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What I enjoy most about reading this book is two things. I am impressed with how empowering the book is. The title may be a bit ambiguous, maybe even misleading but once you start reading you soon realize this book is meant for a Christian audience. Derek Prince goes through a lot of trouble to try to convey the feeling of how good, life-affirming, and how important it is to be a Christian. To the extent that he tries to convey this feeling of importance, it makes me wonder about Christianity's place in the world. I read of so many other methods taught by other religious traditions, of their guaranteeing happiness, things of this nature. Of their empowerment. In contrast Christianity is made to seem like just a set of rituals, just another monotonous routine to go through in life. And these other traditions are an ending to this monotony. To that attitude I have two responses. One, the kind of promises held out there by other traditions are not without their price. Most of us would be willing to experience a Divine sweet ecstasy, yet few would be willing to sit through meditation eight hours through. This "guarantee" is misleading, and very inconsistent with reality, that there are a number of conditions that practitioners have to meet before they are able to reap the fruit of their labors. The other response is this book. This book isn't just a set of words that will make Christians, whether they be newcomers or oldtimers feel good about their being Christian. This book is a manual. If I were chosen to select a title for this book I think it would be "A Handbook for Christians: Secrets Of a Prayer Warrior." Or the other way around. This book is a regimen on what steps one should take daily, what Christians' responsibilities in the world are, and how important it is for us to meet them.
And the other reason I am less sure of. I like Derek Prince's scholarship. A Christian minister and a scholar, to me at least, requires a great deal of knowledge and know-how in biblical exegesis. Being able to quote the Book of Psalms should not be enough. Being able to reference other passages with it, convey a biblical, morally relevant message in these modern times and being able to be consistent with orthodoxy requires a certain degree of grace. But I don't have enough experience in these matters to state this with any degree of certainty.
And the other reason I am less sure of. I like Derek Prince's scholarship. A Christian minister and a scholar, to me at least, requires a great deal of knowledge and know-how in biblical exegesis. Being able to quote the Book of Psalms should not be enough. Being able to reference other passages with it, convey a biblical, morally relevant message in these modern times and being able to be consistent with orthodoxy requires a certain degree of grace. But I don't have enough experience in these matters to state this with any degree of certainty.
