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The Grand Weaver |
Author: Ravi Zacharias
Published: 2007-07-01 |
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 Just not well done
I love Ravi. I agree for the most part with his basic premise here. I enjoyed some of the stories annecdotes.
But that being said reading this book was an awful chore that I had to slog through. Maybe it is just me; maybe it's the style it was written. I don't know what exactly it was, but I had a very hard time with this book. Not the concepts, or the material ... it just didn't capture me, I found it hard to plow through I didn't want to read it.
 He Is In Love With The Lord
Great! This man is truly in love with Jesus Christ and uses many life situations to show where God is working.
 Intellectually Bankrupt
The introduction starts out telling the story of an Indian father/son weaving team creating beautiful saris out of thread, then uses this as evidence in a rather absurd leap:
"Now if an ordinary weaver can take a collection of colored threads and create a garment to beautify the face, is it not possible that the Grand Weaver has a design in mind for you, a design that will adorn you as he uses your life to fashion you for his purpose, using all the threads within his reach."
It's downhill from there. Lots of colorful analogies that hold no bearing on the conclusions he draws from them outside the visual metaphor he creates. But I'll be honest, I couldn't bring myself to finish it after getting half way through. Perhaps all the really great stuff is left for the end. I doubt it.
 Know the genre...
I often read books by C.S. Lewis and A.W. Tozer, and Ravi Zacharias had written a rather succinct introduction to one of those author's books. I expected his book to therefore be similar. While it is a well written book, it is more inspirational in flavor than I typically prefer. If you are looking for a book similar to Max Lucado's style, with a little more theology and a little less story telling, this is probably a good fit for you.
 Good, but simple
This was a gift I gave on the advice of a professor. I read the first chapter and found it was simple, but good. A nice read for those who are still in the early years of their Christian faith and those who want to explore more of what it means to be Christian.
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