Review of The beuaty of Christ Through Brokenness

The Beauty of Christ through Brokenness

• Genre: Personal growth
• Author: K.P. Yohanan
• Overall rating: 8 of 10
• How I heard about it: Honor Academy Gauntlet week
• Suggested Audience : Any Christian wanting to grow closer to God

This is just another really good K.P. book. He has been described to me the most humble men on the face of the planet and after reading this book I can see how he receives such high praises. If you have never read any of brother K.P.’s books they are always very short most are less than 100 pages. Usually they are very small books most of them are easily pocket sized.

Don’t be deceived though, while his books are often small they are best described as literary steak. Not a single word in this book is misused or unnecessary. Every one of these 90 pages forces you to search and analyze your heart for pride and forces one to face the reality of Biblical humility and brokenness. He tells personal stories from his youth when he began to realize his giftedness for preaching and sharing the gospel and as a teenager it took him really being slapped in the face with his pride to realize how hard it is for God to use a prideful man. He spoke of God’s blessings often being reserved for those who learned to ask from a humble heart. He spoke of the importance of humility with examples from his ministry and that they were careful to only hire broken men and women making a point not to hire those that have pride in their lives.

Overall I really didn’t like the book the first time I read this one. I made me feel way too convicted about pride in my life. Reading this for the first time during my first week at the Honor Academy caused a lot of thought provoking growth in my life. It was truly a book that reminds me why reading is so important. I recommend this book to any Christian that is serious about their faith and wants to take things to a new level.