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Title: The Pressure's Off: There's a New Way to Live by Larry Crabb ISBN: 1-57856-453-0 Publisher: WaterBrook Press Pub. Date: 16 April, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Life Changing!!!!!!
Comment: This book has changed my view of what my experience in this world is "supposed" to be like as a Christian. When I first became a Christian all I was concerned about was my relationship with God and wanting everyone He had created to know Him also. Over the years, I have found myself more concerned about the blessings of God in this life which had created enormous pressure. The Pressure's Off helped me to see this and get my focus back in order. Once I quit looking for the blessings that God was going to give me and just began loving God again for what he has already done, I have been able to experience the peace and joy of God's relationship with me once again.
Rating: 4
Summary: Released Pressure!
Comment: It appears to me that Larry Crabb is after people both understanding and existentially knowing God, experiencing His presence, irrespective of the rather extraneous blessings of God (health, wealth, peace, etc.). This is what he calls the "New Way" (in fact Biblical consistent New Testament Christianity). As we accept this notion, that our attention must be focused on Christ, not His blessings, then the performance cycle that brings us frustration (pressure) can be lessened. We need to be asking ourselves, what is Christ teaching me or what is His purpose in this toward others? Even if we do not get clear answers, we must, by grace, yet focus on His sovereignty not on our feelings or disappointments.
As for the means by which this takes place, he contends we must not stop trying to avoid pain and disappointment as much as seeking God through brokenness, repentance, abandonment followed with resulting confidence and a sense of release(p.182). We need to make a conscious choice to value more God's grace expressed in our eternal hope, than our present life working well. We need to still be obedient to Biblical principles God has provided us, but not to use them as our demand for "the good life." Like it or not, we are under obligation, but bottom line, God is not and this is a good thing.
The only criticism I would suggest is that, as with many professional counselors, Dr. Crabb is at times a little foggy in his articulation and theology. He also floats about a bit in this book, making it perhaps twice as long was what was really necessary to convey his thoughts.
Despite this criticism, I found the book insightful and certainly very helpful. It serves as a good corrective to much of the silliness that is currently found in significant segments of the Western Protestant church.
Rating: 5
Summary: One more step in Crabb's developing viewpoint
Comment: No author from the last 50 years has ever impacted me as Larry Crabb has. He has been my "literary mentor" since my days in college, and it has been a marvelous ride to watch his viewpoints and convictions about the human condition evolve and mature as time goes by. I've read everything he's written (balanced against other Christian authors in his field and even his critics), and I'm still impressed with his authenticity, candor and ruthless committment to his path to Christ in the face of often rigorous criticism.
"The Pressure's Off" has to be the most insightful book I've picked up in years. A piece of literary prose, it's not. Those who are not long-time readers of Crabb can quickly become disenchanted with his personable, oft-repeating style of writing. I think Crabb has taken into account that the average reader needs a concept reinforced OFTEN before it becomes understandable and concrete in his/her thinking.
I don't think Dr. Crabb intended his work to be a step-by-step practical manual to reach a point where the "pressure's off", as some readers seem to have been expecting. Another reviewer criticized his supposed shortfall of Scriptural usage; when I meet with an old friend whom I'm aware has known Christ intimately for years, I don't expect him to be spouting Scripture in every sentence he says to me to prove spirituality, but I hear Christ in almost every word because I know where he's come from. That's Dr. Crabb to me: I'm aware of where he's come from, he's an old "literary friend" in Christ to me, and I hear Christ solidly proclaimed in every word he wrote in all of his works, and this book in particular.
This book is philosophical, not necessarily "practical." Philosophy comes before practicum and methods in most courses of learning. Many can't (or won't) be patient enough to endure this path toward maturity. I'm still learning. But I'm better off having taken a new path at this fork in my maturity path by realizing the "pressure's off" and I can live a NEW WAY! Thanks again, Dr. Crabb. I'm looking forward to your next book with great enthusiasm.!!!!
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Title: Shattered Dreams : God's Unexpected Path to Joy by Larry Crabb ISBN: 1578565065 Publisher: WaterBrook Press Pub. Date: 16 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: Soul Talk: Speaking with Power Into the Lives of Others by Larry Crabb ISBN: 159145039X Publisher: Integrity Publishers Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: The Safest Place On Earth by Larry Crabb ISBN: 0849914566 Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: 10 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Connecting by Larry Crabb ISBN: 0849914132 Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: 07 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Understanding Who You Are: What Your Relationships Tell You About Yourself by Larry Crabb, Lawrence J. Crabb ISBN: 1576830144 Publisher: Navpress Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.00 |
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