Charles G. Finney (1) (1792–1875)

This rather short book starts off quite well. The first third of the book is a challenge to believers to live for God by faith, not by works and if we're struggling to follow God, the problem is a lack of faith rather than a lack of action. Although I don't agree with everything in this part of the book, I think that many Christians could benefit from this part of the book.
However, the last two thirds of the book is an examination of all the different titles given to Christ, both literal and figurative. While this is not a bad idea, it becomes quite repetitive due to the overlap of meaning in many of these titles and the author continually exhorts the reader to know the truths discussed spiritually, but never really explains what exactly that means. He also starts to mention entire sanctification without explaining exactly what he means. Until the end. In the last few pages, the author explains that this means we should "expect to live without sin". This doctrine of perfectionism actually undermines any of the good that comes before in the book as it is not biblical and gives many Christians an unbalanced view of sanctification that is not attainable in reality for anyone. I would not recommend anyone read this book as the good is outweighed by the bad.… (mehr)