What Every Christian Ought to Know: Essential Truths for Growing Your Faith

by Adrian Rogers

Just as plants need certain essentials to grow—light, water, and fertile soil—so do new Christians—babes in the faith. Without these essentials—the basic truths of the faith—they will never establish strong roots or bear fruit.Adrian Rogers has written a book designed to give new believers the nurture and care their faith needs to blossom and grow. What Every Christian Ought to Know seeks to give intellectual truth, and also to provide the “spiritual nutrients” required to produce mature faith.

Genres: Christian, Christianity, Theology, Discipleship, Religion, Nonfiction

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 30, 2005

Reviews

[Xime Ruiz · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐️/5

[Cherish · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great informative book on the Christian life. I was afraid I would know alot of what the author had to say, but I had many thought provoking discussions and found myself digging into the bible to find more of what the author was saying. I would recommend this to anyone, new or seasoned Christians.

[Joanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

What Every Christian Ought to Know
I enjoy listening to the Love Worth Finding podcast often. Adrian Roger's style of preaching is accessible to many, and frankly, reminds me of my own pastor in some ways.
I think this book is good for both old and new Christians alike. Some of the things you can read as a new Christian and then years later read it again and finally understand. That's how the Christian life is, and it's awesome. There's always the opportunity to learn more of the nature of God and how to abide in Christ more fully.
The reason I didn't rate it very highly is that there were a lot of different Bible versions used and I think that really muddies up the waters, especially with this book, as it's more of a discipleship book.
3.5/5 stars
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[Aaron Alvarez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este libro fue una de las primeras lecturas serias que tuve del cristianismo. Seguía al pastor por sus programas de radio "el amor que vale" que cuando vi este libro en la librería no dude en comprarlo. Es un libro sencillo, entendible, que recomiendo a todo el que este buscando una manera de entender el cristianismo. Gracias a Dios por la vida del hermano Adrian Rogers. Su sabiduría nos ayudó a entender la Palabra de Dios.

[Raina Proske · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointed from the beginning because its typos on almost every page, I tried to get around them and found, initially, some truly good insights. Rogers' idea of educating the ordinary believing reader fell far too short far too many times, especially when on page 52, he emphasized, "The church is a building. And Jesus Christ is its foundation." I sure hope this was another typo!

Another error that persists throughout the book is that sometimes, Rogers seems to write that we initiate salvation by believing, while at other times, he says that G-d is the Author of true faith. He needed, too, to make a difference between faith and misplaced trust: that faith is G-d's gift, but many rely upon, and are led astray by, misplaced trust.

Along that line, he seems confused about sin: are we continuing to live in sin or are we being continually freed from it?

I would certainly not recommend this book for new or immature believers, but mature believers could benefit from it, because it has some great insights. I have marked many pages in my book with such words as "Excellent!" and "Good!" Please only read this "Day By Day" book, if you are a mature believer and are not what one of the leaders at my shul calls a "Gerber believer": one who just swallows whatever is fed to you. Be a Berean!

Finally, this is a real puzzler: page 378. Rogers writes: there may be mysteries and other things you don't understand, like the third toe on the left foot of a beast in Revelation...." What? Do I have a big hole in my bible-reading, or does Revelation really mention a "third toe on the left foot of a beast"?

[Danielle W · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book. Easy to read. Rogers uses a lot of bible quotes to support what he is explaining. I only had one issue - he falsely accused pigs of wishing to be dirty. Guess he needed some more research there ;)

[Kevin Driskill · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing book of instruction, encouragement and apologetics. This will answer many questions and gives clear examples and illustrations. Memorable and relevant. A must read for new Christians.

[Stacey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has basic fundamentals of the Christian walk and is full of useful information. Adrian Rogers is a wonderful teacher and explains things very clearly.

[Gabriel Guess · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for Christians to read, it explains plainly why we believe what we believe it gives the address

[Enrique Gonzalez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent! This answered many of my questions in a clear and presice way that I could easily understand.

[Casi Willis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very clear, to the point, and accurate. Great examples. Great for any age. Love his style of communicating.

[Allen Ferrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book

[Hector Emilio Gonzalez Torres · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este libro presenta una base sólida para las personas que están creciendo en la fe. Es un excelente punto de inicio para aquellos que acaban de llegar a los pies de Cristo.