A Review of Primal by Mark Batterson

I’m not real sure how I qualified for this, but Multnomah was looking for bloggers who would agree to read Mark’s latest book prior to it’s release and post a review on their blog. Let me also confirm that they sent me a free copy of his book if I agreed to do this and if my blog qualified. Somehow it qualified, so here goes the review.

Mark believes that it is time for another Reformation, and this book is a call to that Reformation. He believes that this new Reformation will be led by a generation instead of a Martin Luther. He believes that this Reformation will call us back to our roots as The Church, roots firmly planted in the Love of God. These roots will go deep into the catacombs of Rome where out of fear of death people gathered in order to worship together as the Body of Christ.

Mark believes that these roots will draw deeply from the command of Jesus to Love the Lord our God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength and he explores what it means to do that through exploring with simple yet intricate details how our bodies work, how our planet works, and how our universe works. If you are not drawn to worship through the facts that Mark exposes about us, then I wonder if you’ve forgotten how to be in wonder. Hopefully, this book might call you back to childlike wonder, compassion, and curiosity.

If you think that you might be called to such a thing, then pick up a copy of this book.

Some favorite quotes:

“And when people think analytically, it can hinder their ability to act compassionately.”

“Sometimes our minds interfere with our hearts.”

“The bottom line is this: your focus determines your reality.”