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Own Your Faith: The Adventure of Following Christ in College
You’re ready for college―but are you prepared for life?
Part of leaving childhood behind is sorting through the things you’ve accumulated over the first eighteen years of your life and deciding what to keep and what to throw out. The same thing is true for making choices about your relationship with God. How can you learn to think for yourself and make your faith your own―not the faith of your parents, youth leaders, or pastor? This insightful yet humorous guide will lead you through the process of grappling with and living out your convictions in a postmodern world. The “faith of your fathers” will become a “faith of your own” through four key Find out whose Jesus you have, and make your faith your own.
Part of leaving childhood behind is sorting through the things you’ve accumulated over the first eighteen years of your life and deciding what to keep and what to throw out. The same thing is true for making choices about your relationship with God. How can you learn to think for yourself and make your faith your own―not the faith of your parents, youth leaders, or pastor? This insightful yet humorous guide will lead you through the process of grappling with and living out your convictions in a postmodern world. The “faith of your fathers” will become a “faith of your own” through four key Find out whose Jesus you have, and make your faith your own.
172 pages, Paperback
First published February 20, 2007
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April 11, 2012
My expectations of this book weren't fulfilled, as they were incorrect. I was expecting a book based on how to stand firm in your faith when you're young, off at your own at college. A tool for standing firm against a world designed to contradict the basis of your belief. This wasn't that book.
Instead, it was about finding out what your faith is and who you really are, when you're taken away from those who had kept you on track before. It was about questioning what the Bible really meant, what we're really supposed to do and be. It also expanded on why we need to read the Bible - what it does for us. It talks about some methods such as finding the right church , hanging out with the right people and realising that there is going to be persecution.
The writing was optimistic and guided towards the young, yet the general truths it spoke about could apply to any person regardless of age. However, while there was nothing wrong ... I felt like it was lacking meat and some of it just felt too light. Most of the Bible references were The Message & NLT versions. There were also some things I disagreed with regarding doctrine and interpretation.
Overall, it can be beneficial to a person, but I don't think that it is the best book on the topic. Its benefit might also depend on where you are in your own walk with God. It's a baby Christian/going back to your faith/now starting to get series about it book.
Instead, it was about finding out what your faith is and who you really are, when you're taken away from those who had kept you on track before. It was about questioning what the Bible really meant, what we're really supposed to do and be. It also expanded on why we need to read the Bible - what it does for us. It talks about some methods such as finding the right church , hanging out with the right people and realising that there is going to be persecution.
The writing was optimistic and guided towards the young, yet the general truths it spoke about could apply to any person regardless of age. However, while there was nothing wrong ... I felt like it was lacking meat and some of it just felt too light. Most of the Bible references were The Message & NLT versions. There were also some things I disagreed with regarding doctrine and interpretation.
Overall, it can be beneficial to a person, but I don't think that it is the best book on the topic. Its benefit might also depend on where you are in your own walk with God. It's a baby Christian/going back to your faith/now starting to get series about it book.
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