Sara Barratt has written an interesting book calling teens
into a relationship with Jesus that goes a lot farther than Sunday morning
worship and midweek youth group pizza parties. Love Riot: A Teenage Call to Live with Relentless Abandon for Christ
(BakerBooks, 2020) is geared towards those who know there is something missing
in those safe and comfortable church gatherings that so many of us has come to
know and love, precisely because they are so safe and comfortable.
Interestingly enough, during this time of protests and riots
across the country, the blurb on the back cover starts with “It’s time for a
revolution, a holy uprising, a love riot.”
As cities are going up in flames, stores being destroyed and looters
making off with anything they can find that might be of value, words like
revolution, uprising and riot are hardly the most comforting ones I can think
of; but digging into the book gave me pause to think that these are actually,
in the context of Barratt’s book, words of hope. If the current generation can
accept this call, and bring about the kind of rebellion that Barratt is calling
for, they would be no need for the kind of riots, rebellions, protests, and uprising
that are currently making the news every night.
When we accept Jesus wholeheartedly and live as His
disciples and followers, things change. Whichever generation changes the
mindset of the culture, will change the world.
They will truly be praying “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be
done, on earth as it is in heaven”. When we truly pray that line, we’re telling
God that we want to be a part of bringing about that heavenly kingdom, and
asking Him to use us to make it happen sooner rather than later.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in
exchange for a review. I was not required to post a positive review, just an
honest expression of my thoughts about the book.
4/5
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