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Spiritual Slavery to Spiritual Sonship
Take the voyage of a lifetime...for a lifetime! As the young, hard-nosed, newly-appointed captain of a commercial fishing boat, Jack Frost returned the first week as "Top Hook"--he had out-fished all the others. But he also harpooned his mentor's heart on the way to the top. Captain Frost's exciting and dangerous adventures take you from Cape Horn to Antarctica to the shores of North Carolina and Poland as he describes his journey from a sinking ship of slavery to his maiden voyage of sonship. Learn how to throw your "orphan" attitude overboard and anchor your heart in God's inheritance of blessings and prosperity. Identify the counterfeit sources of comfort and affection in your * Passions & Possessions * Position & Performance * People & Places * Power Christen and launch your life's ship alongside the One who can calm every storm--every time.
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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December 3, 2025
“If you feel you have to perform in order to be of value to God, then you will portray the thought to others that they need to perform in order to be of value to you.”
February 7, 2012
So, I was asked to read this book by some folks who care about me. I did the whole, "Sure...but only because you asked...because if it were up to me, the title and cover alone have given me a pretty strong opinion about what I think I'm going to read, and I don't really think it will be worth my time," thing.
I was wrong.
This book is full of crazy truth! It is a tiny bit cheesy at first, and the first quarter of the book didn't really draw me in...but then Frost just brings it! The dude woke me up to some truths about some powerful stuff. He got me to look deeper into myself than a lot of other books. He got me to start thinking about things in a way I hadn't before.
It's good. Really, really good.
If you're a Christian, this book offers some serious truth and insight into our spirits, our relationship with God, and the possibility of serious and radical change in our lives.
I was wrong.
This book is full of crazy truth! It is a tiny bit cheesy at first, and the first quarter of the book didn't really draw me in...but then Frost just brings it! The dude woke me up to some truths about some powerful stuff. He got me to look deeper into myself than a lot of other books. He got me to start thinking about things in a way I hadn't before.
It's good. Really, really good.
If you're a Christian, this book offers some serious truth and insight into our spirits, our relationship with God, and the possibility of serious and radical change in our lives.
March 31, 2011
Excellent source for understanding and combating a condition in which so many of us find ourselves: that of being an rejected orphan rather than a loved son or daughter and heir.
February 1, 2014
Great book definitely helpful!
January 19, 2019
Spiritual Slavery to Spiritual Sonship by Jack Frost is about the life of the author. The journeys he’s been on, lessons he’s learned along the way, and how he fixed problems in his life. Jack goes in depth about personal experiences and how they impacted him as a Christian. He tells stories and relates them to relevant life lessons with practical steps on how to put it into action. Jack’s great writing ability and skill makes the reader feel like they are in the story with him.
The book starts off with Jack and 7 other people were on a sea sailing trip into what mariners call the “Sea of Fear”. Disaster strikes and the mast of the 74-foot sailboat almost broke off from the wind. Jack later describes the events and minor details easily overlooked and points out and connects it to a great meaning. There are many of these stories that are told with many details and connected to life lessons. Some of the stories include broken boats, maintenance of fishing boats, fishing, family, golf, Thanksgiving, being a pastor, and in church ministry. Jack takes the small details that aren’t noticed and turns them into huge eye-opening revelations. Jack meticulously differentiates spiritual slaves and sons are and differentiates them from each other with their motives and roots for all of their desires and feelings. He shows where in his life he was either a spiritual slave or son and why. He later gives steps to heal the slave heart and mindset by removing the grudges, pain, hurt, and forgiving others as well as yourself.
I really enjoyed this book and everything contained in it. The reader is always learning something through the stories and examples and never gets lost in the lessons. Jack’s great writing ability also helps bring everything together in a cohesive story where nothing is missed and you are left with no confusion or misinterpretation of the lesson. Jack is straight to the point exposing the root problems in Christian lives and the practical truths that set people free from burdens and help you find the safe harbor amidst the storm.
The book starts off with Jack and 7 other people were on a sea sailing trip into what mariners call the “Sea of Fear”. Disaster strikes and the mast of the 74-foot sailboat almost broke off from the wind. Jack later describes the events and minor details easily overlooked and points out and connects it to a great meaning. There are many of these stories that are told with many details and connected to life lessons. Some of the stories include broken boats, maintenance of fishing boats, fishing, family, golf, Thanksgiving, being a pastor, and in church ministry. Jack takes the small details that aren’t noticed and turns them into huge eye-opening revelations. Jack meticulously differentiates spiritual slaves and sons are and differentiates them from each other with their motives and roots for all of their desires and feelings. He shows where in his life he was either a spiritual slave or son and why. He later gives steps to heal the slave heart and mindset by removing the grudges, pain, hurt, and forgiving others as well as yourself.
I really enjoyed this book and everything contained in it. The reader is always learning something through the stories and examples and never gets lost in the lessons. Jack’s great writing ability also helps bring everything together in a cohesive story where nothing is missed and you are left with no confusion or misinterpretation of the lesson. Jack is straight to the point exposing the root problems in Christian lives and the practical truths that set people free from burdens and help you find the safe harbor amidst the storm.
April 14, 2023
I finished this book yesterday, but it'll be a long time before I finish processing the concepts here.
I know that I am my Father's beloved daughter, and it is the bedrock of my life. But this book opened my eyes to the possibility of a much deeper and more vibrant reality.
I know that I am my Father's beloved daughter, and it is the bedrock of my life. But this book opened my eyes to the possibility of a much deeper and more vibrant reality.
December 29, 2024
This book profoundly unwrapped my mind from an orphan spirit, and gave me so much language and insight into the struggles of the orphan spirit, and the freedom that is available as sons of God.
Loved this book.
Loved this book.
March 10, 2023
One of the next best books I’ve ever read on spiritual growth and maturity. I can’t recommend this enough.
February 24, 2017
This book looks at the issues that face us as Christians when, instead of having a Father/child relationship with God we feel and act like orphans/slaves. It clearly sets out how the pain we've experienced in our lives (often as children) leads us to relate to God as a taskmaster whose favour we have to earn, rather than a Father who loves us. It shows how this orphan spirit impacts our lives and relationships negatively and prevents us from being free to move into the rest and inheritance God our Father has for us. It gives steps to take to move from spiritual slavery to sonship, along with personal stories from the authors' lives.
I found this book very helpful - in fact I'd call it one of the best Christian books I've ever read. I'm excited to put into practice the things I've learned from it
I found this book very helpful - in fact I'd call it one of the best Christian books I've ever read. I'm excited to put into practice the things I've learned from it
September 6, 2014
If you want a book that will shake your heart, well this is it! Every time I crack open a Jack Frost book it's like instant water works. He really dives into heart issues, and you'll feel your heart aching for Daddy God throughout the entire thing. I loved this book--it was my favorite out of my internship I'm a part of at my church. You need to read this one!
December 2, 2014
I loved this book from the beginning. It helped me realize some things I was struggling with that I thought I’d already been freed from. As the book progressed, Frost took it from more of a “these are the symptoms of an orphan spirit” to “this is my own testimony.” I would have rather more practical tips on how to fully adopt a lifestyle of sonship.
December 21, 2022
This book caused me to reflect deeply on whether I have been relating to authority in reverential submission, or for what authority can do for me. It got me to reflect on my relationships with others, whether I'm in an unhealthy codependent, or healthy interdependent relationships with them. As God's daughter, I was also egged to reflect on whether I perform in order to earn His favour and His love. When I relate as a true daughter and not as a slave, I am patient and trusting of what the Father does and how He does it. This attitude and relationship helps me come into my full inheritance, not simply begging what I can gain in the short and immediate term. This book provided me with transformational and applicable perspectives. It's potentially life-changing!
April 20, 2024
The book had some good points but most of them were in the second half of the book. There were a lot of stories of his fishing years and while it was well written the point of the stories I feel was not important enough to spend many pages telling me how to be a captain of a ship. While this book is not supposed to be a learn to be a fishing captain book it did sometimes feel like that. The language used was also a little hard to read. I was not a fan of the chapter that Trisha wrote she made her husband out to be a monster and made him seem like a villain. She used such strong hateful language against her husband it was unsettling. All of this being said the last half of the book did have some good points but I would never personally recommend the book to someone else.
November 19, 2022
Overall, this is an important book to read. The shift in heart and mind from thinking and feeling like an orphan to fully resting in the Father’s love is a game-changer and one that is needed by every believer to find rest and live in mission with Jesus to please the Father.
I would give it a “5” except for two reasons. First, it tends towards prosperity thinking at times, in that part of the measure of fruitfulness is financial abundance. It’s not dominant in the book, but it’s enough to point out.
Second, I didn’t really like all the stories he told. Some of the stories were repetitive and took up oversized portions of the book.
I would give it a “5” except for two reasons. First, it tends towards prosperity thinking at times, in that part of the measure of fruitfulness is financial abundance. It’s not dominant in the book, but it’s enough to point out.
Second, I didn’t really like all the stories he told. Some of the stories were repetitive and took up oversized portions of the book.
July 14, 2017
This book hit me right smack in the middle of my orphan heart from the first chapter. This is a must read for everyone. Many of the struggles we face, especially with relationships, are due to orphan thinking.
Although I saw myself throughout the book and what I saw wasn't pretty, I am so thankful that I was directed to this book. Now, God can bring lasting change into my life and I can have the intimacy with Him that I have longed for, which in turn, will allow my heart to open to intimacy in my human relationships.
Now I will read his first book, Experiencing Fathers Embrace.
Although I saw myself throughout the book and what I saw wasn't pretty, I am so thankful that I was directed to this book. Now, God can bring lasting change into my life and I can have the intimacy with Him that I have longed for, which in turn, will allow my heart to open to intimacy in my human relationships.
Now I will read his first book, Experiencing Fathers Embrace.
June 15, 2024
This is what is holding you back.
This is such a great book.
His own life is a great example of moving from Spiritual slavery to Spiritual Sonship. Just the examples and stories of his life were fascinating.
What I really appreciated about this book is the authors full transparency of how he walked this out in his life. He shared the low’s, the high’s, the hard things, his faults, his victories and didn’t hold anything back. He gives you a real picture of what it takes to die to self and embrace the Father’s love.
This is such a great book.
His own life is a great example of moving from Spiritual slavery to Spiritual Sonship. Just the examples and stories of his life were fascinating.
What I really appreciated about this book is the authors full transparency of how he walked this out in his life. He shared the low’s, the high’s, the hard things, his faults, his victories and didn’t hold anything back. He gives you a real picture of what it takes to die to self and embrace the Father’s love.
July 3, 2017
Learning about the orphan's heart and about true sonship helps bring to awareness about the relationships states and how one with the orphan heart thinks, feels and behaves differently from one who has the sonship heart. It is a really good book with questions for self-reflection and possible action. Highly recommended for those who struggle with parents' issues, poor self-identity and self-worth, and relationship issues.
September 26, 2017
This was a great book! It gave me so much language to what I've been going through in life. I now see how many of my setbacks are because I haven't truly received God's love and feel like I have no home! This book has allowed me to journey through my past and the past of the author's and allow God to heal my perception of past hurts. In addition, day by day I'm learning how to receive God's love and not perform for it!
February 8, 2020
Wow!!!! Incredible read!
A trusted leader recommended this book in her Instagram story and I hastily purchased it. I was in tears the majority of the time I was reading it as it basically outlined my entire life’s experiences walking in rejection and an orphaned spirit. I’ve begun the process of repentance with others that I have dishonored and am more free than ever before. Definitely a must read!
A trusted leader recommended this book in her Instagram story and I hastily purchased it. I was in tears the majority of the time I was reading it as it basically outlined my entire life’s experiences walking in rejection and an orphaned spirit. I’ve begun the process of repentance with others that I have dishonored and am more free than ever before. Definitely a must read!
April 12, 2020
A quick book on the topic of how to grow from being a (Christian) spiritual orphan without a father to realising that God is your Father.
This book challenged me to think about the times when I have acted as an orphan and not supported those in leadership above me, e.g. managers and Pastors, and seek repentance.
Jack Frost also has some fascinating stories in this book. The easy and readable language makes it a quick read.
This book challenged me to think about the times when I have acted as an orphan and not supported those in leadership above me, e.g. managers and Pastors, and seek repentance.
Jack Frost also has some fascinating stories in this book. The easy and readable language makes it a quick read.
August 20, 2018
This book is a life changer for the Christian. All my life I have wondered why other Christians have fallen away or I have struggled in my faith. Not the struggle of faith tested by enemy, but inner struggle. The inner struggle of personal integrity that involves ambition and constantly being denied the promised land.
June 28, 2020
A wonderful and insightful book.
I kept on wondering why it was so hard for me to get into this book and to continue to read it. Some days it seemed like a chore. However, when I finished it I knew it was because the enemy did not want me to step out from being an orphan and through distractions my way. Fight through these distractions and read this book!
I kept on wondering why it was so hard for me to get into this book and to continue to read it. Some days it seemed like a chore. However, when I finished it I knew it was because the enemy did not want me to step out from being an orphan and through distractions my way. Fight through these distractions and read this book!
September 7, 2020
Terrific read. If you feel you are not enough.
From the book "If you (or a church) have an orphan spirit, as I did for a long time, you feel as though you don’t belong. Love, value, honor, and acceptance are foreign concepts to you. You believe you have to act right, dress right, talk right, and do right in order to be loved and accepted; and even then, it still doesn’t happen."
From the book "If you (or a church) have an orphan spirit, as I did for a long time, you feel as though you don’t belong. Love, value, honor, and acceptance are foreign concepts to you. You believe you have to act right, dress right, talk right, and do right in order to be loved and accepted; and even then, it still doesn’t happen."
May 12, 2022
Helpful in understanding my view of incorrect views of God as a Father. Had a harder time connecting with the sailing analogies, probably because I don't love the ocean and have never sailed :D Appreciated the breakthrough he shared and practical ways we can see if we are living as an orphan or a son of God.
October 23, 2018
3/5 Stars.
This book was okay. I did like the message that it sent, but the writing style was very difficult for me to get through. It was also a story that I feel I have read many times before in the Christian Book community.
I recommend this to Adult and up (Christian faith book).
This book was okay. I did like the message that it sent, but the writing style was very difficult for me to get through. It was also a story that I feel I have read many times before in the Christian Book community.
I recommend this to Adult and up (Christian faith book).
November 16, 2018
Such an encouraging read. Mr. Frost uses a very engaging story telling style to teach 8 simple principles by which we approach “sonship” and escape the “orphan” spirit.
I was recommended this book by a friend months ago. I am so glad I finally read this gem!
I was recommended this book by a friend months ago. I am so glad I finally read this gem!
January 4, 2022
Such a blessing. Fantastic read. Jack is open and honest about your identity in Christ not as an orphan but through Sonship. The text deeply challenges the reader to take a introspective look at your own heart and walking in your inheritance.
September 21, 2023
transformational!
I’ve eaten this book - slowly and ruminatively- and it has quite literally changed my life. I’ve seen a reversal in situations that had been immovable in my life as I have applied the principles. So good!
I’ve eaten this book - slowly and ruminatively- and it has quite literally changed my life. I’ve seen a reversal in situations that had been immovable in my life as I have applied the principles. So good!
November 20, 2023
Excellent read
I have been on a journey from living as an orphan to knowing my identity as a beloved son! Jack Frost nailed it with this one! God has used him to leads other on their own journey to sonship!
I have been on a journey from living as an orphan to knowing my identity as a beloved son! Jack Frost nailed it with this one! God has used him to leads other on their own journey to sonship!
January 10, 2024
Compelling and powerful truth about the necessity of inhabiting sonship and displacing an orphan mindset. Even though it took me a long time to read, it was very helpful to dwell on the concepts Frost talks about.
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