Becky

God Is Real

Revisado: 10-12-19

In spite of the fact that the author is not a believer, this is a good book. She spends an entire book talking about God without ever mentioning the death and resurrection of Jesus as the only atonement for our sin. She never identifies sin as the original cause of death and suffering in the world. She walks us through the characters' struggles with personal pain, and even identifies some amazing intervention of God, without ever recognizing His hand , or acknowledging Him as anything more than a social construct, or the Bible as anything more than an interesting series of metaphors. For an academic study of the historicity of the life of Jesus, I would recommend Jesus and the Eyewitnesses by Richard Bauckham. For the intellectual struggle with pain I would recommend The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis.

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I had to cringe

Revisado: 05-02-19

It was a good story, but it was hard to ignore the foul language. I will avoid this author in the future.

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Very Disappointed

Revisado: 11-12-16

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

The author seems to think that faith in Christ is just a quaint social thing. I saw no sign of a sincere relationship with the Lord. The pastor in the story thinks that his job is just another way to make money, and he'd prefer another way if he could find one. The book seems to be written for people who want to make fun of Christians.

What was most disappointing about Philip Gulley’s story?

This book was recommended as similar to Jan Karon's Mitford series, but they are nothing alike, in writing style or in ideology.

Would you be willing to try another one of Paul Bellantoni’s performances?

My objection was to the content of the book.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from A Place Called Hope?

When small town characters talk about murdering someone with whom they disagree, and are shown looking up online a way to do it, this is supposed to be funny, but is way out of line. I also cringe when the pastor's wife threatens to divorce her husband when he doesn't do what she wants. This is also supposed to be funny, but divorce is a horror and a tradgedy, and nothing to joke about.

Any additional comments?

I wasn't expecting the author to make his characters perfect; we're all imperfect, but I was expecting him to make them sincere. Faith in Christ changes us, but the Lord starts where we are and works on us until we are more like Him. If we truly belong to Him, we may have doctrinal differences with one another, but we are sincerely searching the scriptures to find the truth.

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