The Struggle to Be Free: My Story and Your Story-Revisied Edition

by Wayne E. Oates

In The Struggle To Be Free, Dr. Wayne Oates reflects on his struggle to be free to decide his own destiny; to choose his own direction; to express his own thoughts; to work in his own way; and to put into action what he perceived as God’s destiny for him. At the same time, he leads readers to understand the spiritual dimensions of their own lives so that they might set themselves free from poverty, feelings of inferiority, regimentation, loneliness, helplessness, and compulsive work.

237 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1983

Reviews

[Diane · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this book, I really did, but I struggled to get thru it. I loved the premise and the chapter titles. The part that made it so difficult to read was was the overuse of the words I, me and my and the endless lists of names. The only reason I finished it was because it was a selection for the book club I attend at my church.

[Anita Tally · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this years ago, and I loved it. On re-reading it later in life, I am finding some of the author's "recovery" from his childhood of poverty and affliction to be a little too thorough and too instantaneous. Perhaps that life has taught me that such problems early in life can haunt us into adulthood, regardless of the help we find along the journey.

[Bob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shows us how we are all captive in different ways -- and that when we break free it takes a tremendous effort.