Fix Your Eyes: How Our Study of God Shapes Our Worship of Him

by Amy Gannett

We live in a polarized time. Christians are quick to conceive of themselves either as theologically-minded or worship-minded; either thinking Christians or feeling Christians. The results are damaging: theology without worship is muted, stifled, and cold, and worship without theology is ungrounded, unrooted, and uninformed.
 
This is not the way it was meant to be.
 
Theology (our study and knowledge of God) should always lead to doxology (our worship of Him). Worship should always be rooted in theology. When we study the nature and character of God as revealed in his Word, we are invited to respond in the affectionate, obedient discipleship of worship. How can we keep our theology from being mere head knowledge? How do we give our worship roots that will last? By fixing our eyes on God Himself—the object of our study and the object of our worship.
 
Fix Your Eyes​ is an invitation to understand core doctrines of the Christian faith and apply them in our daily worship of God. It walks believers through key theological concepts and shows how each can be lived out in daily life.
 

Genres: Christian, Theology, Faith, Christian Living, Nonfiction, Christian Non Fiction, Christianity

240 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2021

About the author

Amy Gannett (M.Div, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary) is a speaker, writer, and
Bible teacher. She is the author of several exegetical Bible studies, and her teaching and writing has been featured on Christian outlets like Well-Watered Women, The Gospel Coalition, JourneyWomen, Risen Motherhood, and Christ and Pop Culture.
She is also the founder of Tiny Theologians, which offers training tools for parents and children’s ministries, equipping them to pass on the Christian faith to the next generation. You can find her online at amygannett.com, and on social media at @amycategannett and @tinytheologians.

Reviews

[Austin Gannett · Rating 5 out of 5]

*NOTE: I am the thankful and proud husband who is married to the author of this wonderful book...and I received an advance copy.*

The best theology (study of God) always results in doxology (worship of God) is what Amy and I used to always say when we studied together in Goddard Library among the books of theological giants that came before us, or when we were debating theological topics at a small, local coffee shop in Gloucester, MA. So, it was a wonderful experience to enjoy the fruition of these ideas that have been mulling over in her mind and heart over the past 8 years of our marriage.

I still remember 4 years ago, when she came running into the room, with a scribbled on legal pad with the idea for this book and it's title. She had all of the chapters roughly planned out, the overall goal of getting everyone to see that they are a theologian, and what that meant: not getting overly academic and heady, not browbeating people into correctness, but inspiring them to worship - to see how the One we love (the Triune God) is connected to how we love (Adoration/Praise).

Reading this book was such a joy: it accomplished what it set out to do - connect our study of God to our worship of him. It was clear and compelling. Theologically rich without being dense. Relatable without being watered-down. Precise without being joyless. And, most of all worshipful. She is a gifted writer and a particularly gifted storyteller as well (l laughed out loud even though I knew most the stories and illustrations). But, probably the best compliment I could give it is that several times while reading, I set the book down just in awe of who our God is and what he has done, and I let the joy of it all wash over me.

In all honestly, it's hard to write a review of a book that you loved, written by someone you love even more, about a subject you love most. "Through the eyes of love," as the saying goes. But, it's only our modern culture that buys the myth of the unbiased/neutral observer. I hope it's precisely my love for her, and the God she writes about, that makes my review all the more meaningful; because, day in and day out, I get to watch her as the best wife, the best mom, the best friend, the best church planter, the best theologian, and the best picture of the gospel I know, live and breath the things she has written in this book.

Ultimately, I hope it encourages others to dive deeper into their ongoing study, love for, and worship of God: "Rehearse and enjoy".

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the most approachable and helpful book on the foundations of Christian theology and doxology I’ve read so far. Gannett explains the core doctrines of Christianity from a Biblical perspective as well as how they are made tangible in the lives of everyday Christians. My favorite chapters were on soteriology (the study of salvation) and pneumatology (the study of the Holy Spirit), because I found they clarified some of the questions I personally have around those topics.

This is one of the rare times I wish I had someone to discuss a book with, because there’s just so much here to think about and digest. I’ll definitely reread sections of this in the future when I need encouragement in my own life as an everyday theologian!

[Nan Blair · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book! I follow Amy on Instagram and she talks through Scripture in such a digestible way. This book, like it’s subtitle suggests, dives into how our theology shapes our worship of God. I learned a lot from the bibliology and eschatology chapters.

[emily spilman · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved this read! i thought it was detailed & comprehensive without belaboring any major points. there were a lot of theological concepts that she explained in a new (to me) way that i found helpful. the overall theme of how are theological studies help us worship god more was very clear in each chapter. i fairly recently read “every woman a theologian” by phylicia masonheimer & i honestly liked this one better & i think some of that has to do with the writing style since theyre very similar books. i really like amy gannett as a person & i really like her writing style — it felt informative & academic without being belitting.

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

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Did you know that YOU are a theologian? Fix Your Eyes by Amy Gannett begins with this declaration. We are all theologians because we all believe something about God. And what we believe about God matters deeply because it affects the way we live our day-to-day lives. With this in mind, Amy Gannett walks the reader through core doctrines of the Christian faith, including the Incarnation, Ecclesiology (the church), and Eschatology (end times). If those theological terms intimidate you, have no fear! The author writes with love and grace that bring theory and application together beautifully. If you’ve “been there, done that” with theological education, I encourage you to read this anyway. This book reminds us that right doctrine begets right worship—put another way, when we consider what the Scriptures tell us about God, our affections for him are stirred and we are driven to worship.
A fantastic book. Definitely going to be one of my favorites of the year.
Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the advanced review copy!

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

First sentence: “You are a theologian,” he spoke calmly into the silent classroom. Something about the thin, round glasses hanging on the end of the professor’s nose and the bow tie neatly tucked beneath his white collar made him feel all the more believable, and made my eyes widen in surprise. “You already are a theologian,” he continued to insist, “. . . but are you a good one?”

I loved, loved, loved the premise of this one. Our worship is shaped by our view of God--our beliefs about God. To worship truly--genuinely, heart-soul-mind-body--we need to know God truly. And to know God truly, we must seek Him as He is. We must read the book He authored. Not just know in a head-knowledge sense. But KNOW in a loving, saving, trusting relationship. What we believe about God matters precisely because it relates to how we worship and glorify God. To clarify, this book isn't about a checklist of right beliefs, a practical guide to getting everything right giving you permission to be smug. No, this book is about the whole of Christian experience--heart, mind, body, soul. We are to love God with everything we are and everything we have. He is to be the center of our focus. HIM. Not his gifts. Not his blessings. Not his works. But HIM. Our seeking is to be a life-long seeking. Our knowledge should lead to MORE thanksgiving, MORE praise, MORE delight and adoration, MORE worship.

She writes, "The whole of the Christian life is worship of God. To be a Christian is to put a stake in the ground in terms of our highest affections, letting the God of the Bible lay claim on our hearts and lives in such a way that everything we are and everything we do wraps around our worship of him. Worship is what happens when what we love shapes us—when we submit our character, choices, wills, and ways to God out of love and reverence for him. Worship is love for God that seeks to obey, honor, praise, and adore him; it is setting the eyes of our hearts on him in love and responsively lifting our faces toward him in awe and affection."

The book is an overview of the basics, a brief overview of theology as a whole.
Introduction: The Necessary Marriage of Theology and Worship
Chapter 1: Theology Proper: Worshiping the God Who Is
Chapter 2: The Trinity: Worshiping God Triune
Chapter 3: Christology: Worshiping God Incarnate
Chapter 4: Pneumatalogy: Worshiping God the Spirit
Chapter 5: Soteriology: Worshiping the God Who Saves
Chapter 6: Bibliology: Worshiping the God of the Word
Chapter 7: Ecclesiology: Worshiping the God of His Body
Chapter 8: Eschatology: Worshiping the Coming King
I found it a thought-provoking read.

I'll leave you with this as food for thought:

Imagine with me a woman is single and craves all the benefits of having a husband. Living alone, she is reminded every time she changes a high-perched light bulb or carries groceries up three flights of steps to her apartment that the ample help her married friends enjoy is absent in her life. She files her taxes in April and wishes for the tax break a spouse would afford her. She budgets her income each month with a distant desire for someone else to add to the monthly bank account as well. And so she does something that seems altogether reasonable: she marries. She meets and marries a man who will provide to her all the things she longs for. He will help around the house, he will supplement the income, he will walk the dog when it’s raining and start her car when it’s cold. He’ll take three of six grocery bags up the apartment complex stairs and his very status in her life will save her a few dollars the next time April rolls around. It’s everything she wanted—except him. She doesn’t want him or love him. There is nothing about who he is in his person that is desirable to her. His work is what interested her. His person she could take or leave. Here’s the question in front of us in this chapter: Is that marriage? Is that a holy union? But sometimes the way we talk about the gospel is just as disjointed as our hypothetical woman’s faux marriage.

[Ashley Hoss · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book Overview:
Amy starts Fix Your Eyes (FYE) by pointing to the fact that (as RC Sproul has also famously done) everyone is a theologian. This sets up the rest of the book to show how proper theology should lead to doxology. As most of you would know by being part of this group, theology is the study of God (theos being the Greek word for “God” and ology being the Greek word for “the study of”) and doxology is an expression of worship (doxa is the Greek word for “glory” and logia is the Greek word for “written or oral expression”). So explaining this further, having a proper understanding of who God is prompts us to worship God more fully and faithfully. Amy says this on page 14 as:

When knowledge of God and worship of him work together as God designed, we will be Christians who know God and who love him; who learn about him and respond to what we’re learning in worship; who do the hard work of studying the scriptures that we might understand God as he revealed himself and fall on our knees in surrender and affection before the God of the Bible. When we make the study of God and the worship of him non-negotiables, we have the chance to become the kind of Christians who know and love God with our whole selves.

But in order to do this, we have to know who God is, so Amy turns and spends the next three chapters talking about who God is, Christology, and Pneumatology (the study of the Holy Spirit, pneuma being the Greek word for “spirit”). When looking at who God is, we have to start with looking at his communicable attributes (the qualities of God that we also take a share in by being made in his image) and his incommunicable attributes (the qualities of God that he has and no one else has). Amy explains these attributes as, “In short, you could say the communicable attributes connect us to God, while the incommunicable attributes set him apart from us, drawing the line between creature and creator” on page 25. From there, Amy gives one of the most robust, yet simple explanations of who God is that I’ve ever read, despite the limitations of human reason to be able to explain it. A great example of this is found on page 28:

To say that God is infinite is to say that God is beyond our greatest thoughts of him, he is higher and longer and wider and deeper than we can conceive - and to ever speak in such measurable terms gives us away.

One of the downfalls we tend to do culturally is elevating some attributes of God over others depending on what is convenient at the given moment. Amy is able to avoid that by tying them all together through his sovereignty on page 34:

But God's sovereignty, like all of his other attributes, is tied into one another. They are all perfectly who God is, which is why God’s authority in creation is what leads him to sacrifice of the cross, the power of the resurrection, and the rule in the new creation. God wields his sovereignty in ways that are congruent with all his other attributes. He rules, yes with goodness. He reigns, indeed, with mercy. He governs, yes, with justice. He’s an uncorrupted King with a kind hand, wisely directing all that goes on in the universe.

God is all of these things and so much more. And God holding these attributes shows us our own higher calling. As Amy says on page 36:

God’s holiness tells us something about where we get our human standards of morality and perfection, God sets that standard. But God’s goodness takes it a step further - God is not only the standard of moral purity, but he is benevolent in all that he does. From top to bottom, God is good. He is a fountain of generosity (James 1:5, John 3:16) and one in whom there is only light and not a spot of darkness (1 John 1:5), and he invites us, by the power of his Spirit, to live the same way.

While God is holy and just, his “mercy is his active compassion toward us” (page 40) and he shows that compassion by taking on the punishment for our sins. Through this, we look towards the incarnation. Jesus as fully God had all of God’s attributes perfectly, yet he lived among us and had a very human (yet sinless) experience through life. As written in Hebrews 4:15, “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.” While Amy doesn’t cite this verse, I think it fits nicely with what she’s written about Jesus and how the incarnation enables us to have a well formed theology of suffering on pages 83-87.

Something I especially appreciate about FYE is that Amy doesn’t downplay the importance of the Holy Spirit or treat pneumatology as a topic to gloss past until we get to the “real stuff.” She naturally starts her look at the Holy Spirit in Genesis 1:2, pointing to the “Spirit of God hovering over the waters,” but she doesn’t stop there. Amy points to several parts of the Old Testament where you can clearly see the Holy Spirit being active in the lives of God’s people, as God is calling them (and us) to be people of the presence (a reference to Exodus 33:12-17), being marked by the presence of God’s Spirit.

By far, my favorite chapter was on soteriology (kind of a duh, for those that know me and have been reading my Guides the last 2 years). The thing that makes FYE unique in how it handles soteriology is that she centers the entirety of it around our union with Christ. On page 121, she makes the distinction that “salvation isn’t a gift that [Jesus] worked hard to earn only to hand it off to you and me as we place our faith in him; he is the gift.” Then she explains more in depth on page 122:

Like the center of a wagon wheel, the doctrine of union with Christ is what supports every other doctrine that encircles it. Justification is the result of our being united to the Justified One; adoption is the result of our being united to the Son of God; our sanctification is the result of being united to the Holy One. All of the gospel, the entire message of salvation, find their source and substance in this eternal doctrine of union with Christ.

This is only obtained by grace through faith. Though, Amy is intentional to note on page 127 that “what is essential is not the quality of our faith, but the reliability of the one in whom our faith is put.” As Jesus himself says in Matthew 17:20 that faith as little as a mustard seed could move mountains.

A natural implication of the doctrine of our union with Christ is that through our union with Christ, we are also brought to union with one another. On page 177, Amy explains it as:

God saves sinners and immediately includes them in the congregation of the saved. This is why historic theologians were right when they insisted that there is no salvation apart from the church. What they were not saying is that individuals in the church are the ones handing out salvation; what they did mean is that there is no way for someone to be saved without becoming a part of God’s people, the church. Put another way, there’s no way to be united to the Son without being united to everyone else who is united to him - meaning his people.

Among the historic theologians that held this view was Cyprian of Carthage, who said, “You cannot have God as your Father unless you have the church for your Mother.” The church is vitally important to our spiritual lives because God designed us to live communally amongst people who encourage us to pursue him. Many of the practices that are beneficial for Christian life are best experienced in the context of community.

The last chapter of FYE discusses eschatology and I honestly wish I could just copy and paste the whole chapter here for you guys because it is just so rich, but I’ll leave you with a couple of quotes. The first plays well with the theological implications of our union with Christ and is found on page 206:

This is the culmination of our union with Christ. Those who are in Christ in this world will be found in Christ in his holy city. This is why it’s called the “consummation” of all things: because the union we have with Christ in salvation now will take its fullest form as we savor our richest intimacy and inseparable oneness with him.

As we look to the consummation, we can enjoy our union with Christ and with each other through the ordinary joys of the Word, Sacraments, and corporate worship. As Amy notes on page 218:

If the Marriage Supper of the Lamb is what awaits us, then you could say that we are enjoying the rehearsal dinner of that wedding feast each time we set the table for our family and our community.

Conclusions & Rating:
Fix Your Eyes was exceptionally encouraging. Amy shows a healthy view of law and gospel while pointing the reader towards godliness. The way she describes God and points to his attributes truly prompts you to worship, adoration, and appreciation. This book is a great read for new believers and mature believers alike. I’d say the reading level is probably fit for readers 16 and older. You do not have to be a woman to appreciate this book at all. It would also be great for a small group study and there’s a free discussion guide for that on Amy’s website. All in all, I truly loved reading FYE and happily give it 5 stars out of 5.

[Martha · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is approachable for someone new to the Christian faith while also being relevant to the seasoned believer. It is conversational and easy to read, but still theologically deep and written in a relevant writing style. Fix Your Eyes would be the perfect read for someone new to systematic theology, new believers, young adults, or someone who simply wants a good theological refresher that doesn’t require a 212% “zoned in” mindset.

While the book is full of truth, it did sometimes seem to be a bit formulaic; each chapter followed the same pattern of personal life anecdote, theological truth, more anecdotal tie-ins, wrap up. It wasn’t bad, just a little boring to read at times as it was so predictable. I also have limited reading time and want to get to the “meat” quickly, so the frequent anecdotes often seemed fluffy to me.

Additionally, the book overall leaned more on the lighter read/conversational and informal style than I personally prefer in theological books. The author’s words were not heretical by any means and were definitely Biblically-based, just included more anecdotes and personal language (e.g., describing God as “chatty” in the bibliology chapter) than is my personal preference.

On the whole however, I’m glad I read this book. It was a good refresher of the systematic theology that I know but have never officially studied as such. The author's words caused me to think about some things, such as soteriology, in new ways, such as the mind boggling nature of Christ IN us and not merely handing us salvation as a trophy prize.

If you buy this book and find it’s not your style, do stick it out to the end. The last chapter (eschatology) was my favorite and so encouraging as we continue in our current political, social, and world climates.

*Disclaimer: I received a digital advance copy of this book as a member of the book launch team.*

[Todd Holloway · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed this practical yet detailed approach to theology. Loved the illustrations and I especially loved the chapter on the Church and how it should be treated. All around great book.

[Rocio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fix Your Eyes by Amy Gannett is the book I didn’t know I needed. I picked it up with fairly low expectations, assuming it would be a basic overview of Christian doctrines—helpful for a new believer, maybe, but not much more. I was wrong.

Yes, the book walks through the foundational truths of the faith—doctrines like bibliology, pneumatology, ecclesiology, and eschatology—but Gannett presents them with a clarity and warmth that feels both accessible and deeply refreshing. These weren’t just theological bullet points; they were reminders my soul needed. In many ways, it was like being reintroduced to things I thought I already knew, and walking away with renewed awe.

Amy’s writing shines with pastoral care and theological depth. She weaves in personal stories in just the right amount—not too much, but enough to connect theology to lived experience. Her tone is gentle yet truth-filled, and she never sacrifices depth for simplicity.

My favorite chapters—pneumatology, bibliology, ecclesiology, and eschatology—left me wishing she had written even more. I wanted her to go on and on. They were rich, thoughtful, and surprisingly moving.

This is a book I’ll be keeping on my shelf and recommending often. Whether you’re new to the faith or think you’ve “heard it all before,” Fix Your Eyes is a needed and nourishing read.

[Ashlyn Wheeler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall, good book!! A good overview of theology & who God is — sometimes the dogmatic way she’s say something would cause me to need to do some digging in scripture but am grateful for it! Thought it was helpful and a great slow discussion read!

[Lizzy Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

really excellent theology primer for anyone seeking to learn the basics in a really approachable format! love how it’s all under the umbrella as theology being a path to worship and not a pathway to having a big head 😗

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fix Your Eyes: How Our Study of God Shapes Our Worship of Him by Amy Gannett

Theology. It can be hard to understand, but we all have one. We are all theologians without even realizing it. That is what this is about.

But this is a different kind of theology book. If you have ever read a big 1000+ page book explaining theology, you know how dry and confusing they can be. There are definitely passages of Scripture that are hard to understand, but then there are theologians who are even harder.

That isn't the case with "Fix Your Eyes." This book is more concise and understandable. It doesn't read like a textbook. There are examples and language that is easier to relate to than a traditional theology book. Amy writes in a way that makes things clearer. We can never truly understand God, but this book definitely defines things in a way that the "layperson" can understand.

The chapter on the Trinity is incredible. We don't completely understand the Trinity, so Amy attempts to define what God is not and how if we didn't have a Triune God, he wouldn't be able to Love, Create, Have Community and so on.

This book would be an amazing resource for the new Christian, a discipleship relationship, or if you just don't have the time or brain power to read a huge theology book.

You could read this chapter by chapter or go to a specific topic you want to learn about. The chapters are pretty long (there are only 8) but so worth it!

[Morgan Elliott · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Rehearse and enjoy. Everything is ready. The wedding will be here before you know it.”

[Mimi Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a very beautiful read, and it encouraged me with strong biblical truths, which were illustrated in helpful and clear ways. Nothing earth-shattering, just good clear theology. I loved it

[Carrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid explanations for the basics of faith.
Will probably use as a reference point or a recommendation when discussing basic vocab and ideas with others.

[Amber Thiessen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hopping off the boat onto a wobbling dock, my son shouts, "Hey mom, look!" He points to a bird in flight. We watch as it perches atop a nearby tree. We talk about what kind of bird we each think it could be, but in order to figure that out, we need to examine it for awhile. So, while the others carry off the towels, we sit down together gazing into the trees, studying this new-to-us bird.

Intently watching this bird helped us get a good picture of its qualities, but only until we could compare our findings with our reference book could we really know with some certainty. The bird book shows us what to look for, the shape and colour of the beak, the colour and pattern of the feathers, the size and wingspan, the differences in the silhouette as it flies or hovers; there are so many aspects to consider, as novice bird watchers, we're only beginning to discover.

Our study of God and his ways also has a reference book. As we read his holy scriptures, we're growing our knowledge of him, our theology.

In this upcoming book, Fix Your Eyes: How Our Study of God Shapes Our Worship of Him by Amy Gannett, she writes to help us understand how our theology (our study and knowledge of God) leads us to doxology (our worship of him).

In each of the 8 chapters she walks us a doctrinal topic, such as Christology (the study of Christ), soteriology (the doctrine of salvation), and bibliology (the doctrine of scripture), to engage what we know about God and how this knowledge propels us toward worship as we daily fix our eyes on him.

This book would be a basic introduction to theology. If that's an intimidating topic for you, just remember it's about what we know and believe about God. The jargon can be technical, but some of it, hopefully much of it, will be familiar, just framed in an organized way by topic. I think she does a great job of making these concepts understandable to the average reader. I also appreciate how she centres around the theme of the gospel.

If you're struggling to worship, with your feelings about God, maybe it's time to grow your familiarity with his character. Maybe you're ready to go a little deeper and brave the theological terminology. This book is a great place to start that journey.

Quick Stats
# of pages: 224
Level of Difficulty: Moderate-for theological concepts
My Rating: 4 stars!

*A big thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.

[Tristany Corgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Theology is very important to me. I spent five years at a Christian college studying theology. I read about theology in my free time. I write about theology for the blog. I post about theology on social media. I follow theologians on Twitter and Instagram. When I moved a couple years ago and was looking for a new church, the church’s theology was one of the most important things for me to consider, and I love it when pastors teach about deep theological concepts on Sunday mornings.

I enjoy theology, and it’s something that comes natural to me. However, something that is not quite so natural for me is worship. I’m a fairly analytical, non-emotional person. I don’t typically listen to a lot of Christian worship songs, but whenever I do, I don’t often raise my hands or tear up as I listen to impactful lyrics. While I enjoy a more contemporary worship service, my number one goal was not to find a church with all the lights and fog machines and an environment that evokes emotion. None of these things are necessarily bad. I’m just more of a “thinking” person rather than a “feeling” person.

Yet, focusing solely on theology and neglecting worship can lead to pride and hypocrisy and needing to always be right. On the other hand, focusing solely on worship and neglecting theology can lead to ignorance and shallow faith and being deceived by false teachings. Theology and worship are equally important, and this is what Amy Gannett emphasizes in her new book, Fix Your Eyes..."

Continue reading my review at https://tristanycorgan.com/blog-fixyo... .

[Lindsay Tucker Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent introduction to theology for women. Set up like a systematic theology, each chapter covers a specific topic: the Trinity, Christology, ecclesiology, etc. Amy Gannett covers what Scripture says about each area of the Christian life and then applies it to how we live it out. Overall, she shows that our orthodoxy must lead to orthopraxy, that our theology must lead to doxology. Great for anyone interested in learning more about different theological topics and how to practically apply them rather than just accumulate head knowledge.

[Madysen Kumpula · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book!! It was rich, yet palatable. Gannett paints a beautiful picture of how our study of God shapes how we worship Him and does it in such a way that is accessible to a wide range of readers. At the very end of the book, she discusses the Feast of the Lamb, the day where we will be forever (and finally) united with Christ and how we should be eagerly anticipating this union. She closes with the idea of enjoyment; enjoyment of where God has placed us now because the wedding is coming… and sooner than we think!

[Taylor Lent · Rating 4 out of 5]

DNF - bc it was due back at the library — BUT still rating because I was close to the end and LOVED it! Amy Gannett is the creator behind Tiny Theologians and is passionate about every woman being a theologian. I feel like I learned a lot from her book and is definitely a book I would purchase. My only complaint is the chapters are long - So it was hard for me to pick up steam. Each chapter could stand alone, topics covered include, the Trinity, the Bible, Holy Spirit, etc. Hope to pick this book up again in the future.

[Haley Debnam · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the works of C.S. Lewis because he speaks to the common man. He speaks to you as a friend. So, you can imagine how pleased I was to read this book written by a sweet friend.

Amy did a fantastic job making theology consumable to all, to the common man. It was a joy to be challenged by her book and to see her call to attention the parts of God’s word we easily take for granted.

5/5 my friend.

[Harmony · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book, and read it slowly. There was so much to take in, but Amy does an excellent job of breaking down theological elements into a way that the ordinary non-seminary student can understand. My biggest takeaway is the fact that we are rehearsing now, here on Earth, through hospitality, community, and involvement in the local church, for the wedding feast in the new heaven. That imagery will stick with me.

[Hunter Beless · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amy Gannett communicates deep, theological truths in a way that almost anyone can understand. Fix Your Eyes helped me see the beauty of the triune God and encouraged me to seek to know and love Him more. This book deserves a place on every aspiring theologian’s bookshelf!

[Tara-Lee Oostenbrug · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book. I had to really set aside time to read it chapter by chapter and let it sink in. I loved how at the beginning she said we are all theologians, we all believe something about God, we all have theology!

[Blair Beaulieu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nearly a year in the making to finish this one but worth every minute! I loved the simplicity of its format but also its ability to dive in deeper theology! Highly recommend for a beginning theologian!!

[Caleigh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Genuinely my favorite book I’ve ever read

[Madison · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so well written, somehow giving an overarching but detailed description of core doctrines of the Christian faith. Being scripturally based, it taught about the trinity, the saving nature of God, his Word, the church, and the coming Kingdom. It changed the way I think of the Triune God, especially the Holy Spirit. And now theology is actually interesting to me because I can see how it shapes the way I worship. I could not recommend it more.

[Allyson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource rooted deeply in scripture

[Kathryn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this in a book club- it feels watered down and repetitive to appeal to lots of different theological backgrounds. As a result, I think it’s not that helpful to any of them