Book Review: The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns

WOW! This book was amazing. I started reading this book and couldn't put it down. Richard Stearns, President of World Vision, writes a part autobiography, part challenge for those reading and a charge for those who claim to belong to the Church.

The way in which he writes make you feel at home and doesn't make you feel like you are being "preached at" yet somehow challenges you to make a difference. He challenges you to make a difference, not just so you feel better about your life here on earth, rather so you make a difference because of your love of Christ and what He did for the Church.

This book is pretty eye-opening with respect to what's going on with the AIDS epidemic in Africa and poverty around the world. Stearns also reminds us, Americans, how really good we have it and what our responsibility is as Christians.

I really appreciated the effort made by him to be honest about where he is coming from and reminding everyone that this is a process. Our lives and the way we live them is not going to change overnight yet we can't sit idly and wait for the world to change. We have to be the ones to help with God's grace. We have to start somewhere.

I also appreciated that he didn't just write the book and leave you at that. He gives the reader ideas on what to do next and a place to start. He reminds us that we all have something to give whether that be with our time or resources. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to make a difference in our world and am excited for what World Vision is doing in our country and around the world.

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