Wasting Time with God: A Christian Spirituality of Friendship with God - Softcover

"This book is eminently practical while remaining rooted in good theory based on Scripture and theology. . . . It is a book for all seasons, for all believers. Worth 'wasting time' to read!"--Christian Education Journal, (Spring 2002)

"Issler's treatment, solidly grounded in Scripture and carefully researched across a broad spectrum of sources, provides a welcome antidote to the exhausting and draining message of modern society. . . . It deserves a wide circulation and possesses many valuable principles for granting busy readers the permission to 'waste time with God' and grow more deeply in the most eternal relationship we will ever experience."--Calvin Theological Journal

"So many Christians are consumed with the perceived busyness of their faith. They forget that their relationship with God is meant to be personal and intimate, characterized by a deep enjoyment of him. In his book Wasting Time with God, Klaus Issler reminds us of the simple joy and pleasure of being God's friend, and provides guidelines for communication and a closer, more intimate relationship."--Bill and Vonette Bright, Campus Crusade for Christ

"Wasting Time with God is hardly a waste of time. It is a nuts and bolts discussion of how to grow in intimacy with God. It is clearly written and well grounded. This is a book well worth reading and wasting lots of time on. I highly recommend it."--Darrell L. Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary

"My greatest prayer for women is that they spend time with God. Life is so much better the deeper our friendship is with God. Klaus Issler explains to our hearts and minds who God is and how to deepen that friendship."--Pam Farrel, codirector, Masterful Living, and author of Woman of Influence

"I love the title, and I know I shall love the book! Anything that helps people intentionally put themselves into his presence and apply his dynamic life-changing Word has to be read, marked, learned and inwardly digested."--Jill Briscoe

"The testimony of this book is that relationship--even friendship--with God is possible. More importantly, the stunning affirmation of the book is that the eternal God wants friendship with his people."--Linda Cannell, professor, educational ministries, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois

"To know God--lofty as that sounds--is to encounter severe spiritual culture shock. We humans, says Klaus Issler, must achieve this major paradigm shift a step at a time. Our seeing, our hearing, indeed our whole way of thinking must be revamped and stretched to a higher dimension. Wasting Time with God, however, does not take the reader on a mystical skyride. Here is Encouragement 101. This plainspoken author simply clarifies that the God of the Bible has already rolled out his red carpet and provided his personal Guide for his children. Our postmodern world begs to see this kind of reality in walking shoes."--Howard G. Hendricks, distinguished professor and chairman of the Center for Leadership, Dallas Theological Seminary

"For the cultures that are community and relationship oriented, as is the case in Africa, Klaus Issler's book would be an eye opener on what really being a Christian is all about. It is my hope that any person seeking to have a more personal experience of God would read this book."--Dr. Benjamin M. Musyoka, academic dean, Nairobi International School of Theology, Kenya

"Drawing from profound personal experience of God, Issler brings Christian theology to real life via pursuit of deep friendship with God. Attentive readers will be powerfully challenged to enter into such dynamic friendship and its resulting community of God. This is theology that goes to the heart of a reader."--Paul Moser, professor and chair of philosophy, Loyola University of Chicago