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lydiawesome's review against another edition
1.0
I received this book for free, unsolicited, in the mail, because I am a pastor. I would not buy it, or read it except that it was free and I wanted to give an honest review. This about one third diagrams, one third big block quotes, and the rest could have fit into a long magazine article. There is nothing new here, it's all been said before: "The present is bad because it's not like the past."
dbg108's review
1.0
This book is more or less an ad campaign for Ken Ham’s other projects. It narrates a religious and cultural war in which Christians are tasked with defending their God and their ideology of the Bible’s inerrancy and authority. The “us vs them” paradigm is both appalling and tragic. Without any real self examination or self awareness, Ham reinforces fear and anxiety as the predominant motivating emotion for evangelical witness. This is completely contrary to the Jesus of Nazareth we find in the gospels. Ham would do well to explore the contemplative, charismatic, and social justice traditions to find himself, Jesus, and the God of love.
rainydaydreamer's review
informative
fast-paced
4.5
Basically centered around creationist apologetics and the relevance of our beliefs about Genesis to the Gospel. Good reading, really.
cliff150's review
2.0
While I agree with the premise of the book, which is that Christians must tailor their gospel presentations to the hearer, I find the book a bit off putting. Ken Ham’s book comes across as a “get off my lawn,” grumpy old man manifesto. Contextualization is important. Ken Ham grinds away at the importance of taking the book of Genesis literally and states any who don’t take it literally is detrimental to Christianity. Overall, a short read but a bit cringe worthy.
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