The Grace Effect: How the Power of One Life Can Reverse the Corruption of Unbelief by Larry Alex Taunton


Larry Taunton starts his book with being at the table with an atheist and speaking about Christianity and the reality of grace. Then he recounts how he and his wife want to adopt an orphan girl from Ukraine named Sasha. As they started the process of adoption, they couldn’t believe what they encountered: corruption, an atheistic shaped country, and false promises of the socialism; a clash of two cultures. The author connects the story of Sasha with grace. He also describes how a world with atheistic believes would look like: a cold and graceless world. But through Sasha’s story we can see that the world is not beyond the healing power of grace…beyond ”the grace effect”.

The book was very interesting, because I wasn’t sure if Larry Taunton and his family would bring the adoption to the end seeing the corruption of the country, the bribes they had to pay and the horrible conditions of the children in the orphanages. As I read the book I was very astonished by the things the author described as being interesting in Ukraine: like cars parking on the sidewalk, no toilet paper at the orphanages, pay the full rent amount for the entire stay up-front, etc. These all are similar in my country (Romania), these two countries are after all neighbors. Even the corruption which the author described is present in our country and it is so hard to stand against it. I think the author didn’t want to speak against Ukraine, but to show us people who were indoctrinated to ignore the weak and poor people of the society and look out for their own interests and how the atheistic view of man shifts from being made in the image of God to being “more than a soulless animal”. I enjoyed reading the book also because the author was well-informed with chosen sources, you could recognize that he has understanding for complex topics. I recommend this book to those who can’t imagine how corruption still works in some countries and to those who want to learn to be thankful of the place where God has put them (in that family, house, country, etc).



I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze®.com <http://BookSneeze®.com> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Slow down a little bit

To really know