Chase the Lion: If
Your Dream Doesn’t Scare You It’s Too Small by Mark Batterson is his
follow-up to In a Pit with a Lion on a
Snowy Day. Batterson continues
connecting the life of the Old Testament hero Benaiah who was one of King David’s
Mighty Men. But along with Benaiah,
Batterson extends his connections to the larger group of Mighty Men mentioned
in the Old Testament. Batterson uses
popular culture, stories of men and women of faith, and his own experiences to
connect the Mighty Men to actions today.
Themes found in Batterson’s text include legacy, love faith, and comradeship. Batterson uses these stories to encourage people
of faith to dream big and activate dreams bigger than themselves.
Batterson fans will want this book, especially as it serves
as a true sequel to In a Pit with a Lion
on a Snowy Day. Readers will find a
book that shares the tone of the original and grows the stories found in that
volume. I tend to be a very concrete
person and organizationally I would have preferred chapters that focused on
text about specific Mighty Men. In the end,
Batterson gives us the book that we expect, which is one that challenges dreams
and big prayers as one moves into a bigger story.
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