Review: Today’s Moment of Truth: Devotions to Deepen Your
Faith in Christ
Lee Strobel and Mike Mittelberg
Zondervan
2016
Strobel and Mittleberg have written a devotional different
from most I’ve seen. That in itself is welcome
news to some of us. They don’t tell you
what to think, but help you to think.
Each day starts with a short Scripture verse or passage
followed by some discussion related to that verse that illustrates an
application in a person’s life. That’s
pretty standard form for devotional writing, but let me show you how this is
different. The devotional reading, I have
before me at the moment carries the title Is
it wrong to be right? (168). The verse comes from John 8, “You will
know the truth and the truth will set you free.” Have you discovered where he’s going with it
yet? The first paragraph opens with
this. “You Christians act like you’re
right and everyone else is wrong.” (168). The Truth
for Today closing that finishes each day’s reading says, “As Christians, we
should be confident in truth, but humble in spirit.” (169). In between, they traverse the distance
between knowing the truth and presenting it to others.
Other devotionals look at secular opinions related to historical
or scientific ability. Some address the
veracity of the resurrection, the Trinity, whether Jesus is God, works versus
faith, the really hard stuff of life, just to mention a few of the topics. There’s a set of endnotes that the reader
could use to discover further reading for himself and there’s also a page
listing other volumes for further reading.
Zondervan has produced a very attractive hard bound book and
even included a ribbon marker. It’s a lay
flat binding which I really like in a book like this. Nice to see something than a trade paper type
edition. Check this one out. I didn’t like it at first because it was
different, but now I find it more helpful because it is different. I do recommend this one to you.
I received this book from the publisher in return for a
review.
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