Man of Holiness

by Vaughn J. Featherstone

Book by Featherstone, Vaughn J.

Genres: Religion, Church, Lds, Nonfiction

237 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1998

Reviews

[Annette · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love that he included an excerpt from Uncle Tom's Cabin, and that he used Earnest Shackleton as an example of a great leader. I love that he quotes C.S. Lewis, as well as a plethora of scriptures and of course prophets and apostles. I loved the personal stories he shared. But my favorite chapter was the one about Joseph Smith. He shared a powerful testimony of Joseph Smith and some touching stories from the early days of the Church.
The reason I am only giving it three stars is because I felt the title and the picture on the cover was deceiving. The title (Man of Holiness) with a picture of the Savior made me think that this was a book about the life of the Savior. It's not. It is basically a collection of Elder Featherstone's random thoughts on a variety of different subjects. Although I enjoyed reading most it, not sure that I would've picked it up had I known it was going to be so disjointed and random. So, I recommend this book if you are a huge fan of Elder Featherstone and you don't mind reading books where the chapters don't seem to have a common theme.
Also, its good to keep in mind that it was published in the nineties. Some of his views and stories are a bit dated.

[Erneilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have always loved the words and example of Elder Featherstone. This collection of his talks/writings brought back a lot of memories. His messages still ring true.

[Karin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had a hard time getting started in this book and couldn't figure out why. I have loved listening to Elder Featherstone talk, why wouldn't his book be similar? Then I was able to see the completely disjointed chapters, the chapter titles that were completely unrelated to their subject matter and the jumping around from paragraph to paragraph. This wasn't even a set of several talks put as chapters to make into a book, it was just kind of a mess.

You can feel the enthusiasm of the author, but it doesn't get communicated well. There is much tenderness and emotion, but the articulation is so poor, that I just couldn't get past it. I did finish the book, but it took me a very long time for such a short book.

There were some short nuggets of wisdom that I found and noted in the margins, but I don't think I'll be revisiting this one. I bought it for Christmas for Jared a few years ago...now I am glad he hasn't picked it up yet...

[Tannie · Rating 3 out of 5]

How do you critique a church book? Hmmmmmm.... I liked it, but let me add a few words. I LOVE Vaughn J. Featherstone; I've heard him speak several times and I always enjoy him. I also admire his life and how much has done. For some reason though this book was a bit difficult for me. I thought he had EXCELLENT stories, scritpures, and quotes. I was interested in the vast majority of the book. However, it wasn't organized very well (at least to me) so I was confused when he switched topics abruptly, and I was always confused about what the meaning of each chapter was. I just thought I should explain why I gave it a 3 instead of a 4 or 5. I liked the book and was inspired - so I suggest it to you (unless you NEED organization in your nonfiction reading, in which case the format of this book might annoy you). Hope that makes sense and isn't blasphemy..... hehehe

[Gwendolyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book, uplifting thoughts and feelings.

While this book is presented as a novel showing an insight into the "character and compassion of Jesus Christ as well as examples of the holiness found in the Lord's modern-day prophets and apostles", it read more as a compilation of various sermons Elder Featherstone has made throughout his life. But this wasn't acknowleged outright, like Henry B. Eyring did in his book, "To Draw Closer to God", which is fantastic and one of my all-time favorites.

The downsides, for me, to this approach were one chapter didn't flow into the next, topics skipped all over and there wasn't any overarching feeling that the author knew exactly where he was trying to lead the reader.

With that said, Elder Featherstone is a great speaker and references scriptures freely to support his subject, while adding many poems to add color and depth.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book about Christ told by Elder Featherstone. It was neat reading different things about Christ that I never knew or never really thought about before. This book also gives some good insight to his life as well. Jesus Christ truly is the savior of the world.

[Logan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book. The first chapter was hard to get into, but once I got accustomed to his writing/speech style, it was a much smoother read. I enjoyed it.

[Shellie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lean to be more Christ-like with this well referenced book.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book to bring us closer to our Savior through extended knowledge of Him.

[Jill · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love instructions and guidance from great spiritual leaders and this was just that...