Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Book Review - FIRSTHAND by Ryan and Josh Shook

FIRSTHAND
By Ryan and Josh Shook

Ryan and Josh Shook are two brothers that were raised as sons of a preacher.  Yet in their life as teens, they began to loose their faith.  They felt it was a coattail faith from their parents and not their own.  As they began to feel the emptiness of spirit, they realized they needed a firsthand faith, a faith that was all their own.  Feeling that others experience this, as well, they wrote this book in hopes of helping whoever might be going through this borrowed faith.

Following are some of the quotes from their book:  We can’t be filled with God until we are emptied of ourselves.  We are free to make our own choice but then we are bound by the consequences and so have lost that freedom.  Real change comes from the inside and not what we look like on the outside.  God wants my heart, not my actions; however when He has my heart, actions will flow.

Discussion, examples, and Scriptures are involved with each of the above statements and more.  They define secondhand faith as a faith that is absorbed in yourself.  A firsthand faith moves you out of selfishness and into the lives of others as you encounter God’s grace.  I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review. 



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