Free Book

I recently became part of the BookSneeze site, and chose “Free Book” as my first book to review. It’s worth the time reading, especially if you or somebody you know struggles with the idea of freedom in Christ. Some reviewers on Amazon.com were put off by Tome’s free spiritedness, but I found it not only refreshing but provocative (which I’m always a fan of).

Here’s my official review:

Brian Tome delivers a deliberately provocative and hard-hitting book about the importance of freedom to be who we are in God’s eyes without fear. Those who live by fear are not free, says Tome, and he provides the reader not only with glimpses of his own journey, but also shares the journeyings and exodus of others’ spiritual and emotional slavery. From explaining the value and importance of freedom to suggesting and provoking ways to be released from bondage, Tome leads the reader on an inner journey of self-reflection and deliverance.

At first, this book seemed to be the same-old, same-old stuff I’ve heard as I began to develop in my faith: God wants us to live in relationship with him, in freedom, and love him. Not only have I heard that before, I’ve been through that “stage” in the journey. Yet I kept reading, and discovered a deliberate and digestible path to receiving this freedom as a gift. What started out as a potential cliché and trite diatribe about a fundamental of the faith became an active journey toward that which the book was about: freedom.

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