A sincere testimony of one woman’s beliefs about good and evil told in black-and-white terms.
A Christian’s take on dependence on God.
Why is the world becoming increasingly evil, and why doesn’t God save us from inevitable destruction and Satan? Pisarich answers these questions with a sincere voice, suggesting how individuals can include God in their lives and make the world a better place. She delves into each of the Ten Commandments and explains their importance in a Christian’s life–and for a healthy society. The author also speaks about her marriage and how God ushered her through it, helping her to find the right partner. Writing about her work life, Pisarich reveals how God turned a hopeless situation into a positive one, and how God has helped her with familial relationships as well. The author acknowledges her struggle to maintain a life tied to God, and Pisarich takes this commitment incredibly seriously. There isn’t much space in her life or writing for individuality or independent thinking. God has a role in people’s daily lives, the author writes, much like a parent to a child. One must depend on God and put all worldly desires aside to have any happiness or peace. Though she does not shy away from speaking of personal experience, the book lacks a strong psychological component. It avoids any real-world complexities and ascribes all that is bad to Satan and his evil. Or, all good to God and his goodness. It might be helpful to Christians who struggle with certain issues to demonstrate how they might pose real problems for believers. Sometimes readers–even those who are spiritual–need more than an absolutist message.
A sincere testimony of one woman’s beliefs about good and evil told in black-and-white terms.Pub Date: May 13, 2009
ISBN: 978-1442121638
Page Count: -
Publisher: N/A
Review Posted Online: May 23, 2010
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
Worthwhile reference stuffed with facts and illustrations.
A compendium of charts, time lines, lists and illustrations to accompany study of the Bible.
This visually appealing resource provides a wide array of illustrative and textually concise references, beginning with three sets of charts covering the Bible as a whole, the Old Testament and the New Testament. These charts cover such topics as biblical weights and measures, feasts and holidays and the 12 disciples. Most of the charts use a variety of illustrative techniques to convey lessons and provide visual interest. A worthwhile example is “How We Got the Bible,” which provides a time line of translation history, comparisons of canons among faiths and portraits of important figures in biblical translation, such as Jerome and John Wycliffe. The book then presents a section of maps, followed by diagrams to conceptualize such structures as Noah’s Ark and Solomon’s Temple. Finally, a section on Christianity, cults and other religions describes key aspects of history and doctrine for certain Christian sects and other faith traditions. Overall, the authors take a traditionalist, conservative approach. For instance, they list Moses as the author of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) without making mention of claims to the contrary. When comparing various Christian sects and world religions, the emphasis is on doctrine and orthodox theology. Some chapters, however, may not completely align with the needs of Catholic and Orthodox churches. But the authors’ leanings are muted enough and do not detract from the work’s usefulness. As a resource, it’s well organized, inviting and visually stimulating. Even the most seasoned reader will learn something while browsing.
Worthwhile reference stuffed with facts and illustrations.Pub Date: Sept. 1, 2005
ISBN: 978-1-5963-6022-8
Page Count: -
Publisher: N/A
Review Posted Online: May 23, 2010
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
This a book of earlier, philosophical essays concerned with the essential "absurdity" of life and the concept that- to overcome the strong tendency to suicide in every thoughtful man-one must accept life on its own terms with its values of revolt, liberty and passion. A dreary thesis- derived from and distorting the beliefs of the founders of existentialism, Jaspers, Heldegger and Kierkegaard, etc., the point of view seems peculiarly outmoded. It is based on the experience of war and the resistance, liberally laced with Andre Gide's excessive intellectualism. The younger existentialists such as Sartre and Camus, with their gift for the terse novel or intense drama, seem to have omitted from their philosophy all the deep religiosity which permeates the work of the great existentialist thinkers. This contributes to a basic lack of vitality in themselves, in these essays, and ten years after the war Camus seems unaware that the life force has healed old wounds... Largely for avant garde aesthetes and his special coterie.
Pub Date: Sept. 26, 1955
ISBN: 0679733736
Page Count: 228
Publisher: Knopf
Review Posted Online: Sept. 19, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1955
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