Learning from My Father : Lessons on Life and Faith (Paperback)

from jd234512

This was a book I had somewhat mixed emotions on. Going in I had high hopes for it because Eerdmans generally puts out such quality and the idea behind it seemed great: honor your father through a book that reflects on all the things he taught you. From the beginning we learn about his dad's inte...

from Daniel_Durbin

In this unique and pleasant memoir, David Lawther Johnson recounts many of the life lessons he has learned from his father, the Reverend Gerald R. Johnson, a long-time Presbyterian minister. Johnson begins his memoir recounting the death of his father, which subsequently causes the him to revisit...

from Christopher_High

I really wanted to like this book. The author wrote competently and addressed many topics which I am interested in. Ultimately, the book failed to captivate me. Christian maturity should inform Christian exhortation. Although the book is about what Johnson learned from his own father, there would...

from antiquary

To understand the faith of modern mainstream American Protestantism, I would recommend this book. I have noticed many non-Christians have a stereotype of all Christians as being like a caricature of Pat Robertson, while many evangelical Christians see what used to be mainstream Christianity as de...

from Illiniguy71

This book is a thoughtful, intelligent, and carefully crafted presentation of the author's mainline Protestant belief. Johnson is the late middle-aged son of a Presbyterian minister. He uses letters his father sent to him nearly four decades ago as a point of departure for explaining his own view...