The Good Gift of Weakness by Eric Schumacher

This overview of the theme of weakness in the Bible offers readers practical encouragement and hope as they learn to view their frailties as part of God’s plan and purpose for their lives.

Our culture deifies strength—and sadly, the church does too. Who has the most successful ministry, the largest congregation, or the godliest family? Our misplaced faith in human strength is a false hope with no basis in Scripture.

But a closer look throughout the Bible reveals the central role human frailty plays in the redemption story. From Genesis to Revelation, God’s power is made perfect when people are at their weakest. Far from an undesirable defect, God designed our weakness to draw us closer to himself.

As you learn to accept the good gift of weakness, you will experience true strength—the kind that only comes from a loving and infinitely powerful God.

Title

The Good Gift of Weakness
Author(s)

Eric Schumacher
ISBN

9780736988667
Publisher

Harvest House
Topic

Life's Challenges
Audience

Adults
Pages

272
Published

06/01/2024

Overall rating

5.0 based on 1 review

Points Readers to Jesus

The Good Gift of Weakness is the latest book by pastor, author, and podcaster, Eric Schumacher. This book helps readers cultivate a theology of weakness. To many, even Christians, weakness seems like a bad thing. Yet Christ’s power is made perfect in it so for Christians, it is important that we understand what it is and how to embrace it. In The Good Gift of Weakness Eric takes readers through a broad overview of the storyline of Scripture and helps them see God’s pattern of using foolish things to shame the wise. In our Western world, it seems that being strong should be a priority if one wants to experience success. Eric helps readers see that God’s way is the opposite and we see the culmination of this in Jesus. Eric introduces each chapter with a personal anecdote as an illustration. Many of them were hilarious and I found myself laughing out loud as I read them. It is a joy to come across books about serious subjects whose authors appreciate the gift of humor. I also enjoyed learning more about the Bible. Eric helped me make some whole Bible connections and see some patterns in the Bible I hadn’t previously noticed. The Good Gift of Weakness does a lovely job of reminding readers of the many ways Jesus displayed ultimate strength by becoming weak on our behalf. The book is full of reminders of the gospel message and Bible verses. I appreciated that the verses were made available to readers via footnotes versus endnotes. There were many times I picked up the book feeling incredibly weak due to various circumstances and was discouraged because of my weaknesses. The Good Gift of Weakness encouraged my heart with the hope of Jesus and has easily become one of my favorite Christian books. If you are experiencing weakness of any kind or want to better understand what it looks like to rely on Christ’s power to be made perfect in your weakness, I highly recommend The Good Gift of Weakness.

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