Dietrich Schindler - Profound: Twelve Questions That Will Grab Your Heart and Not Let Go

Profound

Twelve Questions That Will Grab Your Heart and Not Let Go

Dietrich Schindler

Copyright 2017 Dietrich Schindler.

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ISBN: 978-1-5127-9641-4 (sc)

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WestBow Press rev. date: 07/26/2017

CONTENTS

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Praise for Profound

Over my lifetime, I have discovered that simplicity and depth go together. Dietrich Schindlers book, Profound , masterfully contains both. It is a seminal primer of serious reflection about some of lifes most basic questions. Timeless and timely, this book deftly quotes some of the best ancient and modern sources. As I read each chapter in sequence, I wondered if the next chapters could be as good as the ones I had already read. My imagination said no, but as I continued reading, reality said yes! I highly recommend this book for all thinkers, both Christian and non-Christian a like.

George W. Murray, Chancellor, Columbia International Univer sity

A timely book demanding attention and reflection. With Scripture and stories, Schindler has taken on twelve provocative questions. Profound will stoke the fire of your faith, even if all you have left are a few weak embers. I recommend it to anyone who wants to grow deeper in f aith.

Ian Lawson, Lead Pastor, Evangelical Free Church (Lethbridge, Alb erta)

Insightfully and biblically, Schindler hits at the root issues of the human heartall that are applicable to anyone, no matter who you are. He masterfully weaves through issues that are humans utmost concern, and answers them based on Scripture. Chock-full of stories and antidotes, this book is never a dry read! This is a wonderful preevangelism tool, especially for postmod erns.

Marv Newell, Senior Vice President, Missio N exus

The answers we are all seeking depend upon the questions we are willing to ask.

Whether you are a skeptic, a seeker, or someone who has already embraced faith, we all need companions in our journey to discover answers to lifes most profound questions. Dietrich Schindlers creative mind, penetrating analysis, warm heart, and transparent style will not disappoint you!

C. Lee Heyward, Founder and President, Brook Link

Dietrich Schindler has put together an engaging discussion of living in Christperhaps not so much a discussion as an intimate dance with some of the unsettling questions and issues of a life of faith. Theologically rich, emotionally insightful, and at times confronting us with the realities of life. A good read with questions for discussion with gr oups.

Al Barth, Vice President and Global Catalyst for City to City

In Profound : Twelve Questions that Will Grab Your Heart and Not Let Go , Dietrich Schindler offers the reader a chance for self-reflection at a very deep level. Each chapter poses one of the great questions of life. His insights offer potential context for how to answer those questions, and at the end of each chapter he provides personal questions to allow the reader to explore his or her own answers. I recommend you take time not just to read this book, but to use this book to help find the answers you are searching for.

Tom McGehee, President and Founder, The WildWorks G roup

In Profound , Dietrich Schindler does us a wonderful service by pointing us to the greatness of God. In this book, Schindler helps us to know and love God more deeply by answering biblical questions that have echoed across the ages.

Micah Fries, Senior Pastor, Brainerd Baptist Ch urch

Dietrich has one passion: how to reach those who have distanced themselves from God. Jesus is looking for the lost. Being lost doesnt just mean being far from the Lord, it means not living in the provision and fullness that God has prepared for mankind. May this book wake us up to a passionate lifestyle of reaching people with the gospel of the kin gdom.

Martin Buehlmann, Leader of the Vineyard Movement Germany, Austria, Switzer land

Jesus often responded to the questions that were asked of him with yet more quest ions.

The creative posing of profound questions is a wonderful way to provoke thought and so to l earn.

Dietrich begins with a whole series of questions. These are not chosen randomly but come from years of experience of working with those who are asking questions. I commend it to you.

Dr Martin Robinson, CEO of ForMis sion

What a fresh look at the profound questions of all our lives! Dietrich Schindler goes against the grain of our culture and reminds us that God has provided the answers and revealed them in his book. Profound has left me reveling in the blessings that are mine in Jesus and the blessings that are mine to share with those who are still without him.

Dean Ropp, Pastor, Midway Community Church, Alpharetta, Geo rgia

Scripture never sidesteps the foundational questions echoing from every human heart. In Profound , Dietrich Schindler sets a dozen of these central human cries in their biblical context, then illuminates the issues with practical examples and relevant input from other Christian thinkers. The discussion questions concluding each chapter are a b onus.