Christianity in Crisis is the latest apologetic resource by Hank Hanegraaff. His latest offering seeks to inform and warn Christians about the growing Word of Faith movement involving some popular evangelists on TV.
The book started off on a high note. It was very interesting. Hanegraaff starts off the book by giving us some background on the Word of Faith movement and identifies some of the more prominent faces like Joel Osteen and T.D. Jakes. We get to read some rather astonishing quotes from these “false teachers” that could make your head spin. I found myself getting angrier and angrier as I read through the chapter entitled Cast of Characters. Hank does a great job highlighting blunders and countering them with Scripture.
Unfortunately the book loses momentum. Hanagraaff gives us several acronyms which are supposed to help. I found them confusing. They take away from the intellectual tone of the book. Second, the book started to repeat itself incessantly. The quotes heading the chapters were repeated. Some chapters repeated some of the same quotes from previous chapters. I felt like I was reading the same thing over and over, because I was. I found the book harder to read as I got closer to the end.
If you are into apologetics or have ever wondered about Osteen and Meyer (or anyone else on TBN ) I would pick it up. You might want to wait for the paperback edition.
To learn more, check out Thomas Nelson’s site:
http://www.thomasnelson.com/consumer/product_detail.asp?sku=0849900069
-Don-
Why, Sir, that was quite a quick read.
@Jonathan
yea right, took me almost a month.
Dude. 350 pages in 1 month = quick reading. Especially when you are a a) husband, b) father, c) pastor, all the while buying a house and working on it.
Whateva.
@Jonathan
I read every night before bed (prolly 10-20 pages), in the potty when I can, while waiting for the kids during nap time, and I also do slight speed reading.
Until Tuesday, I was reading three books at once. Right now I am reading just one book (should be done by early next week) and I will be picking up at least two again at that time. By the way, I have another review coming (150 page book) on Monday.