Sunday, December 26, 2010

The Walk

By: Shaun Alexander 

In The Walk, Shaun stresses the importance of order in becoming a mature Christian.  He lays out 5 stages that each person can walk through: Unbeliever, Believer, Example, Teacher, and Imparter.  He states that if a believer were to "skip a stage in the maturity process, error will creep in.  Get ahead of God, and things will start to go wrong.  But follow His (God's) order in  your life, and you will see amazing things happen." p. 21

He breaks each stage down into becoming a Believer, Example, etc and expands on the trials, traps, and victories of each stage.  As you walk through this book, Shaun gives concrete examples not only from his football days, but also real life situations many people can relate to.  He cites Scripture throughout the book, yet many times they are only referenced.  A Discussion Guide is available for small groups to read together.

I feel that Shaun Alexander over-stresses the order of the stages and not enough on the actual learning and living of each.  He does state near the end that different people will proceed through the stages at different rates - some faster than other.

Download the first chapter of The Walk by Shaun Alexander here.

Star Rating - 4 out of 5

A complimentary copy of this book was provided to me by Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing Group as part of their Blogging for Books Program. I was not obligated to write a positive review. The opinions in this review are strictly my own.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Ellen,
    I enjoyed your review of The Walk, and look forward to reading more of the book.
    Meet your newest follower.
    Hope you'll swing by and visit me too.
    Company is always welcome at my place:)
    Wishing you a blessed new year ahead.
    Debra
    http://debrasblogpureandsimple.blogspot.com

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  2. This sounds like an interesting read; I am always looking for new books to add to my TBR list, thanks!

    Your new #511hsv friend, Shawntele. :O)

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