The Last Shall Be First

I love the way he thinks! You can clearly hear the decades of walk with God. This "basic" principle of the last shall be the first is on one hand very encouraging on the other hand it's an impossible mindset unless we have Him as our core...

So much wisdom in so few pages!

This is a very short book - apparently only 26 pages in paperback. So, more a booklet than a book. Essentially it takes the Biblical parable of the workers in the vineyard (Matthew 20), and expounds on it.The writing is good, and the points made are very clear: that God's grace supercedes what we often think of as 'fairness' or 'justice'. There are lots of books which explain this message at length, so it was quite interesting to read an account based almost entirely on just this one parable.Having said that, it didn't say anything that I had not previously read several times before, and although it wasn't a long book at all - one I could easily have read in one sitting - I kept finding myself forgetting what I had just read - and then needing a break. It wasn't that there was a whole lot to ponder, although some of the reminders included in the book were quite encouraging. Just that the style was pretty similar throughout.While there are some examples given, they are all quite impersonal and in places it read almost like a sermon rather than a book.Still, my Kindle edition was on special offer, free to download, and there wasn't anything I disagreed with. Worth reading if you can get it free, and if you want a reminder about what grace means without reading a full-length book.

Pastor Schaller’s teaching about God is Spirit-filled. He has experienced personally what He teaches. I thank God for his life and ministry.