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 PrintableVersion Keep goingPractical help for people struggling with the Christian faithNo alternativeKEEP GOING It is a measure of the quality of this book that it kept my interest to the end, in spite of a diagrammatic structure which I failed to understand and an idiosyncratic way of giving Bible texts that I found slightly irritating. Moreover I am specially glad that it held me, because the final chapter dealt very effectively with the often neglected issue of any credibly satisfying alternative to the Christian faith in facing up to life’s dilemmas. The author deals honestly with the struggles through which he has travelled with engaging warmth and yet it is a book with academic integrity and great thoroughness. Few Christians go through life without asking questions about the authority of Scripture, the problems of God’s sovereignty and our freedom, matters of personal assurance and even the existence and character of God. These are all here, guided by Bible passages but with nothing remotely trite. For an honest questioner willing to work through the implications of his or her position this book would be invaluable. Perhaps even more it is a good tool in the hand of the believer. Read it when you are still happy with your faith so that in the emotion of situations which cause you to query, your mind already has answers to bring stability. We live in an age of increasing attack on Christian basics and the believer needs to be well versed to give a reason for his hope and faith and daringly to take the attack back to the opposition. The Christian faith is more than an intellectual exercise but we have nothing of which to be ashamed. This book will not only help us to ‘keep going’ but also keep growing and keep confronting unbelief with good grace and wit. Philip H. Hacking, © Evangelicals Now - February 2007 |
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