CRAZY BUT TRUE
Connected to Jesus for life
By Natalie Brand
Bryntirion Press/EP Books. 105 pages. £5.99
ISBN 978 1 783 970 667
Natalie Brand writes for contemporary women. She explores the much neglected doctrine of union with Christ, drawing a lot from Colossians, a letter which is saturated with ‘in Christ’ language.
It’s a short book (105 pages) and each chapter closes with two discussion questions, so it is ideal for book groups and one-to-ones. Whatever your life’s circumstances, the author draws you to Christ and helps the reader to consider how union with Christ gives comfort and security. He is brought into every equation.
I’ve never read a book like this, where the applications to the ordinariness of daily life, as well as those moments of pain and suffering, are rooted in Scripture and in deep theology. The believer’s place in the body of Christ is brought into the picture – it’s a subject for the whole of life. The writer’s style is engaging and warm and there is no jargon to wade through.
