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61 reviews for:
Stop Calling Me Beautiful: Finding Soul-Deep Strength in a Skin-Deep World
Phylicia Masonheimer
4.31 AVERAGE
61 reviews for:
Stop Calling Me Beautiful: Finding Soul-Deep Strength in a Skin-Deep World
Phylicia Masonheimer
4.31 AVERAGE
This is the encouragement that Christian women of the 21st century truly, desperately need.
This was a really good book and I will definitely recommend it to others. Some chapters resonated more than others, as one might expect, so I think there is something in here for almost everyone to benefit from. The book ends strong with a call to action motivated by the victory to be found in fully following Jesus.
A must read for new Christians or anyone desiring to go deeper in their faith but not sure why or how.
A must read for new Christians or anyone desiring to go deeper in their faith but not sure why or how.
This book was not what I was expecting from the title, and was slightly disappointing in that aspect. However, it is well-written and thorough and I would recommend it to any girl who is not an avid book reader but would like to grow in their faith.
Having attended a Christian university where I studied Women’s Ministry, I was in a classroom setting where every class began with “turn to your neighbor and tell them they are a beautiful creation of God!” Oh how I despised that. So much of what was taught in my undergrad women’s ministry courses was centered around the role of a woman and her unique identity as being marvelously made by God. This focus frustrated me as a student and reading this book by Phylicia has been like someone took all my thoughts, feelings, and processing over those courses and put them into a book.
Women do not need more self-help, positive statements about themselves, or surface level bible teaching. They need real theology with real encounters with scripture so they can get to know the living God who wants to have a relationship with them. They don’t need more bible verses thrown at them but they need help shifting the focus toward looking at Jesus. Phylicia does an amazing job at that. At first glance you may think the content isn’t “new.” But when you dive deeper you realize that her goal is to shift the focus back to Jesus regardless of the topic. It’s not about self-help but an in depth relationship with Jesus. Women need the gospel that is for broken people.
This book is a powerhouse of wisdom for any woman because of the focus on Jesus. It also has the potential to transform those leading women’s ministries. I am so thankful for Phylicia’s strong presence to speak truth and challenge women to go deeper in their relationship with God. Upon finishing the book, I began to think if there has been any other female authored Christian book that has challenged me to pursue Jesus and truly left me feeling strengthened in my relationship with Him and I believe this may be the first. I know her target audience was those newer to the faith but this book connected deeply with me as a final year seminary student.
Women do not need more self-help, positive statements about themselves, or surface level bible teaching. They need real theology with real encounters with scripture so they can get to know the living God who wants to have a relationship with them. They don’t need more bible verses thrown at them but they need help shifting the focus toward looking at Jesus. Phylicia does an amazing job at that. At first glance you may think the content isn’t “new.” But when you dive deeper you realize that her goal is to shift the focus back to Jesus regardless of the topic. It’s not about self-help but an in depth relationship with Jesus. Women need the gospel that is for broken people.
This book is a powerhouse of wisdom for any woman because of the focus on Jesus. It also has the potential to transform those leading women’s ministries. I am so thankful for Phylicia’s strong presence to speak truth and challenge women to go deeper in their relationship with God. Upon finishing the book, I began to think if there has been any other female authored Christian book that has challenged me to pursue Jesus and truly left me feeling strengthened in my relationship with Him and I believe this may be the first. I know her target audience was those newer to the faith but this book connected deeply with me as a final year seminary student.
challenging
inspiring
medium-paced
This book was pretty good, just not one of my favorite spiritual books I’ve read this year. I think Phylicia had a lot of great things to say and a lot of wisdom to impart. I think that I personally haven’t been caught up in the “you’re so beautiful and loved” fluffy women’s conference theology, so I don’t think I got as much out of this book. But I believe any woman who has soaked up a lot of the fluffy kind of teaching would find this book to be eye opening.
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I did not really care for this book, it seemed a lot like other books out there, but it was okay.
I did not really care for this book, it seemed a lot like other books out there, but it was okay.
I received this book via Netgalley.
I found this book interesting, with some really good points. There were also some wonderful ideas that I look forward to adding into my bible study. However, I think a lot of the ideas in this book I've read in other books. There was also a lot of information about what not to do, but I wanted more of what is the best way to bible study and practice it in life.
I found this book interesting, with some really good points. There were also some wonderful ideas that I look forward to adding into my bible study. However, I think a lot of the ideas in this book I've read in other books. There was also a lot of information about what not to do, but I wanted more of what is the best way to bible study and practice it in life.
Good insight. One to return to, for both its pearls of wisdom and its beautiful writing.
Strong start in the first third. Didn’t care much for it beyond that.