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Book Review

Gutsy Faith - Jeff Edmonson

this book is a quick read and very hard to put down. The book has an easy to follow conversational tone. Jeff covers a number of topics where it would be very easy to start preaching to the reader and he does a very good job of keeping the tone friendly.

There are 3 main pieces of this book that I thought truly make it stick out in my mind for a book in this genre.

1. Scripture
2. Updated Language
3. Questions

1. Scripture - Each chapter of this book starts with a selection of scripture to help set the tone of the chapter.

2. Updated Language - This is related to the first point, as each chapter begins most of them are started with the scripture that was referenced. Jeff has taken the time to interpret the story into more of a modern prose form. He does a great job of painting the scene so it is a very vivid image in your mind.

3. Questions - Each chapter is ended in some questions to consider through there is not adequate room to write in your answers you can jot down some trigger ideas in the space provided.

The questions also help to present the material in a way that would be great to host a book study and have some really good discussions.

All in all I would recommend this book to those who are solid in their faith but looking for ideas to expand their spirituality, I would also recommend this book to new believers as a way to expand their faith.

posted by Aaron @ 6:38 PM