Reviews

Paradoxology: Why Christianity Was Never Meant to Be Simple by Krish Kandiah

aimeesbookishlife's review against another edition

4.0

A really interesting look at some of the most difficult bits of the Bible. I particularly like the way Kandiah encourages the reader to question and points out how many key Bible people asked difficult questions rather than ignoring the passages that make us feel uncomfortable.

jedster247's review against another edition

5.0

Incredible study in the beautiful complexity of a genuine relationship with God. So much of truth is a paradox — truth held in divine tension.

leevoncarbon's review against another edition

4.0

When I first saw some of the subtitles to the chapters, I was immediately drawn to this book. E.g. "The God who is actively inactive" and "The God who speaks silently". The author does enough analyzing and explaining to make clear that the parallel truths in scripture do not lead one to conclude that things are absurd. But in the end he lets paradoxes be, well, paradoxical, all the while helping to make them realities that we can not only live with, but also find at times to be elegant.

maryw's review against another edition

hopeful informative

4.5

catcaird's review against another edition

4.0

This is a book for those asking questions about the Christian faith, whether you are someone just interested in what we believe or you are a believer yourself. We all have these questions at some point in our lives and this book opens up a way to explore, poke, examine and hold up those paradoxes that make our head ache while revealing to us the awe and wonder of the Christian faith.

hedwig2's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

thea_no_evil's review against another edition

4.0

Paradoxology is not the easiest book to read because it forces us to look at some big questions that have the potential to ‘rock’ your faith a little. This book starts to unpack those questions many Bible believers have struggled with over years. Wikipedia says “A paradox is a statement that, despite apparently valid reasoning from true premises, leads to an apparently-self-contradictory or logically unacceptable conclusion” So right away you know a book that combines paradox and theology isn’t going to be a “light” read. However Krish uses both personal stories and quotes from others that help to ground some of the deeper ideas and I encourage other Jesus followers to stick with it and stretch your grey cells by finishing this book. For me the real high points came in the 2nd half of the book I particularly loved Habakkuk -The God who is consistently unpredictable & Esther - The God who speaks silently.

zluke's review against another edition

4.0

This book never claims to answer the questions faith in Christ can bring, but instead to confront them head on and explore what they mean for Christians today. It takes you through the old and then the new testament cleverly drawing on characters and events to bring the paradoxes to life. Sometimes it cuts deep into the heart of some of the struggles Christians face and doesn't shy away from the big questions.

It wasn't a quick read and really made me think a lot, but if you want to keep your faith alive then these paradoxes can't be ignored. It may leave you with more questions than you started with, but maybe christianity was never meant to be simple.

lanaeroxx's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

justinmlow's review against another edition

4.0

Great, accessible apologetic for some common tensions encountered in Faith