Book Review: The Courage to Stand

 

The Courage to Stand

Facing Your Fear without Losing Your Soul

by Russell D. Moore

B&H Publishing Group (B&H Books, Holman Bibles, B&H Español, and B&H Kids) 

B&H Books

 Christian  |  Religion & Spirituality 

I am reviewing a copy of The Courage to Stand trough B&H Publishing Group and Netgalley:

We live in a time of fear, and cowardice, there are some that are anxious and withdrawn, seeking to hide from whatever has them scared.  Others mask their fear by resorting to bullying and quarreling.  The root of all our fear if that we  lose our belonging in whatever tribe in which we seek safety, the fear that we might have to stand alone.

We face a crisis not of clarity but a crisis of courage.  It is not so much that we lack knowledge but the fact that we often lack courage, despite the fact that Jesus told us to stand with courage. Standing with courage does not mean we will be fearless though, it means that we will know how to face our fear and keep walking toward the voice that calls us homeward.  The courage we find through the Gospel, through his word is nothing like the Bravado we find in an an anxious world.  

The call to courage is terrifying, because it is a call to be crucified.

Russell D Moore calls readers of The Courage to Stand to a Christ-empowered courage by pointing the way to real freedom from fear—the way of the cross.   The way of the cross means integrity through brokenness, community through loneliness, power through weakness, and a future through irrelevance.

If you are looking for a powerful read on what courage is and what it isn’t, I highly recommend The Courage to Stand!

I give The Courage to Stand five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!