“Honor” by Adam Ramsey. The Good Book Company, 2024.
I have been so encouraged, inspired, challenged and fed by The Good Book Company’s “Love Your Church” series. Every book that has come out in this series so far has been a gift to me both as pastor and simply as another Christian disciple. They are short enough to be quick reads, but dense enough to have substance. Rich with Scripture and biblical insights, and ascetically pleasing too!
All that to say, as I picked up Adam Ramsey’s latest contribution to the series I had high expectations, and they were absolutely met.
As the title suggests, Ramsey writes on the topic of honor. His main ambition in the book is to paint for readers a biblical picture of what honor is supposed to look like in the Church and in the lives of believers. Of course that sounds simple enough, but it may just highlight for you how little you actually understand honor as it is defined and described in the Bible (at least that’s what it did for me).
While defining honor Ramsey at the same time casts a vision for what an honouring church could and should look like. What does a church look like that properly honors God, that has an honorable witness, that honors its leaders, that is led by honorable leaders?
Let me just say, that I needed this book. In my home, in my community and in my church, I fail on a weekly basis to honor others, lead honorably and to give all honor to God. Ramsey spoke so clearly to the shortfalls in my life when it comes to honor. More than that though he stirred in me something that needed to be stirred up; a conviction and a passion to want to be an honorable and honoring Christian and pastor, leading an honourable and honoring Church.