Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #399449 in Books
• Published on: 1991-06
• Binding: Paperback

Customer Reviews

comprehensive
This book is actually more comprehensive than it looks, and covers a wide range of areas.

A clear presentation of the Christian faith
This book is a very clear presentation of the Christian faith. It has many uses. Firstly, it gives the non-Christian a very clear and consise introduction to the Christian faith and the person of Jesus Christ. It is also very useful for personal evangelism, and at the same time it's a nice little book for Christians to flick through every now and again!
I totally disagree with the previous reviewer. This book does not spread fear. Rather, it gives people the opportunity to know about Jesus, respond to him and begin a relationship with God through him. I commend it to everybody!

A deeply disturbing book that only creates fear
Frankly I find some of the things mentioned in this book deeply disturbing. Gumble's assertion that Jesus is the only one who has authority to forgive sins is to to my mind ridiculous, as this seems to suggest that we are unable to forgive ourselves. He also states that regardless of whether we feel guilty or not, we are guilty before God, due to the many times that we have broken his laws in thought, word and deed. Yet, as I understand it, if God has given us free will, why would he judge us in the first place? Saying sorry to God amd asking for forgiveness is not necessary, and all we really doing to asking permssion to forgive ourselves.

Death is apparently, for those who have accepted Jesus into their lives, a gateway to heaven. Yet The Pope went on record in the summer of 1999 as stating that heaven is not a place, but a state of being. The booklet also says that in God's eyes, none of us are good enough as we are, and there is nothing we can to change that, other than accepting Jesus into our lives. Apparently this is the reason that he came, to make it possible for God to accept us. I don't know about anyone else, but this is not the God that I know, and not the God that I particularly wish to know. If you are not Christian, then I suggest you give this book a wide berth. On the other hand, if you are Christian, then you don't need to read the book anyway! Either way there is very little point, as all it does is create fear.

I would not actually give this book any stars at all, but the site would not allow me to leave it blank.