PRIMAL, by Mark Batterson

This is not just a book.

It’s more like a Christianity manual that was forgotten but now has been found inside Mark Batterson’s heart.

In his prior book, Batterson took me into the pit, with a lion, and he didn’t care about the snowy weather, but now, somehow he managed to find a secret downstairs path inside that heroes-factory cave.

The trip to the root of Christianity, the quest for the lost soul of Jesus’ dream, is a real adventure, not recommended for soft disciples (if such words combination could make any sense). As you go down the descendent stairway and the light goes darker, your selfish and religious mind begins to feel the lack of air.

Of course, the natural impulse is to stop the reading. But don’t! Press on!

This book is potentially lethal to your humanistic thinking and that’s the beauty of it. The world needs a new reformation fire, says the author, and I agree. And even though Mark Batterson doesn’t believe that the new reformation won’t begin in one man’s action, but in a multitude of Christians with real convictions and holy deeds, I think that this book really is a gasoline pipe that will light some torches.

At least, it did with me.