Faith That Pleases God: You Don't Need to Strive for What You Already Have [Paperback]

Bob George (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2001

From the author of Classic Christianity (more than 375,000 copies sold in 20 languages), comes a dynamic book to help readers strengthen their faith.

Every Christian desires to please God, but how is that done? Faith That Pleases God helps readers discover that a proper understanding of faith is essential and includes—

• recognizing the differences between faith, belief, and trust
• seeing the kind of faith that pleases God
• realizing faith’s role in the work God is doing
• learning how to “rest in faith”

By understanding faith, readers will know what pleases God. This, in turn, results in a more serene Christian life that draws upon God’s wisdom and power for every need.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers (August 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736901396
• ISBN-13: 978-0736901390
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 1.6 x 5.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #734,880 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bob George is the bestselling author of Classic Christianity, Growing in Grace, and Victory over Depression. He is a counselor and teacher on People to People, a daily biblical counseling program broadcast coast-to-coast on radio and on the Internet at www.realanswers.net. Bob lives with his wife, Amy, in Texas.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beware Of The Galatian Trap!, January 8, 2002

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This review is from: Faith That Pleases God: You Don't Need to Strive for What You Already Have (Paperback)

Bob George states that the average Christian today lives out his Christianity like the Galatians did. So many Christians look to religion to provide and maintain spiritual life, depending on self-effort, continuous repentance,and confession of sins to gain God's approval and acceptance. Small wonder that so many believers are struggling in their walk and feeling condemned. Bob George has written a challenging book to guide the Christian towards new covenant living, where grace leads to a joyous, holy lifestyle and where Jesus Christ is honored and glorified in every area of life. He has an interesting chapter on 1John 1:9 which offers some startling and captivating insights. I liked the author's straight-forward writing style and his use of stories from his personal experience to clarify his message. I found this book to be very encouraging and I highly recommend it.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NOT dangerous theologically, April 17, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Faith That Pleases God: You Don't Need to Strive for What You Already Have (Paperback)

A previous reviewer has stated that Bob George's new book is dangerous theologically. Well, no, it isn't; however, it does depart from contemporary American theology. Over the last, what is it 1800? 1900 years? The Christian church has picked up a great deal of theological baggage (Gnostic teachings, legalistic trappings held over from Judaism, Greek concepts of the universe, etc). American theology hasn't done any better. We have a tendancy to "translate" the Christian texts into our own language, and many times we got it wrong.
Bob George is a modern day Martin Luther; his words cut through the trappings of organized religion in order to get at the core message of the Christian church--Salvation through Faith in God and his Grace. His message is not theologically dangerous, it is theologically sound because it is the core message of the Christian religion, one that Christians have forgotten in their efforts to ... I don't know what: know more? get more grace (whatever that means)? be a better Christian? I'm not sure, I've never understood. Bob George's message is perfect: Our faith in God's Grace is enough. A bit scary, because we all want to DO something more; however, THAT desire to do more, know more, go beyond is more dangerous theologically. Read Bob George--he's no literary marvel, but that's not needed here, just solid core Christian theology. No more, no less.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book about the doctrine of faith, June 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Faith That Pleases God: You Don't Need to Strive for What You Already Have (Paperback)

To people who have been in church all of their lives, this book may seem a little unusual at first. However, Bob George has a very grounded view of salvation and once you read this book and the light comes on, the Bible will read much differently for you. I received a much clearer understanding of what God did for us and now I know why my feeble attempts at living the "Christian life" were not enough. I was doing it all wrong. I was relying on my own efforts instead of depending on what Christ had already done for me so long ago. I also recommend that you read Classic Christianity. It will open your eyes.