Hey everybody, Pastor Burton here and it's time for a coffee break.
And this time we're going to do another book review.
It's been a while since I did one and you know I know what I said in the past, you know
I had a couple books that I wanted to do reviews on and I did.
I've actually finished the books but I just kind of dropped the ball.
It's on me, I'll be honest.
But I didn't get around to them.
So this time I did want to go ahead and do a quick review over one of those books that
I've been meaning to share.
And this time we're looking at Quotes to Live By by Josh Mendoza.
Now the spelling of his name is a little different.
It's J-O-S-U-E.
He goes by Josh.
I've known him for several years now.
Matter of fact, we used to serve together on the same praise and worship team years
and years and years ago.
He's currently the music director at another church here in the Albuquerque metro area.
Now I will say as much as I love my brother and I can't stress it enough, love, love,
love my brother, I do believe that he should have described this book a bit differently.
Now I'm not saying it's a bad book.
It's not.
But it bills itself as being much larger than it is and much different than what it is.
Right on the cover it calls itself a biblical foundation for modern thinking.
And the blurb on the back basically says it's an in-depth dive into apologetics and theology
through personal quotes.
Now I'll tell you in a mere 32 pages it's anything but.
It just doesn't have the time, let alone the depth to go into it.
Each page that's there, matter of fact, has simply a quote.
It's ranging anywhere from one to three quotes depending on how it's typed out and everything.
And really, these quotes, they're his thoughts.
Now while the book does call out to the Bible and biblical principles and so on, it does
so at the sacrifice of reference and depth that's been promised.
Especially for those who don't have an in-depth biblical background or who are not familiar
with things like apologetics or theology, this is really going to come out of left field
for those kinds of people.
Now like I said, he does have a lot of great things in here.
However it's my mindset that the book itself is not represented properly.
And while it does speak to some people and will speak to others, it will not speak to
all.
Really, this is a very short book.
It's only a couple bucks right there on Amazon.
It's not like it's going to break the bank or anything.
But this book is really, it's more of an appetizer than it is an entree.
So keep that in mind.
Again, that's Quotes to Live By by Josh Mendoza.
I'll put his name and everything here in the descriptor once I post this.
And that, my friends, is our coffee break for today.
God bless.