jamibalmet's review against another edition
4.0
God gifted us with emotions so that we can feel
deeply, love fiercely, and walk with others as they do both. But our emotions can be tough to sort through sometimes and we just go with what we “feel” we can find ourselves in trouble and deep in sin! Our emotions are neither good nor bad on their own, but it’s how we use them and submit to God’s will with them that counts. I love this look at our emotions from a Biblical standpoint and how we can use that for God’s glory!! I received a free copy of this book from Crossway in exchange for my unbiased review. Thanks Crossway!! :)
deeply, love fiercely, and walk with others as they do both. But our emotions can be tough to sort through sometimes and we just go with what we “feel” we can find ourselves in trouble and deep in sin! Our emotions are neither good nor bad on their own, but it’s how we use them and submit to God’s will with them that counts. I love this look at our emotions from a Biblical standpoint and how we can use that for God’s glory!! I received a free copy of this book from Crossway in exchange for my unbiased review. Thanks Crossway!! :)
unapologetic_romantic's review against another edition
4.0
“Instead of waiting to feel, we can act to feel”
Reading this book was like a breath of fresh air, a new perspective on something that I thought was only getting in my way - emotions!
Reading this book was like a breath of fresh air, a new perspective on something that I thought was only getting in my way - emotions!
llwelsh's review against another edition
4.0
Lots of good insight and godly wisdom. Emotions revealing what we believe and value....growing in biblical emotional intelligence... how feelings that come from that time of the month hormones can be understood and addressed... practical insight like emotional emergency measures...acting to feel not waiting to feel. Things I can remember from this book that will be helpful!
ate343's review against another edition
4.0
This was a helpful and encouraging read about aligning our emotions with Christ’s emotions! I recommend to those who may feel overwhelmed by or out of touch with their emotions!!
Recommended by Tiff!
Recommended by Tiff!
kayleejames15's review against another edition
4.0
Really good! Hard to understand at times but I really liked it
wordswithrach's review against another edition
4.0
I picked up this book because of the title. It is rare that I think I have read a book written purely on emotion or feelings so I was interested to see what the authors had to say.
The book was written by a mother/daughter team and geared toward women. Many of the examples and scenarios in the book were therefore about women. Unlike many other books written to women this book did not feel as vulnerable, perhaps because of the style in which it was written combined with the fact that the authors spoke about themselves in the third person instead of first person.
The first half of the book felt very academic to me or like the authors were trying to build their case (which they were). Unfortunately, it felt very repetitive, which is not necessarily my favorite thing in a book. I felt this part of the book could have been shorter. I did enjoy the research and thought put into this section though.
All that being said-the last portion of the book was my favorite. I felt that it held more practical examples and tools that I could use when thinking about my emotions in a godly way. And most importantly the authors always point the reader back to prayer, the Word and God.
Finally, I really appreciated the use of Scripture and biblical examples throughout the book. This book is definitely gospel-centered.
There were portions of this book I found long and confusing and portions of this book that I found extremely applicable and in those parts I highlighted something every other paragraph. There were things that I appreciated about the book and things that I would have done differently. So in short I have complex feelings about this book, but then aren’t feelings always complex? I would say this book is worth reading, especially if you want a biblical theology of emotion.
This book will be available on October 31, 2017.
I received an advanced copy of this book from Crossway and Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.
The book was written by a mother/daughter team and geared toward women. Many of the examples and scenarios in the book were therefore about women. Unlike many other books written to women this book did not feel as vulnerable, perhaps because of the style in which it was written combined with the fact that the authors spoke about themselves in the third person instead of first person.
The first half of the book felt very academic to me or like the authors were trying to build their case (which they were). Unfortunately, it felt very repetitive, which is not necessarily my favorite thing in a book. I felt this part of the book could have been shorter. I did enjoy the research and thought put into this section though.
All that being said-the last portion of the book was my favorite. I felt that it held more practical examples and tools that I could use when thinking about my emotions in a godly way. And most importantly the authors always point the reader back to prayer, the Word and God.
Finally, I really appreciated the use of Scripture and biblical examples throughout the book. This book is definitely gospel-centered.
There were portions of this book I found long and confusing and portions of this book that I found extremely applicable and in those parts I highlighted something every other paragraph. There were things that I appreciated about the book and things that I would have done differently. So in short I have complex feelings about this book, but then aren’t feelings always complex? I would say this book is worth reading, especially if you want a biblical theology of emotion.
This book will be available on October 31, 2017.
I received an advanced copy of this book from Crossway and Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.
marycokelette's review against another edition
5.0
Loved this book! Highly recommend it!
A book that I would read again.
A book that I would read again.
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