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Sam Allberry

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Sam Allberry speaks around the world as a preacher and apologist, and is part of the leadership team at Immanuel Nashville. He is the author of 7 Myths about Singleness and Why Does God Care Who I Sleep With?

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male
Nationalität
UK
Wohnorte
Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK
Ausbildung
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, England, UK
Berufe
Students' Curate (St Ebbe's Church ∙ Oxford)
Associate Minister (St Mary’s Church ∙ Maidenhead)
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Sam Allberry is a pastor, regular conference speaker, global speaker for Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, editor for the Gospel Coalition, and visiting professor at Cedarville University. He is the author of a number of books, including Is God Anti-Gay?; Why Bother with Church?; and 7 Myths about Singleness.

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The resurrection of Jesus is not just for Easter. It's for all of life! It has overwhelmingly positive implications for our daily lives.
 
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MenoraChurch | Jun 1, 2024 |
Most of the theology here is solid. There were a few times when his application of Scripture seemed a bit off-base, and times when he seemed to emphasize his own opinion rather than the facts in the Bible, but these were about somewhat minor things.

I didn't like much of the book.

Allberry seemed like he didn't mind being single too much, and like he truly believes that singleness is better and easier than marriage. He kept contradicting himself on this point, saying neither is easier, then following it up by saying that he thinks singleness is actually easier. Huh?

He only briefly touches on the fact that the "single" life can look very different depending on whether one is divorced, widowed, or never married, and whether or not one has kids. He frequently compared singleness not just to marriage, but to parenthood, which just isn't a fair comparison. And quite frankly, it didn't seem like he wanted kids all that much and so it wasn't terribly painful for him to not have any.

Allberry is a pastor, and I think that's allowed him to have a social life that many singles don't get - it's part of his job to connect with people, so he doesn't have to work a "regular" job and then do all his socializing outside of that time.

I felt like he excused married people too much when he talked about community in the Church. Relationships in the Church should not be as one-sided as he seems to think is okay.

The writing is a bit wordy and repetitive. He uses phrases like, "We do xyz, we think abc," referring to all singles, and I pretty much never agreed with him, so that was annoying.

The best chapter was the last one, where he finally admits that being single can be really hard and painful. But his conclusion just seems… trite? pithy?

All in all, this one fell flat for me. I think at the root of why this didn’t resonate is because Allberry spent so much time trying to compare singleness to marriage that he didn't really reflect much on God and His part in singleness.
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RachelRachelRachel | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Nov 21, 2023 |
A powerful book discussing a variety of unhealthy stereotypes that have been placed on Single Christians. The quote of the book: "If marriage shows us the shape of the gospel, singleness shows us its sufficiency". Alberry is like a physician to those who have been wounded by their singleness and shows how Scripture is a great comfort, not reprimand, to their state. Must read for all church members who constantly ask the question "So why aren't you married yet?"
 
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gingsing27 | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Jul 8, 2022 |
The quote from this book that I view as worth more than the cost of the book is this:

"Western society tends to think of freedom purely in terms of the absence of restriction. The idea is that if we remove all constraints, we end up with freedom. So the imposition of rules and boundaries is a restriction of freedom, by definition. But in the Bible, real freedom is not the absence of any and every constraint, but rather, the presence of the right kind of constraint. Removing a fish from water does not give it more freedom, but less. It is designed to live in the water, not apart from it. Freedom from water is a removal of constraint, but it is also (for a fish) a complete misunderstanding of what freedom really is. Our own true freedom is only found when we are in the environment which we were designed to flourish in."

In the United States, both Republicans and Democrats chafe under the restraints of law, though the laws that each group rebels against are different. Anarchy (removing all laws) is not the solution.

Overall, I found the book less substantive than I would like, but I have highlighted a few passages for re-reading in the future.
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ChristinasBookshelf | Apr 22, 2022 |

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