Wednesday, March 30, 2011

A Conversation with God: If You Could Ask God Any Question, What Would It Be? by Alton Gansky

A Conversation with God: If You Could Ask God Any Question, What Would It Be? By Alton Gansky is a 304 page book (notes included in count) comprised of 55 questions. I thought this book was fairly generic. I’m a Christian and have been for some time, none of the content was new to me and very little was explained in a new way that I haven’t heard before. That being said, I do think this would be an excellent book for a new Christian with many questions. I liked the format of the book and I hadn’t ever seen one written from God’s “point of view”. After you read each question, you are given several answers as if they are being spoken by God, Jesus and various other characters from the bible. It was easy to read and the chapters are very short. I didn’t really care for the way the references were set at the back of the book, instead of directly with the chapter that they pertained to. I found myself being too lazy to actually flip to the back and check the references. I chose to skip around and read different questions that interested me first, instead of reading the book straight through. The author actually encourages this in his introductory. Also in the introductory is a list of many of the other characters that are referenced  and a short description of who each person is, I really liked that this was included. A few of the questions in this book are: God, how can we believe that you created us?, Why weren’t all early writing included in the Bible? Why should we work if the world is going to end? Why are some people rich and others poor? Can I lose my salvation? What is the kingdom of God? What will we do for eternity? And Are we Unique?
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