A Christian Survival Guide: A Lifeline to Faith and Growth

Short Review: This is a 14 chapter book on Christian belief and practice for those that are either new to Christianity or have been repelled by conservative evangelicalism. There are several things I liked about the book. First, in allowing for doubt he encourages the reader to not allow yourself to get stuck in doubt. Doubt is instead to be expected, but not permanent. I also like the focus on practice in a way that does not either minimize belief or make faith an act of works. But I totally agree that practice has to be a part if we are going to move beyond the most elementary types of Christianity.

On the negative side, I got a little board with it. The writing is good, there is a good level of humor to keep things moving. The background knowledge is important for new Christians. But as a pretty well read, theologically trained person, this was not targeted to me. Primarily I was reading to see if it would make a good small group study. And I think it would for some groups. But the small groups I am involved in would probably view this as too long.

My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/christian-survival-guide-ed-cyzewski/