I don’t know. Maybe it’s just me and my voracious hunger for facts. Maybe it has been my lifelong tussle with Christianity and the various religiousness(is that a word, i don’t know, but the best i could come up with) that has tried to taint it. Maybe this got to my hands at the right time.
But i couldn’t recommend a book more, right now, than this one. I feel every Christian should read this book. I get it was written for men, as leaders of families/children. Designed for Dad to pass it on, but man, i wish i had this book when i was 15/16 and going ‘through the motions’, as they say. I’m giving it to my wife to read to get her take on it. To answer the “Maybe it’s a dude thing” question. But I’ll read it out loud to her if that is what it takes.
I’m buying copies to pass on.
I haven’t stopped talking about it since i started reading it.
I’ve already flipped back and forth numerous times making sure I’m soaking it all in.
This book is a pile of juvenile dogshit clearly written to support a Christian, Men's Rights based MLM. It comes complete with urges to start your own tribe, or go to your own "patch" classes, all which are expensive (to the tune of 300 bucks) and encouraged to expand. Again, MLM. The "answers" provided here are, in some cases, a paragraph long at most, simply saying things like "this is self defeating and Christianity is the truth." Real dregs level stuff, but again, clearly pumped out more as cheap promotional material than actual book about faith and growth. I would say everyone should avoid, but the sad reality is that most people that read this will have already bought in to the grift so hard they have no choice but to agree.
Would give zero stars if I could, but felt at least 1 would appear and thus I would feel like I have a moderately clear conscience for having spent time reading this to try and warn others. As an aside, I submitted another review as this book is listed twice. Reader beware.
I think there are some really good things in this book but at times it oversimifies certain biblical truths. The answer to many questions at the beginning of the book are simply, "that doesn't matter concerning faith in Jesus". Also, the author self admits at the beginning that he has taken many concepts from other authors. It is very obvious that this book is an attempt to simplify some deeper more complicated and more complete apologetics books.
This book is a good quick read to get started but I'd implore you to go deeper into this subject with authors like Sean McDowell.
I love how Goose takes a practical approach to making apologetics easy for any follower of Jesus of Nazareth to comprehend. Understanding why we believe what we believe as Christians is for ALL believers, and not just for seminary students. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to develop the necessary skills to carry out Gospel conversations in all situations.