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Book Review: So, You Want to Be Like Christ?

If you’ve read this blog for very long, you know I enjoy reading and listening to Charles Swindoll material. While I don’t agree with everything he writes, his style causes me to think when I read.

His book So, You Want to Be Like Christ? is a simply-written devotional book that helps the reader think. We often say things like, “I want to be more like Jesus,” but do we ever truly think about what that statement means?

Swindoll makes the reader think about the many distractions we have in our lives and helps the reader remove those distractions to focus on the changes necessary to be like Christ in even the difficult areas. Some of the eight areas discussed include humility, self-control, and sacrifice. As you can see by this brief list, these are not areas that are easy to change, but will take work.

The author helps us see the difficulty of change, but he helps the reader look at many Scriptures and illustrations that make you want to be a new person. Preachers, there is a lot of rich illustrative material in this book. [Just as a side note, I’m preaching a series next week at Double Springs, Alabama, entitled “More Like Jesus.” Reading this book, I didn’t really change my notes, but it helped me realize again how important a study like this is.]

As you can probably tell, I highly recommend this book. It is perfect for anyone, whether reading for sermon material or for devotional thoughts. Take your time through this one, maybe reading one chapter per day or week, and you’ll be glad you did.
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