Brent Higgins

NCLA Review - This is the story of a brief life lived with Christ at its core. BJ Higgins was a religiously precocious child. At age six he asked to be baptized. Until a mysterious disease ended his life before his 16th birthday, his passion was winning souls to Christ. His father writes, “Literally, from second grade on, if he had to talk about himself . . . stand in front of a group at school to give a speech, or if he had to write a paper, it was always about the Lord. He shared the gospel so many times every year in school—at recess, but also during times of education. He was just witnessing.” The book is a compilation of memories by his relatives and BJ’s own journal and blog writings from third grade on. It struck me as a hagiography more than a bibliography, revering BJ instead of God. BJ was admired by many, but his perspective was so narrow that it hardly merits a book. Rating: 2—DKW… (mehr)