The Open Table by Donald Miller (Bible Study Review)
From the best-selling author of Blue Like Jazz and Searching for God Knows What comes a new book and DVD called The Open Table: An Invitation To Know God. The Open Table is a resource enabling one to understand and introduce to non-Christians the Deity of Christ and Christianity. What appeared to be an open discussion by Donald Miller to his twenty-five (25) friends a couple of years ago regarding impressions on Christians, darkness in their previous lives, God’s light dispelling such darkness and their changed lives became instrumental to the conception of The Open Table.
This Christian book is a perfect resource for small group bible study covering six (6) weeks. If you do not know how to share the gospel to your family, friends or acquaintances, Donald Miller can guide you through this Open Table small group book/workbook or Participant’s Guide/Leader’s Guide and DVD.
The Open Table is tailor-fitted for small groups like for instance during dinner where everyone can discuss through the book and the DVD can spark such discussions in an open table. State-of-the-art video has been utilized to feature personal interviews of Donald Miller’s friends like Rick McKinley and Robin Jones Gunn. Watching and learning about their respective backgrounds, struggles, and testimonies will make you identify with their stories and feel encouraged how God comes into the picture.
The DVD is into five parts:
What Do You Think of When You Think of God? –This section is about perceiving God and Christians. You will be amazed on variety of impressions by Christians.
Is Life What You Think It Ought to Be?–This part deals with the depravity of the world and how God fits into such brokenness. The interviewees share their traumatic experiences like child abuse and refugee camps.
Will God Break into Our Lives?–A section discussing how Jesus helped them lead a new life and their conversion stories.
Can I Know God?–In this chapter, the interviewees describe how they look at God and understand God’s nature.
How Do We Follow Jesus?—In this final chapter, you will hear about following Jesus and a description on habits and feelings they have cultivated since conversion.
The basic premise of The Open Table is that “God shows up in the lives of people who search for Him”. If you have so long been pursuing God and feeling like He isn’t there and he completely left you on your own, grab a copy of The Open Table book and DVD. You can see a The Open Table DVD excerpt or trailer in Youtube.
The Open Table and other Christian books / DVDs are available in our Christian bookstore or wherever books are sold.
About the author: Haydee
I have a passion to love God above all else. It is my desire to worship Him and to serve Him for the rest of my life. He is my first love. In Him, I live and move and have my being. I am His child, His treasured possession and His ambassador to reach souls for His kingdom. I am currently the Book Reviewer for CBB and in-charge of CBB book marketing here. God called me to be a Prayer Minister in Healing Rooms and IAHR Online Healing Rooms and connected with Wholeness Ministries and Elijah House.