{"product_id":"the-book-that-reads-me-9781645695004","title":"The Book That Reads Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Hampel\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christian Standard Bible - Study\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1950s, one of the churches I was serving held a picnic at an Oregon state park. For a brief time, I found myself in conversation with another group in the same park. On learning that I was a pastor, one person in that group said, \"Oh, you poor man!\" As the conversation went on, it became evident that the remark was not based on a perception of my economic condition, but on some previous experience of a church's demands on a pastor's time. I did not share such a negative view of a pastor's life then, nor have I done so since. Serving as a pastor of a parish is not always easy, but it is a fulfilling learning experience, learning with, and from, parishioners. Over the years, I have had the opportunity to see God at work in the lives of individuals, marriages, families: To see how the Holy Spirit led a man who \"wanted nothing to do with things Christian\" become an elder and a leader in evangelistic outreach; to watch young people who were given opportunity to serve in the local church decide to go to seminary and become pastors themselves; and to receiving, during a worship service, a phone call from a dear lady, calling from her hospital bed to say she was praying for the church gathered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentral in the Bible is the message of the love of God in Jesus Christ. I am writing in the hope and prayer that this life-changing, redeeming love of Christ may occupy the center, not the periphery, of our lives and be the main motivator of all we think and do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Hampel\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christian Faith Publishing, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45134320337047,"sku":"9781645695004","price":913.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781645695004.webp?v=1767907808","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-book-that-reads-me-9781645695004","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}