Playing God A Story of Misguided Zeal Author:Celeste Perrino Walker Back Cover: Jack and Sherrie gave their new church home a much-needed face lift inside and out. Prayer meeting attendance increased, a women's prayer breakfast was started, and the new couple took steps to help the members toward spiritual renewal. — But underneath the veneer of a revitalized church, hard-edged the judgmentalism was slowly se... more »vering the tie between the Raineses and their friends. All was not well at home, either, where mandatory Bible study and countless rules were alienating family members.
When the zealous couple's rebuke chases a newly baptized family away from the church, their older son rebels against their suffocating legalism and forces a life-changing confrontation.
"Playing God" is the story of a family whose religious fervor becomes skewed and the line between nurturing and condemning begins to blur. Soon the Raineses find themselves caught up in a struggle for control - theirs over the people they are trying to help, and God's over them. Everyone who has ever felt the sting of good intentions and tasted the sweetness of God's grace will find this compelling reading.« less