Messed Up Menof the Bible: Seeing the Men in Your Life through
God’s Eyes is
an eye-opening, insightful, inspiring, and encouraging book written by Tina Samples and Dave Samples.
With each chapter discussed alternately
between Dave and Tina Samples, the book has twelve chapters that feature twelve
messed up men from both the Old and the New Testament including King David,
King Solomon, Samson, and Judas, among others.
Among the issues explicated include the
conceited men, the control freak, the angry, the depressed, the traitor, the
physically ill, the wayward, and the lustful, as well as those men who lack
integrity, men who lack courage, those with father issues, and those possessed
by various demons.
By citing specific verses in the Bible,
the authors explain the behaviors of each messed up man and even present
reasons that may justify these behaviors. Similarly, the authors illustrate how
these messed up men in the Bible behave exactly the same way as the men in our
lives. Moreover, they share how the women (mother, wife, lover, and daughter)
in these messed up men’s lives dealt with the situations they found themselves
in.
The book offers practical and important
advice on how to help these men: to how to live with a controlling man, ways to
relax when dealing with an angry man, and the dos and don’ts of living with an
angry man.
Each chapter ends with a list of
questions for the readers to answer which makes the book interactive and
personal, and by sharing their own experiences, the authors make this book very
relatable.
Needless to say, I enjoyed this book
immensely. It is an easy read, informative, inspiring, and encouraging.
However, some parts may require not just
familiarity with but ample knowledge of the Bible. Though regular Bible readers
may not find that much of an issue, non-Bible readers may find it a little bit
bothersome.
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