Entries by Ian Acheson

Living a Dependent Life

Control. I struggle to not be in control. I like order, routine, and degrees of predictability. Boring, huh? And I get anxious when things are out of order. Worse still, I get anxious thinking about the possibility of things getting out of order. Sad, huh!

Modelling Jesus’ Life

I left it last time with this notion that Jesus came, not just to restore our relationship with the Father, but also to be the example for that relationship. I’ve mentioned Dann Spader’s book, “Walking as Jesus Walked”, a number of times, so let’s get to its key elements. Spader has based his message from […]

“Follow Me”

So we’ve started out on this little expedition to better understand how to love God with our “all”, our everything. I believe this is one of love’s great adventures. God is a never-ending well who so desires for us to dive in knowing that He’ll be there to catch us. Let’s jump! Together!

Start Walking

In my last post I reflected on the significance of loving God with “all of our everything”. My post ended with the challenge of how do we do this, not just because of our busy lives but also our humanness. Late last year, I was thinking about which person in the Bible I should study next, […]

“Beautiful Outlaw”, John Eldredge

“We need Jesus like we need oxygen. He is the missing essence of your existence.” This wonderfully written book opened my eyes and heart to Jesus. I sensed a real anointing over this book and hope that many people read it as its quite unique (based on my reading experience) of relating Jesus humanity to […]

“The Glory Within”, Corey Russell

This book has enhanced my prayer life. It is excellent providing a tremendous Biblically-based view of the gifts of the Holy Spirit including the power of speaking in tongues. Speaking in tongues is often a controversial topic for many Christians. This book removes that controversy and explores the scriptures to provide a solid basis for […]

“Walking as Jesus Walked”, Dann Spader

This is an excellent resource for practically understanding Jesus desire for us to walk as He did. The study contains tremendous Biblical references and is backed with great insight and interpretation. Spader understands how people learn and providing an acronym Holy Spirit to guide the study was a masterstroke. I know that I will remember […]

Our Heart

The Bible speaks a lot about our heart. The New Testament alone mentions it 149 times, the four gospels 49 times. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength” (Mark 12:30)  I expect you’re familiar with the above verse. […]

“Quiet”, Susan Cain

I’m an introvert so found this book fascinating reading for two key reasons: 1. It helped me better understand why I am the way I am. Further, Susan Cain also provides analysis of extroverts as well to provide a balanced approach. I loved the fact Susan didn’t just rely on her own study of individuals […]

ACFW Conference – Mike Hyatt Keynotes

Mike gave two keynotes. In the first, he shared his professional and writing journeys. The second was focused on his book “Platform” which was released in May and soon became a New York Times bestseller.                             “Best time to be an author” Mike […]