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Summary: Eep.
Review: This is the only book I've ever hurled against a wall. (And it felt so good, I did it again.)I know some people enjoyed this book, but I found the writing cumbersome (the first line is something like "Balzor was proud") and extremely preachy and judgmental. Would-be readers ought to be warned that halfway through the book, the author writes the characters into a corner and stops the book, then starts it over with a different set of conditions ("This is what would have happened if someone had witnessed to this family fifteen years earlier...") I felt that was an authorial cop-out.
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Summary: An Awakening to the realities of the battlezone we exist in
Review: This story has the power to transform any Christians' attitude toward the power of prayer, the Intent of Evil and the battle that rages over the Soul of Man. You cannot read this and and remain unconvicted in your role, your part in the battle going on in the world today. It forced me to realize that the war rages on - whether I choose to acknowledge it or not - and through my ignorance, I can be used just as easily to destroy as to save, others around me. This is a "It's A Wonderful Life" meets "Dante's Inferno" experience.
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Summary: Inspiring book!
Review: This very powerful work, gives the reader a profound picture of spiritual warfare at it's best. While the term "Spiritual warfare" is new to many, the battles that are depicted in this writing are not. Mr. Hudson presents a very poignant portrayal of how serious the demons are about their assignmnents and of how our daily decisions work to fuel the flames of war. This is a must read for anyone committed to battling Satan. I recently met the author and was even more blessed when I learned this book was truly inspired by the Holy Spirit. To be obedient enough to allow God to use you in this manner is a testimony of Mr. Hudsons's belief.
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Summary: A real look at spiritual warfare!
Review: This very powerful work, gives the reader a profound picture of spiritual warfare at it's best. While the term "Spiritual warfare" is new to many, the battles that are depicted in this writing are not. Mr. Hudson presents a very poignant portrayal of how serious the demons are about their assignmnents and of how our daily decisions work to fuel the flames of war. This is a must read for anyone committed to battling Satan. I recently met the author and was even more blessed when I learned this book was truly inspired by the Holy Spirit. To be obedient enough to allow God to use you in this manner is a testimony of Mr. Hudsons's belief.
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Summary: Thought provoking
Review: When I first began reading On the Edge, my initial impression was that it was a little "hokey" or even simple. Yet as I read on, I found myself getting into the characters, then the story. I have to admit it completely captured my attention. Without giving away the plot, I'll just say I was devastated by the outcome of Part One, but then delighted at the final outcome at the end of the book. I heartily recommend this book to anyone!
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Summary: Very different, but eye opening.
Review: When I first heard of Hudson, it was played out like he'd be the next Frank Peretti. Not so, but he is good. This book was very simplistic and at times, extremely repetitive, which made it very difficult to keep the pages turning. I had to force myself to read a lot of it. For instance, Richard and Kristin having "lunch" together. The first time it got my attention, the second time, ok, the third time, let's see something new, please! That got old. The Tommy story in part 1 was pretty much the same old story. Unfortunately, that as well, got very, very old, even if new stuff was added here and there. But, I know when I read a book, that Mr. Hudson wrote this from the heart. He cares about people. He cares about saving souls. He cares about seeing people come to know Jesus Christ! That is a big step to making an awesome career to writing better stuff in the future. The part about the demons were where Hudson was able to break some ground. What I wished for more of were the personalized angels as well as the demons. You see that in Peretti's "Darkness" books with angels such as Guilo, Tal, such as that who are ready to fight for you with almost an intensity that you feel, not just perched on a restaurant building and choking the life out of a demon. Now, it may be a little unfair of me to compare Hudson with an author such as Frank Peretti, but when you think of spiritual warfare, Peretti's the first name that comes to mind. This probably won't be my most popular review to date, but if I weren't being honest, I'd be just as bad as an enemy because Ephesians says to speak the truth in love, as I've attempted to do without cutting into Mr. Hudson. I just hope I don't sound like Publisher's Weekly sounds at times where they don't even read half the book, and still bash it! I gave this a fair chance, and Hudson does have potential. I most certainly WILL read more of his stuff. You don't get rid of me that easily! But I do thank Parker Hudson for a sincere writing, straight from the heart.
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Summary: Real people
Review: Why do people make the mistakes that lead to terrible problems for themselves and their families? How can they see the source of their problems clearly and find solutions? Hudson doesn't argue that a right relationship with God can help the saved avoid all sorts of family crises, or how it offers a celestial get-out-of-jail-free card. Rather, for his very believable characters, faith and prayer are the tools they use to find solutions. For me, two features set "On the Edge" apart from other works of its type. First, the characters struggle against very real human desires. Have you ever felt, in your congregation of faith, that there were only seriously nice people preaching to other seriously nice people? That they were talking about a God of sunny breakfast nooks with checkered curtains, not a God that dealt with a business or office, and certainly not a God who saw into bars and cheap motels? That feeling has bothered me often. I've stood there singing, "Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound/ that saved a wretch like me," and meaning every word of the song, while wondering if the rest of the people in my row ever had so much as a base impulse. Hudson's characters follow their desires straight into some of the oldest and nastiest traps in the world. They need industrial-strength help - and they find it. Second, Hudson's business experience shows though in making his characters' world convincing. So much recent fiction, in all genres, seems to have been written by folks who went to school for a long time and then set out to write. Hudson's business leaders aren't that different from my everyday world. Reading the newspapers would have you think that the world consists of ruthless, unethical business types who are successful only because they haven't been caught yet, and that business is not and activity for people of faith. There are so many people of strong faith who are successful in business, but this is one of very few places where I have seen such people described in a believable way.
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Summary: Real people
Review: Why do people make the mistakes that lead to terrible problems for themselves and their families? How can they see the source of their problems clearly and find solutions? Hudson doesn't argue that a right relationship with God can help the saved avoid all sorts of family crises, or how it offers a celestial get-out-of-jail-free card. Rather, for his very believable characters, faith and prayer are the tools they use to find solutions. For me, two features set "On the Edge" apart from other works of its type. First, the characters struggle against very real human desires. Have you ever felt, in your congregation of faith, that there were only seriously nice people preaching to other seriously nice people? That they were talking about a God of sunny breakfast nooks with checkered curtains, not a God that dealt with a business or office, and certainly not a God who saw into bars and cheap motels? That feeling has bothered me often. I've stood there singing, "Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound/ that saved a wretch like me," and meaning every word of the song, while wondering if the rest of the people in my row ever had so much as a base impulse. Hudson's characters follow their desires straight into some of the oldest and nastiest traps in the world. They need industrial-strength help - and they find it. Second, Hudson's business experience shows though in making his characters' world convincing. So much recent fiction, in all genres, seems to have been written by folks who went to school for a long time and then set out to write. Hudson's business leaders aren't that different from my everyday world. Reading the newspapers would have you think that the world consists of ruthless, unethical business types who are successful only because they haven't been caught yet, and that business is not and activity for people of faith. There are so many people of strong faith who are successful in business, but this is one of very few places where I have seen such people described in a believable way.
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