I'm only doing this because the Men's Book Club at Crossroads is doing this. However, I immediately found some theological problems, fundamental reasoning flaws (I wonder what kind of lawyer career he actually has) after reading the first few pages. Particularly page 14. Nadia bought the book online from some thrift store for no more than $3. And I scanned all the pages to a PDF. I put lots of red pen markings on page 14 on Nadia's book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Page 14, the author claimed that he recognize how blasphemous it sounds, but his justification didn't do much good for him when he claimed \"You can be lonely with God\" as he solely based his comments on \"God himself said, it is not good\" on Adam's creation, Gen 2:18. This flawed theology cannot help saints in solitude before the Lord, because for those especially imprisoned, God was sufficient. Human beings find their ultimate fulfillment, rest, and joy in God alone<\/strong>. It's likely Earley's theology is more anthropocentric than theocentric. The author seems to be making an absolute case that we must never be alone, nevertheless there are times God wants us to be alone<\/strong> with Him, in order to teach us something, seek clarity, etc: Jeremiah, Jesus, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Page 16-17, his whole point was built on the fact that you are most vulnerable if you are alone<\/strong>. This is relative <\/strong>at best, not an absolute<\/strong> principle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Page 24, \"...Enter Jesus. Though he was the beloved son of God the Father, he left community and became lonely for us...\" A wrong reading of Philippians 2:5-8. I cannot comment more as I don't know how he make that connection. Jesus didn't became lonely for us, He became sin\/forsaken for us. And it wasn't because he \"left community\", it's because He took on humanity. I sense the author in his book is trying very hard to make friendship the rule of all things<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Page 25, Seems to be presenting Jesus as someone who just loves you anyway<\/strong> despite your shame and inadequacy. This can be fixed with replacing \"loves\" with \"forgives\"<\/strong>. One must learn one's own sinful nature first to speak of the love of God. \"A friend knows your bad jokes and likes you anyway\" - the author here confuses grace with admiration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I'm only doing this because the Men's Book Club at Crossroads is doing this. However, I immediately found some theological problems, fundamental reasoning flaws (I wonder what kind of lawyer career he actually has) after reading the first few pages. … Continue reading