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Summary: A book for every serious thinker about the faith
Review: I have found in this book that every paragraph takes you on an introspective journey. It gives great comfort to people at various stages in their pilgrimage, and gives hope to many who have been stuck in thinking in one-dimensional ways about their sanctification. In the popular non-fiction category, I will call this one of the top ten books I have read. It has given me more fuel as a discussion leader than any I have had before it.
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Summary: Title not appropriate
Review: I have not read the book, but I have a problem with the title. How many people on this planet think that God is visible? Perhaps 0.1%. Why go for such an obvious title? It's a bit like saying, 'Communicating with the Solid Earth'. 99.9% of people on this planet think that Earth is solid, therefore it is not necessary to add the word 'solid'. Sorry, but I, for one, am not tempted to read the book.
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Summary: Helped me ask the right question
Review: I have read two of Yancey's previous books and enjoyed them both. But this has been the most helpful one to date. Reaching for the Invisible God helped me to frame a question that I had been wrestling with for at least ten years, but didn't know how to put into words, namely - What is a 'personal relationship with God' supposed to look like? I've heard that evangelical line many times, and believed it more or less for fifteen years, but for much of that time I have been unsatisfied with my own experience. The author didn't necessarily answer the question for me, and I don't really expect him to. In fact just framing it for me has been tremendously helpful. The author's reflections on the topic have been helpful to me for beginning a fresh personal quest to learn exactly what it means to have faith in the person of God. Thank you Mr. Yancey.
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Summary: Powerful and Practical
Review: I have spent the past 5 or 6 years trying to figure out why I could no longer feel God the way I used to. I wondered what I was doing wrong, I wondered if God forgot me, or if I was wrong before and God didn't exist. This and another of Yancey's books have brought be back to a place where I can believe again that my faith is real. I almost felt as if I were reading my own hearts cries in this book. At points I even felt that it would be as hard to let a friend read this book as it would be to share my personal journal, the thoughts and doubts were so like my own! I HIGHLY recommend this to anyone who is seeking and not really 'feeling' what they have been told they should.
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Summary: One of the best books I've read!
Review: I highly recommend this book to all Christians. Yancey is undoubtedly a pro at verbalizing and wrestling with questions and doubts that so many of us have. Inevitably, because God is invisible, most of us have doubts at one point or another in our journey of faith. This book has been perfectly applicable to much that I have been wrestling with in my faith and daily life. Yancey has a great and wise perspective on our struggles with faith in a seemingly intangible God, and has much to offer in this book. A must-read for Christians who are or have ever struggled with doubts-- I believe there's something for everyone to learn from this marvelously written and well thought-through book.
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Summary: For the Searchers...
Review: I like allot of Christains, KNOW there is more to my realtionship to God than what is preached or practiced in the church... This wonderful book is a view of many others on this same road. It's inspiring to know others have travel it before me & many will travel it after me. Christainity just might survive inspite of the current church teachings. "Life is a Journey, not the Destination"... I need a bumper sticker with this, It means so much to me & this view has made my life fuller, & in many ways more peaceful than it's ever been. I don't believe anyone can read this book & come away unchanged for the better. Blessed be, L<><
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Summary: Mr. Yancey's work seem to get better and better
Review: I started out in the Jesus Freak years, when everything boiled down to lists of rules and numbered steps and glib slogans like "Let go and Let God!" The easy, make-your-own-at-home approach to spirituality left me high and dry when things got tough, and my faith crumbled. It was, in large part, this book, and a loving friend, that helped me start putting things back in place. Yancey is not afraid of hard questions. He doesn't shirk from the idea that faith can seem absurd at times. He stares down the business end of defeat and despair and invites you to understand that everyone, sometimes, blinks. He writes with simple grace and a gentle spirit, and never forgets to honor his Lord, even when questioning Him. I have given away, so far, three copies of the book. I can't think of any higher recommendation than that.
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Summary: Honest Writing
Review: I think Phillip Yancey did a great job with this book. He does not offer huge insights into improving your spiritual life, but he encourages the reader through honesty. I do not know if there is a more honest Christian writer today. Yancey lets you in on the stuggles he has had and he does nothing to avoid looking "unspiritual." If you are looking for a book where a writer speaks truth about his spiritual journey, this book is for you. Yancey assures you that you are not alone on your difficult trek to become more like the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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Summary: Brilliantly Challenging
Review: I would like to use this forum to personally thank Yancey for another great and challenging book that left me asking more questions when I was done reading it than when I started. Bravo, Phillip! Christian authors continually bombard us with ways to live a better life, three easy steps, or prayers, and here is Phillip Yancey telling us that the stages of development in a life as a follower of Christ get more difficult as you mature to the point where God will leave you on your own to help your faith grow. I read this book during a time of immense personal trial. This book taught me to have ambidextrous faith, able to take the good with the bad, equally. I cannot say that I have mastered this concept, or if I ever will, but thanks again to the author for challenging me to do so. Yancey never gives "easy answers." That is why he is so good. In an era where postmoderns are not satisfied with "easy answers," Yancey is forcing anyone who reads his books, if they are honest, to ask tough questions and journey towards an answer, rarely do you see authors do this with as much skill as Yancey. I look forward to the next book by Yancey, it is always a good and challenging read for anyone.
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Summary: Reaching for the non existent God
Review: I've read a few of Philip Yancey's works now, and this one was not by any means my favorite. In his other books, Yancey is much more biblical and direct. In this volume, he waxes philosophical as he speaks of the Christian's challenges to live by faith and not by sight. He describes the challenges of longing after God, believing in God, interacting with God, being transformed by God, growing in God, and finally being liberated by God. This book has some good insights along the way, and is an enjoyable read. Yancey's reputation as a leading Christian author is reinforced here once again. While good, this book was lacking in greatness. His work here pales in comparison to "The Jesus I Never Knew" and "What's So Amazing About Grace?" For die-hard Yancey fans, this volume is undoubtedly another winner. The rest of us are left longing for the punch that is so powerfully present in Yancey's other writings.
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