I barely got through reading this book. Normally, I'm a really fast reader and can bust through a book, but this book felt really dry and boring to me. There seemed to be a lot of repetition and the ideas weren't laid out in a nice neat order.
The material itself was quite enlightening and I feel like it was worth the read, but I wish so much someone would just sum this book up in a 2 page book report, rather than my having to spend days reading a dry book.
This book is about four different Christian worldviews: Life from God, life over God, live under God and life for God. Jethani explains each view in detail, dedicating a chapter and more to each of these worldviews. You end up seeing how you probably have a little bid of each of these worldviews in your life now or at least held these views previously. You can also see these views in all your family and friends and in other Christians. Jethani explains why none of these views is the view God wants us to hold. God wants us to life with God, not from him, for him, under him, or over him. If we can life life with God, this is where we will find Christian happiness and connect with God. It's the same idea that John Piper says "Make God himself your treasure" not the things you can get from God. Jethani explains how the 4 views are all ways of using God and getting things from God. But we are all guilty of using God. Using him to get to heaven, get blessings, etc. So this is a great book to give us understanding of ourselves so we can change our views and make sure not to use God but to love God for God Himself and enjoy life with God. I loved this idea that you get from the book. The knowledge part of the book was fantastic.
Unfortunately the writing wasn't so good. The author would touch on one four views, then move on to another, then come back to the first. He skipped all over and just his writing style is so boring. Maybe if this book was a short sermon or pamphlet, it would have been successful. But I think the author lost focus and drifted here and there and the book just dragged on. The first chapter was the worst most boring. I barely got through it. Once I saw the value in what I was reading, I was able to press on and get through it to gain the knowledge. But especially the beginning of this book was painfully written and certainly needed a lot of editing!
I received this book free of charge from the publisher in exchange for this review but I did really give my honest opinion
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