This book features a wonderful blend of the lyrics from the platinum best-selling song I Can Only Imagine, with compelling stories received by MercyMe from a variety of people who have their own "heartstrings" I Can Only Imagine testimonies. The content is matched with beautiful and touching imagery that brings this inspirational song to life.
3.5 stars. They had some good things to say, but the overall prose was just a bit too cheesey for my taste. It read, to me,, they were trying a bit too hard to be bro-y in the writing style.
Great material, very insightful, thought provoking. This book was much deeper and insightful than I thought it was going to be. At first I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to finish reading this book for two reasons. 1. Because when the author explained a concept, he gave an excessive amount of explainations to describe the concept. I understand the idea behind doing this is to allow for all types of learner but it was a bit much for me. 2. At first I thought it was simply going to be about the Hymn vs Praise music argument. I'm very pleased I continued to read and finish the book. I now have a different perspective on what it means to Worship my Lord and Savior Jesus!
I read quite a few books about worship and find that many of them don't contain the meat of the issue. This book does not fall in that category at all. I venture to say one of the top 5 books I have read on worship. It lays out the principles and ti challenges the reader to action, something I appreciate.