Greg Paul

In Close Enough to Hear God Breathe, Greg Paul invites you to come closer to God. Intimacy is the grand biblical theme explored here. From the voice out of heaven proclaiming the delight God has in His Son, Jesus Christ, to a thankful heart whispering to the Father. “You are my child. I love you. And I am pleased with you.”
Greg Paul is a pastor and member of the Sanctuary community in Toronto. Sanctuary’s priority is welcoming and caring for some of the most hurting and excluded people in the city, including addicts, prostitutes, homeless men, women and youth, gay, lesbian, and transgendered people. Paul is the author of two other books: The Twenty-Piece Shuffle and God in the Alley.
Along the Creation, Fall and Redemption Greg shares from the Bible and a range of personal stories to sync parenthood here on Earth with God’s care for His children. He isn’t absent, graceless or at a distance. When God breathes, life is poured out on us. He wants to be close to us. The Church, the worldwide congregation of believers, is called His Bride. And that’s why consumnation of marriage is the last part in Paul’s book. Yes, erotica in the purest form, Song of Solomon‘s revisited. A dance in the new world to come to close off.
God longs for a relationship with each of His children. Our stories matter to Him. Your story matters to Him. Reading the Bible ought to be like putting one’s head on God’s chest and listening to His heartbeat. The author’s choice to tell stories and enlarge biblical accounts, such as John the Baptist‘s performance at the River Jordan lead to the weak point in the book as well. Depicting is human fantasy and can’t be on the same level as the Bible itself. Much of the personal stories couldn’t keep my attention. The whole book could have been condensed into a sermon outline. Spiritual growth goes beyond sitting at your Father’s leap and understand His Love. Ora et labora.… (meer)