Jennifer | Pushing Pages
Written on Oct 15, 2014
I actually just happened on this book on Goodreads and remembered that I had read it, so marked it. Here I am, reviewing something on Goodreads after quite some time of never leaving a real review, so bare with me--I did just get off work, as well.
To be fair, this book isn't terrible, but it does nothing spectacular either. It gives a very shallow, brush on the surface of what it means to have a faith in Christ.
For a new believer, reading such a book could possibly help guide them in how to begin their new life but I don't find this book to be captivating or uplifting enough to even truly help a new believer. For someone who has had an established faith for some time, or needs something worth studying to renew/reinvigorate them, it does nothing any Sunday school teacher cannot provide--a basic understanding of faith.
With that said, it is a quick read, and worth giving a shot, if you've always been a bit interested in seeing what the book has to possibly offer. I gave it a read in high school because it was sitting on my parent's bookshelf, and soon found it to be about as useful to me--who has had an established faith in God and been a member of a church for years--as perhaps a very vague/self-soothing, self-help book would for someone who can coach themselves just fine. It does have nice sentiments, but doesn't do or say anything beyond that.
To be fair, this book isn't terrible, but it does nothing spectacular either. It gives a very shallow, brush on the surface of what it means to have a faith in Christ.
For a new believer, reading such a book could possibly help guide them in how to begin their new life but I don't find this book to be captivating or uplifting enough to even truly help a new believer. For someone who has had an established faith for some time, or needs something worth studying to renew/reinvigorate them, it does nothing any Sunday school teacher cannot provide--a basic understanding of faith.
With that said, it is a quick read, and worth giving a shot, if you've always been a bit interested in seeing what the book has to possibly offer. I gave it a read in high school because it was sitting on my parent's bookshelf, and soon found it to be about as useful to me--who has had an established faith in God and been a member of a church for years--as perhaps a very vague/self-soothing, self-help book would for someone who can coach themselves just fine. It does have nice sentiments, but doesn't do or say anything beyond that.
