Book Review: “God of the Underdogs”

Written by Matt Keller, this is a very encouraging volume that preachers will want to get and use for outline ideas.

The premise of Keller’s book is to take 9 Biblical men and women who used common excuses, but who were transformed to do wonderful things. Using people like Esther, Moses, Paul, and others, the book points out how these individuals are not so different from us, though they lived in very different cultures.

One negative thing about the book is that Keller continually comes back to his own story of starting a church in Florida. The story is interesting, but it permeates every chapter, and the book can sound more like an “I did it” book than what I think Keller intended for it to be. While a small thing, I found it to be distracting to read this constantly.

There are several doctrinal things I do not agree with in the book, but the overall premise is a good one. The chapters would be hard to preach as they stand, but the overall flow of each chapter could make for some good material for preaching or for a short class series. I think preachers will find value in this book. It is easy to read and gives some good insight from the lives of those God used to do some amazing things.

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Disclaimer: I received a free copy of God of the Underdogs from Booksneeze.com. I was not required to give a positive review.