Shawn Carney

Just okay. It very well could inspire more Christians to get personally involved in prolife activities.

For a variety of reasons, though, I couldn't give it 5 stars.

Some of these stories are very moving, but I felt many would have been more impactful without the author's commentary after each one - to simply trust that readers have brains and that God can communicate through His Holy Spirit.

Even though this only contains 40 stories, each one was too long and they (and the commentary) became rather repetitive. The book could have used much harsher editing.

I was happy that Carney began by pointing to Jesus as the answer to the world's problems, including abortion; but toward the end, his arguments devolved and pointed to the nuclear family as the solution.

"The family is where we place our hope to end abortion." (p 295)

Mmm... Nope, Jesus is our hope.

He states that "real heroes" are "raising their children," insinuating that all heroes have children… (p 294)

And he has questionable ideas about marriage and family.

"... getting married to have more children is a great way to change the culture." (p 185)

I don't think that having children is the best reason to get married. God doesn't promise us children.

"Abortion is first and foremost an attack on the beauty of the family." (p 293)

I would argue that it is more an attack on the sovereignty of God. Like Adam and Eve, after Satan, we want to "be like God" - we want to be the ones to decide who lives and who dies. We don't want to submit to His will.

Like many western Christians today, Carney doesn't seem to understand that Jesus is to be prioritized above our earthly families.

The author also peppered in a lot about his middle-class American life, and as someone who is lower-class, this was a pretty big turn-off. It's easy to say that you'll support women who feel they don't have the resources to raise children, but in reality, the support usually ends pretty quickly after a woman gives birth. I'm 100% prolife, and I don't think finances are a legitimate reason to have an abortion (or that there is such a thing as a legitimate reason to have one) but I also understand the struggles of poverty in a way that the author just doesn't seem to. It's hard to take a person seriously when they talk about something they just don't seem to really understand.

Lastly, there are so many typos in this book that it's embarrassing.

It's not the worst book in the world, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it, either.… (más)

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