that I was pretty pleased with this book.

The author, Joel Comisky, is a Christian and Missionary Alliance minister. He has served as a missionary in Ecuador with the C&MA. He also has traveled to worship in Korea. His international experiences add a wonderful flavor to this book. It is always a wonderful experience to read books that bring intercultural insights to their subject.

The book is comprised of 18 fairly short chapters. They are presented in two parts. The first is "Practical Steps Toward a Daily Quiet Time." The second is "The Disciplines of a Quiet Time." In the first section, the author clearly explains what a quiet time is. He also addresses most of the reasons people give for not having a quiet time. This is an excellent section. The second section addresses more detailed aspects of practices that can be included in one's quiet time (Bible reading, prayer, meditation, and even fasting and journaling). All in all, both sections are very helpful.

I did have one concern with the book. The chapter on worship has a paragraph about speaking in tongues in one's quiet time. What the author says is biblically accurate, but I wish he had given a little more space to this topic. It would be unfortunate for a new believer to misunderstand the author's point on tongues based on such a small statement on the use of this spiritual gift in one's quiet time. The author does not state that speaking in tongues is for everyone, but his statement could be misconstrued to that misunderstanding.

Unfortunately, this book went out of print while I was previewing it. I do believe this book would be helpful for use in a small group setting with new believers. Each chapter has a few questions for personal and group use. I hope this one will come back into print. Any concerns about the gift of tongues can be addressed in the small group setting. I think this book would be beneficial to any Christian who is struggling with a time of daily devotion.

Rating:
Summary: Great way to relate to God, even for the non-Christian
Review: This is Joel's best book. I really enjoyed it. This book has a much more personal feel to it.

I can really relate to it because of all the personal examples. I liked it so much that I gave it to a couple of friends who need God in their lives. I heartily recommend this book.

Rating:
Summary: Great way to relate to God, even for the non-Christian
Review: This is Joel's best book. I really enjoyed it. This book has a much more personal feel to it.

I can really relate to it because of all the personal examples. I liked it so much that I gave it to a couple of friends who need God in their lives. I heartily recommend this book.