While the book itself has a promising theme, and one that definately needs addressing, it demotes itself by becoming "agenda" oriented.
For example, the book is about a missionary pastor, his wife and children. They have a ministry, but he falls into the trap of sexual sin. His wife and children are to be brought back to their home "sending" church and be "taken care of" by them. However, the church is more judgmental and feels it has the right to rule her life if she indeed wants help for her and her children. This is true enough... and sadly, happens more times than I care to admit. However....
The reason they are so bad, judgmental and terrible is because they happen to believe that women should dress like women...modestly...and in dresses and also because they use a King James Bible. Now, if I were in either of these catagories, I would be highly offended! Its the condition of the heart of not just the pastor of the home church and his congregations, not the Bible that they use or the clothes they wear.
This became more of the object of the book and began to overide the healing of the wife, and the dealing of his sin and judgment in his life. Its sad, because it could have been a great story! It just kinda ruined it for me... sorry.
For example, the book is about a missionary pastor, his wife and children. They have a ministry, but he falls into the trap of sexual sin. His wife and children are to be brought back to their home "sending" church and be "taken care of" by them. However, the church is more judgmental and feels it has the right to rule her life if she indeed wants help for her and her children. This is true enough... and sadly, happens more times than I care to admit. However....
The reason they are so bad, judgmental and terrible is because they happen to believe that women should dress like women...modestly...and in dresses and also because they use a King James Bible. Now, if I were in either of these catagories, I would be highly offended! Its the condition of the heart of not just the pastor of the home church and his congregations, not the Bible that they use or the clothes they wear.
This became more of the object of the book and began to overide the healing of the wife, and the dealing of his sin and judgment in his life. Its sad, because it could have been a great story! It just kinda ruined it for me... sorry.
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