The debut book from MD Crackower, PhD
Ordinary people.
Extraordinary faith.
35 men and women of the Bible — people with jobs, marriages, and children — who turned their world upside down. Proof that you can make a difference at your level, wherever you are, starting today.
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God’s army is not made up only of generals. In (Extra)Ordinary, you’ll meet 35 ordinary men and women — Hannah, Luke, Barzillai, Obed-Edom, Joanna — whose courage and obedience changed the course of history.
Inside the book
Ordinary lives. An extraordinary legacy.
Many have heard of the great generals of God in the Bible — Moses, David, Elijah — who led armies to victory, freed the people, and called fire from above. But God’s army is not made up only of generals. It is also made up of men and women who lived ordinary lives in an ordinary world: they had jobs; they were married; they raised children. Yet, through courage and obedience, they turned their world upside down.
These 35 men and women are living proof that not everyone is called to perform on a stage — everyone is called to serve at their level, where they are, in their time. They left a legacy that blessed generations after them.
Among the 35 you’ll meet
- Hannah
- Luke
- Barzillai
- Obed-Edom
- Joanna
- Susanna
- Joash
- Shobi
The Author
Hello, I’m MD Crackower.
MD Crackower is a writer, scholar, and book reviewer working at the intersection of literary criticism and book culture. Her essays and reviews have appeared in independent literary journals and university press publications.
She writes a weekly newsletter on reading and writing, publishes book reviews, and gives talks on the discipline of close reading. (Extra)Ordinary is her debut book.
“What I am after is the long sentence — the one a reader has to slow down for, and is the better for slowing.”
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