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A review by mveldeivendran
Fleeing Isis, Finding Jesus: The Real Story of God at Work by Charles Morris, Craig Borlase
3.0
The book is about a Christian evangelist journey to the Middle East mostly in Syria, Jordan and Iraq surrounded by the wake of ISIS, meeting some people from various geographical areas in which significant numbers of Muslims are coming to faith on Jesus and some firm innate believers persisting, experiencing the atrocities of the local radical groups.
I was curious to experience the mindset regarding the happenings in Middle East through a Christian perceptive. Despite my expectations, the work has only a few parts boasting Christianity and resenting Islam where he claims Christianity to be 'the' true face of seeking the God's blessings at various points vicariously through his interviews and by critiquing the negative impacts of Qur'an. It is hard to read this particular part realising the reality that the Judeo-Christian holy books were reinterpreted periodically for its survival. Author from his justified façade thought he could criticize Qur'an.
I won't consider this as a rigorously researched, detailed account but still relevant in some places and reading about the experiences of the victims and those circumstances in which they're intended to believe, is worth reading. Bringing back the faith in Christianity across the people in Middle East has a lot to do with its base elements as Friedrich Nietzsche said in his book, The Birth of Tragedy.
Overall, the accounts of several people recorded on their surviving the chaos amidst the radical ISIS with Near Death Experiences and other similar circumstances are worth knowing about the life in Middle East in case you haven't read any yet.
Author Charles Morris had been using his journalism background and communication skills for evangelism since early 2000 through an 80-year-old Christian radio program based in Los Angeles called Haven Today. The book's available from January 1, 2017.
I thank Netgalley, Author and David C Cook for the opportunity in reviewing this advanced copy.
I was curious to experience the mindset regarding the happenings in Middle East through a Christian perceptive. Despite my expectations, the work has only a few parts boasting Christianity and resenting Islam where he claims Christianity to be 'the' true face of seeking the God's blessings at various points vicariously through his interviews and by critiquing the negative impacts of Qur'an. It is hard to read this particular part realising the reality that the Judeo-Christian holy books were reinterpreted periodically for its survival. Author from his justified façade thought he could criticize Qur'an.
I won't consider this as a rigorously researched, detailed account but still relevant in some places and reading about the experiences of the victims and those circumstances in which they're intended to believe, is worth reading. Bringing back the faith in Christianity across the people in Middle East has a lot to do with its base elements as Friedrich Nietzsche said in his book, The Birth of Tragedy.
Overall, the accounts of several people recorded on their surviving the chaos amidst the radical ISIS with Near Death Experiences and other similar circumstances are worth knowing about the life in Middle East in case you haven't read any yet.
Author Charles Morris had been using his journalism background and communication skills for evangelism since early 2000 through an 80-year-old Christian radio program based in Los Angeles called Haven Today. The book's available from January 1, 2017.
I thank Netgalley, Author and David C Cook for the opportunity in reviewing this advanced copy.