Reviews for Faith in the Public Realm: Controversies, Policies and Practices

The average rating for Faith in the Public Realm: Controversies, Policies and Practices based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-04-20 00:00:00 Terri Renn Oh. My. God. This is the best book I've ever read--and I absolutely mean that with all the sincerity that I can muster. This book was so good, in fact, that it made me reevaluate how I rate books. There is absolutely nothing flawed in it. NOTHING. And Nee's message was poignant, timeless, and so powerful that it really affected my life. It changed me. I mean, it's almost unbelievable. His message of grace and of the blood, cross, and life of Christ is amazing. His message on the Holy Spirit--though I'm familiar with many charismatic messages on him--blew me away. The way he described the reliance on the soulish life versus the life of God living through us made me repent to God. His message on the Law of God and God's grace living through us totally upended my notions of God and of my service to him. And the way he ended the book with his points on wasting ourselves for the ministering of Jesus wrecked me. It WRECKED me. I wish I could give it higher praise. I wish I could put this book in the hands of every new believer and make them read it and understand it. I can't say enough. I believe I'll have to say "thank you" to Nee when we meet in heaven.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-11-26 00:00:00 Tory Ficarola I am rather biased about this book because I read it during a cross-roads in my life and it influenced me in a way that has only brought joy and fulfillment. Nee does an incredible job of exploring the scope of what Christ spiritually accomplished in His death, resurrection, and ascension. Having been raised Christian, I knew all the stories and could repeat what Jesus did for us, but most of that was conditioning and I had no personal identification with any of it. Through this book I was able to throw out a bunch of junk and actually have an encounter with the Living God. I don't credit that experience to this book, but this book definitely set it up. It is theologically sound, very accessible, and practical. The attitudes it encourages WORK and have made my life look and feel much more like the normal Christian life.