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The average rating for Road Warrior: How to Keep Your Faith, Relationships, and Integrity When Away from Home based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.
Review # 1 was written on 2009-09-06 00:00:00 Weylin RenisonI would have to say my interest in Bound's work has been waning over the last several weeks. It seems to be the same stuff repeated over and over again. Maybe it's just me. I have no notes for the first three chapters, but in Chapter 4 I noted that Bounds thinks the whole of Christianity is prayer. That the preparation of a Christian is for prayer and prayer serves as the central function of faith and religion. In Chapter 9 he describes the subject of prayer as that which we have not, that which we desire, which God has promised to give to us in answered prayer. The only problem here is that this is not the whole story. Elsewhere in the book, he also states that it is not just any prayer, but prayer that is asked in align with God's will. We know from the bible that if we ask and do not receive, it is because we have asked amiss. We have sought something through prayer for our own satisfaction. But, Bounds does states that prayer is not just a spiritual endeavor, or that we should seek only spiritual things from prayer. Rather, we need to seek both spiritual and temporal, for to God there is no distinction between secular and divine. And the overarching lack of power or authority in the church today, interestingly enough, Bounds attributes to not the passing away of miracles or the moving of the Holy Spirit, but to a lack of persistent and effectual prayer. In the end, I think I will put my E.M. Bounds reading on hiatus. Maybe focus on some other subject, work, or just leave the spot open for the future. All in all, I guess it was a good book. I'm just not in the right place at the moment to appreciate it. |
Review # 2 was written on 2008-07-27 00:00:00 Michael KnowlesFound this an interesting read that offered practical tips and exhortations. |
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