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A systematic approach to self-deliverance

Revisado: 07-05-23

This book would be really good for someone who believes they are demonically oppressed, and would like to thoroughly experience deliverance, and then build a righteous stronghold in its place.

It is not a great book for someone who is in the deliverance ministry, or someone looking for interesting stories of deliverance ministry. There is very little story, and a great deal of practical application for self-deliverance or self-improvement. It does not really keep your attention, unless that is specifically what you are needing.

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Polemic against eugenics, capitalism, socialism

Revisado: 07-12-21

I wish I was more intelligent, and understood the early 19th century better. GK Chesterton is always an impressive writer, his prose is unrivaled. But there are a lot of nuances to this work that has to be digested and contextualized with the day it was written.

Ulimately, this is an excellent book that addresses the problem of eugenics, 19th century capitalism, and socialism.

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Third favorite Narnia book

Revisado: 06-13-21

This book is full of adventure after adventure, a lot like the original Hobbit book. It is likewise reflective of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

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Rife with non-sequiturs

Revisado: 05-12-21

The author makes some excellent points concerning Fourth Amendment violations, especially when she talks about search and seizure and the fact police can search someone upon being given consent. there is a lot in here that needs to be discussed and parsed out as far as the constitutionality of some of our police enforcement.

The author also makes some compelling arguments for the issue with the War on Drugs, especially against minimum sentencing and the disproportionate sentencing between crack cocaine and powdered cocaine (The book is also dated on this fact, because the First Step act fixed a lot of this).

Where the book becomes an illogical mess is whenever it touches on the subject of racism. The author frequently loses sight of the forest for the trees when discussing individual cases of criminals being charged with crime. Two examples of this are the young man who brought drugs through an airport, and the six young men who were charged with attempted murder for gang beating into unconsciousness another young man.

She'll focus on the sentencing, trying to elicit an emotional appeal, but the fact remains that these were crimes. Her solution is not to enforce laws more equally, the solution she gives in the book is to dismantle the prison system entirely- which is insane.

Further, she gives into conspiracy theories when it comes to the topic of racism. She basically asserts every single person in America is racist toward black people, including black people.

In one scenario she talks about a jury finding a man guilty of murdering a police officer. The man's defense is that he is black, thus the jury must have been racist based on statistics which show black men receive the death penalty far more often than white men.

The author clarifies the statistics though, and says that once controlled for 35 other aspects, the disparity goes way down. The Supreme Court eventually says that one must prove racism in a specific case to throw it out. She takes issue with this, even after she cites that when controlled for 35 other pieces of information the rate goes way down. Thus, what the supreme Court said is actually very wise. because even by her own study it proves that it is not always a racist and biased jury. There must be some evidence of racism and bias. In this particular case she fails to give statistics on murders of police officers specifically in relation to the perpetrator receiving the death penalty - extremely vital information for someone to make an informed decision on the unequal doling out of the death penalty.

She does not care though, because she takes it a priori that everyone is already racist and biased. This is an unfalsifiable assertion, and she even knows this, but she does not care. Thus, she gives into a ton of non sequiturs throughout the entire book. One moment she will be talking statistics and evidence, then there is a ginormous gap, and then there is a conclusion that does not follow from the evidence. The problem is, the ginormous gap is "everyone is racist all the time."

Additionally, she leaves out a ton of information. for example, in the forward she talks about the shooting of Tamir Rice and says that he was "shot while playing." This is true, but what she leaves out is that He was playing with a fake firearm that was mistaken for a gun which was reported to the police as being pointed at others.

Another example of this is when she talks about the number of dissenters voting for the 1989 Drug Bill. she says six of the 11 dissenters were part of the black caucus, but what she conveniently does not tell you is how many in the black caucus voted in favor of the bill.

And she does this constantly throughout the entire book.

Prior to reading this book, I read Candice Owens' book Blackout. The reason I read the New Jim Crow was to see what the "other side" would have to say about a similar topic.

One thing I noticed about Blackout is that it is also incredibly partisan, just like the New Jim Crow. The shameful thing about both of these books is if you only read one of them, you end up missing context and getting a full view of things because both authors leave out data and philosophy that counters their own. When an author goes into writing about a topic such as this, they should look at their biases and what their opponents are saying, acknowledge those things, and take them on. They should specifically look for evidence in which contradicts their assertions. Sociology has a scientific method necessity which should be respected, not short-cut.

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I am not a previous fan of Lauren

Revisado: 09-10-20

And as such, I may not be reviewing this book properly. She probably wrote it with her fans in mind. For me, though, the first half of this book was very enjoyable. I loved listening about her childhood as it reminded me of mine.

But the longer this book went on, the more I came to dislike listening to her. I'm honestly surprised she decided to drag her husband, publicly, through the mud so much. She constantly throws him under the bus and reveals things that I'd never reveal about my spouse out of respect for her. She doesn't seem to see anything wrong with literally praying God ends her husband's career.

At one point she laments her husband being at the Super Bowl while she's doing exactly what she wanted to do - adopting - failing to see that she would be unable to do what she wants if his career didn't support it.

It is also so odd how she reiterates how she doesn't want to "convert people to my religion" when preaching the gospel is one of the main tenets of her faith.

in Summary, everything up to their adoption is a great story, but the rest of it is well, whiny.

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Almost Incredible

Revisado: 09-05-20

This is a phenomenal autobiography, vividly written, with an outstanding voice artist. definitely recommend it.

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Phenomenal

Revisado: 07-31-20

The whole series sparks one's imagination and opens ones eyes to just how marvelous God is.

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2nd Read-through and still fantastic.

Revisado: 07-06-20

My dad and I listened to this book on a road trip the first time and we were both highly entertained and intrigued throughout. I recently finished it by myself for a second time and the only thing I can say is - I wish it were longer!

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Agatha Christie never disappoints.

Revisado: 05-23-20

First read this in 8th grade. I loved it then and still love it now at 30.

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highly recommended

Revisado: 01-03-18

I have listen to these lectures multiple times during the last year-and-a-half. They have definitely lifted my spirits, and opened my mind to new insights about CS Lewis, his works, and God.

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