According to an old saying one cannot judge the contents of a book by its cover. While that may be true in many cases, by looking at the cover you can still get a good idea about what's inside. When you read the back cover of this book, you will discover its theme. Righteousness is not something you can achieve on your own. It can only be achieved through Jesus.
When you look inside the book you will find that theme throughout. This daily reader (one page for each day of the year) begins with pertinent title "What God is Like" and leads you on a journey into a deeper understanding of God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Christian life until you arrive at the last title "Jesus, Your Best Friend". My wife and I started reading this book most of the way through the year last year, but the effect remained the same. Despite our growing up in Christian environments, we found ourselves being challenged and encouraged to take a deeper look at our views on a variety of subjects.
For example, one does not overcome temptation with clenched fists and gritted teeth, you simply get to the point where temptation has no power over you at all (you can find a more detailed explanation here).
Whether you're a lifelong Christian, or you aren't even sure what Christianity is all about, you will benefit from reading this book. Can one find similar thoughts in other books? Absolutely, but Venden's style of writing makes complicated topics easy to understand. Many times while reading this book I found myself thinking, "Hmm, I never thought about it that way before." Venden's passion for the subject matter practically oozes from the pages, and will draw you into wanting to know more about this being called God, and this man named Jesus.
Being over ten years old, this book should be easy to get for relatively little money (I got mine for free, not sure why the previous owner gave it up). So, what are you waiting for? Get yours today.
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