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Summary: Truth
Review: This book is hillarious. It sheds truth upon what the Prayer of Jabez is, a selfish prayer. Highly recomended, and for those who believe the prayer of Jabez as good, go pray the LORD'S PRAYER. How then we are to pray? selfless.It's it's like Harry Potter for Evangelicals!!!!!!
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Summary: A Jump start......
Review: This had to have gotten others to think. We jump on the bandwagon of "easy" blessings. Never having read a parody of Christian literature -- this is the answer for those who refuse to read a SERIOUS critque of "questionable" books. thanks....
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Summary: A Jump start......
Review: This had to have gotten others to think. We jump on the bandwagon of "easy" blessings. Never having read a parody of Christian literature -- this is the answer for those who refuse to read a SERIOUS critque of "questionable" books. thanks....
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Summary: hilarious with some striking bits for thought
Review: This was refreshing. I thought the original book assumed a lot that isn't necessarily true, even abusing some people's desire for earnest faith, and this book underscored that. The author boils it down to "immaturity", which is both funny and true. Not to be taken too seriously, of course - they do warn the reader of this on the back cover: "This is a parody, for Pete's sake!" - and I enjoyed it. They refer too much to "Right Behind" (the sister parody book), so it's kind of over the top. And they don't nail every obvious theological aspect that I had thought important. But the section lampooning the "airplane" personal example had some very pointed thoughts about how we view life and other people, which I found unexpectedly worth the whole book. Worth your three bucks!
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Summary: A good parody that maybe could have been a little better
Review: Unlike "Left Behind", which was brilliantly satirized by the parody "Right Behind", I did read "The Prayer of Jabez", of which this book is the parody. In my opinion, "The Mantra of Jabez" is not quite as successful as "Right Behind", which is not to say it's bad. For one thing, it's probably easier to parody a work of fiction than it is to parody what basically is a sermon in book form. This book does make some good points, in a satirical fashion, of course. While the original seems to indicate that Jabez was more honorable than his brothers because of his prayer, this book makes the point that his prayer was answered because he was more honorable, a big difference. But the author seems to be intent upon imparting a certain strand of Reformed theology and ridicules everything that falls outside of its scope. Nevertheless, there are some weaknesses in the way "The Prayer of Jabez" is utilized, and this book is very faithful in pointing those out in a humorous fashion.
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Summary: A good parody that maybe could have been a little better
Review: Unlike "Left Behind", which was brilliantly satirized by the parody "Right Behind", I did read "The Prayer of Jabez", of which this book is the parody. In my opinion, "The Mantra of Jabez" is not quite as successful as "Right Behind", which is not to say it's bad. For one thing, it's probably easier to parody a work of fiction than it is to parody what basically is a sermon in book form. This book does make some good points, in a satirical fashion, of course. While the original seems to indicate that Jabez was more honorable than his brothers because of his prayer, this book makes the point that his prayer was answered because he was more honorable, a big difference. But the author seems to be intent upon imparting a certain strand of Reformed theology and ridicules everything that falls outside of its scope. Nevertheless, there are some weaknesses in the way "The Prayer of Jabez" is utilized, and this book is very faithful in pointing those out in a humorous fashion.
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