Review: Good thoughts, theologically unbalanced
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 20, 2014
The author presents a very passionate discourse about living by faith, growing in faith, and glorifying God with faith. The book goes through the various aspects of faith, from how it must go along with works to how God works the impossible through the requests of His children by faith and obedience. Much of what the author says is helpful and true to a certain extent, but it appears theologically unbalanced and faulty without an accompanying discussion of love and discipleship. In other words, the overall goal of living by faith cannot be the outward manifestation of being healed of every disease, for such things are passing and selfish. Certainly, God does heal and calls us to display faith that we may be healed, but at times, it takes living by faith for years and lifetimes to show the world that we glorify the Lord through our deep joy in Him despite the troubles we face. If believers cannot surrender all desires to the Lord completely and accept the crosses that lead to further sanctification, healing will simply be an outward show instead of a deep, all-encompassing reflection of the faith in the Lord that we love. In regards to the book's format, there are a few errors sprinkled without and could do with a bit of editing and less reference to the author's other works lest it only become an advertising method. Overall, a lot of good thoughts, but needs editing to become better formatted and theologically balanced.I received a free download of this book in exchange for an honest review.