Four Letter Words: Conversations on faith’s beauty and logic by Bill Giovannetti

About Four Letter Words:

 

Thou shalt tolerate every opinion… except the Christian’s. Today’s postmodern “prime directive” leaves many followers of Jesus tongue-tied. In the global village, isn’t it unreasonable, and even dangerous, to suggest that the Bible has a monopoly on truth?

The church needs a new breed of Christ-follower. We need Christ-followers who are alert to today’s touchy ideas, the truths that fire up more heat than light. We need Christ-followers who can make a clear case for the Bible’s worldview; who are ready to help our friends think through their beliefs; who can recognize inconsistencies and challenge them; and who can do all of this with humility, confidence, humor, and love. For more information visit http://fourletterwords.org.

 

Link to buy the book: http://ow.ly/8FbUq

About Bill Giovannetti:

 

Dr. Bill Giovannetti is a professor at A.W. Tozer Theological Seminary and the senior pastor of Neighborhood Church of Redding. An experienced speaker and author, Bill informs the mind in ways that touch the heart. He enjoys life with his wife and two kids in northern California. For more information about Bill and his other books, visit  http://maxgrace.wordpress.com  and http://fourletterwords.org.

About the Giveaway:  - please post this in your review.

Bill is celebrating the new Kindle edition of Four Letter Words (for only $4.99)! He’ll be traveling coast to coast over the next few weeks on this virtual book tour and he’s celebrating by hosting a great giveaway!

Click here (http://fourletterwords.org/2012/01/contest-giveaway) to find out how you can win two gift certificates to Amazon (in the amount of $50 and $25) and free downloads of his yet-to-be-released title, Recession-Proof: Living a God-Blessed Life in a Messed Up World.

The whole scoop here: http://fourletterwords.org/2012/01/contest-giveaway/

 

Want to see what other bloggers joined in then check out Litfuse’s Publicity tour  page.

My Opinion:

If you believe that Jesus was just some really nice guy, that a loving God wouldn’t send anyone to Hell or that you can get to Heaven by following Buddha or Allah then may I suggest you pick up a copy of Four Letter Words.  If you do believe that Jesus is the Saviour and He did rise from the dead, that a loving God would indeed use eternal punishment for those who don’t obey Him and that the only way to Heaven is through Jesus Christ, then you’ll want to grab a copy as well.

 

This book, while it can be read quickly, I suggest a slow and methodical read so that Bill’s words that come straight from Scripture can seep into your mind and soul.  Like the about the book above said, tolerating a Christian’s Scriptural viewpoint is not okay, in fact every opportunity should be taken to stamp us out.  Using four letter words like True (what is the truth? why can’t we all be right?), Pain (why doesn’t God stop the pain? why do we have pain and suffering?), Damn (is Hell real?  Why would a loving God send someone to Hell?), and more Bill takes us on a ride through the Bible to learn what is truth and what is not.

 

I especially enjoyed the section that describes moral lines like moral relativism, moral absolutism, as well as others.  I also liked the five views on Hell section which discusses universalism, universalistic inclusivism, universalistic exclusivism, annihilationism, and particularism and while giving explanations of each also tells of what churches hold to these teachings -even if they go against the Scriptures.  I really think this has a place on every Bible and Christ believing Christian’s shelf so that you’ll know how to confront the lies that often come at us, and the ‘Christian’ who doesn’t hold to Scriptural truth should also read this book.

 

**I was provided a copy of this through Litfuse Publicity in exchange for posting the tour information and my own honest opinion, no other compensation was given.

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