tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498701011109651607.post7587954603012764900..comments2024-03-20T13:31:41.822-05:00Comments on Christian Chick's Thoughts: find your strongest life--expanded reviewBeckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461142634929195207noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498701011109651607.post-83885428529126559002009-10-14T20:12:47.899-05:002009-10-14T20:12:47.899-05:00good clarification. and i guess you did "tos...good clarification. and i guess you did "toss that book now" in a way, ha! :)Very Sleepy Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15318166253157182752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498701011109651607.post-33099542221077667622009-10-08T17:31:58.040-05:002009-10-08T17:31:58.040-05:00After reading Kiel's comment and rereading my ...After reading Kiel's comment and rereading my own review, I think I need to clarify something.<br /><br />When Buckingham talks about finding "your truth," he's not talking about absolute truth but personal preferences. I don't think he's trying to be relativistic or undermine the absolute authority of Scripture. By the context of the occurrences of "your truth," I think Buckingham meant "your preferences and what you enjoy doing." His point was that you know what activities you enjoy and what you despise (always used in a vocational context), and no one can refute that because no one is inside your head. <br /><br />As a simplistic example, I don't like hot dogs. I despise their taste, their smell, their texture. Buckingham would say that my "truth" is that I hate hot dogs.<br /><br />Could he have used a better term? Yes. Especially since his audience is ostensibly Christians, who hold truth in high esteem.<br /><br />Frankly, though, I'm more disappointed in Thomas Nelson, which claims to be a Christian publishing house, for letting that terminology remain in the book than I am in Buckingham, who never gives any indication of his religious beliefs, for using it.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461142634929195207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498701011109651607.post-82243545743779309322009-10-07T15:37:43.340-05:002009-10-07T15:37:43.340-05:00Honestly, after reading your whole review, I think...Honestly, after reading your whole review, I think this book sounds dangerous and deceitful. We as Christians shouldn't be seeking to fulfill our passions in life, but to fulfill God's desires, even if they don't seem appealing to us at the moment. And ifhe is advocating some standard of truth other than God's Word, he is, in effect, advocating Satan's lies that have become so prevalent in today's culture. Just my 2 cents, but I'd be tossing that book now, if I were you! :)<br />KielAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com