Reviews for Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace

The average rating for Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-08-29 00:00:00 Lisa Smith This is the first of about 20 books that I've started reading in 2015 that I've finished, and I have to say, I was disappointed. I also have to admit, it was the title that attracted me. Sin boldly applies to grace through forgiveness in my opinion, and this theme rarely showed its face anywhere in the book. If it had been called something like "Personal Revelations about Grace while Travelling" it would have been a much more accurate depiction. While Falsani is a good writer, and presented personal accounts in engaging ways with solid supporting details about grace, she failed to bring it all together in one cohesive unit. It's almost as if she did a lot of self discovery on her trips and wanted to write about it, but couldn't bring it altogether under one theme so since "grace" is a more subjective Christian idea, she felt she could attribute these experiences to this main idea, although some of them quite loosely. Beside this obvious flaw, the books was still somewhat enjoyable to read, despite the rampant jumping around from place to place with no obvious direction. She's an entertaining writer, and one that can easily make you relate to what she's going through. And while I appreciated the audacity of certain ideas, such as her urge of putting "Grace doesn't deny my assholeness", (as I myself tend to expound a more "real" personality), it was a bit trite and way too obvious. I prefer the obscure and it seemed as if she was trying too hard. I realize what she's trying to do here, relate to a more normal person in her sinning, and yes, this can possibly weakly be attributed to the title, and I applaud her effort, but it just didn't seem to work. In her defense, it's a fine line in the Christian world of writing a book that can be real enough to have the average person relate to but not so real that it offends, and it's very difficult to do. Which is why I gave her two starts instead of one. I think I just can't get over the title being a disappointment and perhaps if it had been written more like a diary of personal revelations, I would have liked it better. Like I said, she is a good writer. I'd be willing to give her one more chance at impressing me if I was recommended one of her books, like someone recommended this one to me. But otherwise, sorry Falsani, this one goes on the shelf of disappointments. ClassicsDefined.com

Review # 2 was written on 2011-02-22 00:00:00 Darlene Jones I actually stumbled upon this book while I was looking for inspiration for my BigBangAlt theme for a couple of months ago (my theme was 'grace'). Funny how fandom will lead you in some strange directions, isn't it? While nothing in this book is earth-shattering or even new - it is refreshing and tinged with a hopefulness that is uplifting. In one section, the author comments about her trip to Montana and says "All of Western Montana is like God boasting." I picked up my phone and called my father (who was raised outside of Livingston, MT). :D And I'll go on the record as saying that I really like religious commentary books that have a chapter on Graceland and talk about Elvis and peanut butter and banana sandwiches. I'm just saying.