Upon receiving the book, Living Life In The Zone: A 40-Day Spiritual Plan For Men by Kyle Rote Jr and Dr. Joe Pettigrrew, I must admit I was a little excited. I have been reevaluating my methods and manners in my own personal daily devotions and was looking for something more devotional to use as a basis. Add in to that my love for sports (as you can see by the decor in my office), this book had the beginnings of something very useful and good.
But as I began to read through this daily, I found myself a little let down. It was heavily centered on man and not nearly enough focus on God for my taste. And maybe that is just the byproduct of combining sports with spiritual growth. It seemed to me as if this book was trying to reach the new/young Christian man who needs lots of milk and not quite ready for meat because most of the entries were very basic with lots of examples and illustrations. Which is fine, but the problem I saw with it is that it was so long on stories, and so little on Scriptures. Each daily entry was somewhat long, so this could not and should not be considered if you are looking for a short, daily devotional book to get your day started.
Over all, I would not discourage you from reading this book, but I just don't think you should get your hopes up about it.
This book was provided for review by Thomas Nelson.
This book was provided for review by Thomas Nelson.
There are readers for both milk and meat -- but once we've gotten past the milk stage ourselves, it's a bit difficult to relate in our personal devotions. It's nice to re-read John 3:16 and touch the basics, yet we yearn to head toward 2 Peter 3:16 and study the hard lessons. It's very good to know of such a book as this when working with new Christians, too.
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