The Hole in Our Gospel

Richard Stearns, president of World Vision, attacks the questions "What does God REALLY expect of us?" in this captivating book. He asserts that there is a "hole" in the gospel we typically see. For most of us, we view our relationship with God and the gospel as a whole as one-way transaction - we feel we need to receive something out of it. But Stearns says there's a hole in that mentality - it's about something more. We all have something we can do or give to fill that hole.

This book was definitely a “page-turner” for me. I couldn’t put it down. I absolutely loved Stearns’ use of personal stories, stories of other real-world people also helping the poor, stories of the poor themselves, and Biblical characters. His personal stories of the amazing heart change he went through were captivating. His journey from CEO of Lennox, to president of World Vision was not a fast or easy one. God had a lot of work to do on his heart first. He did, and Stearns has an amazing story because of it! I think you will find that whoever you are, you will relate with this story too. He shared just the right amount of stories of the plight of those in desperate countries in the world. But not all the stories were stories of despair – he has met amazing people that God is strongly at work in… stories full of hope! Also, the way he related the Biblical stories to his own personal struggle and the lives of the poor brought it all full circle.

Stearns has really uncovered Biblical truth and presented it in a cohesive way in this book. I would recommend it to anyone!



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