The Principle of the Path: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
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Your Direction, not Your Intention, Determines Your Destination.
There is regularly a tension between where we want to end up in life and the path we choose to get there. We fail to see that having excellent intentions is never excellent enough. Like Charlie Brown, we wrongly judge there’s something to be said for trying hard. We need to know why, in spite of our excellent intentions, we may have finished up at the incorrect destination with our finances, our marriages, our careers, or a host of additional dreams. So how do we get from where we are to where we truly want to be? The Principle of the Path is a road map to proper direction and discipline.
Includes Wide Study Guide.
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The aim of the book is to prescribe that there is a principal path through God and many of the ‘directions’ are provided through the scripture. I am not a religious person, so it was refreshing to find in the first third of the book using the scripture in a refreshing way, and to a point I felt I was learning something. Peppered throughout the book, the leader used real life observations to bring home the message, which was useful in getting across the point. But, I felt in the second half of the book, the leader used less and less scripture, it became more of a address, expressed in a to some extent in a state manner – at one point I thought I had to sever all ties with my friends as they are all terrible influences; and to tell you the truth I was loosing interest rapidly. Hmm, I did not appreciate the leader pointing out that through our own ‘incorrect doings’, then the path it leads us to is infertility, for example. Did the leader study biology or not have had real life experiences where fertility is out of the control for a lot of women?
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Principle of the Path by Andy Stanley is the latest book I’m reviewing as part of Thomas Nelson’s Book Review Bloggers program. I really received the book and read it months ago. I’ve finally chose to write the review and place the book far behind me.
I’m sure Stanley is a excellent pastor. By the way he writes, he’s an engaging preacher. Principle of the Path, but, is not a excellent book.
Tone: I made the mistake of looking at the back jacket and seeing his publicity photo. He wore a casual shirt and looks twelve years ancient. Now, I’ve had a few people in my parish suggest that I’m young, and perhaps not ancient enough to be wise. It’s irritating. One doesn’t have to be advanced in years to give excellent pastoral care. But the problem with Stanley is that he’s adopted a condescending, know-it-all tone throughout the book and looks like a know-it-all-I-just-graduated-seminary guy. I really reflect he’s much older than he appears, but that photo doesn’t do him any favors with the tone he uses. Every time he wrote of his surperior wisdom in understanding The Principle, I couldn’t help but reflect of that boyish person on the back take in. To make matters worse, when the leader was not repeating his “I told you so” tone, he adopted a offhand chatty tone that can work well in the pulpit or in a classroom but falls flat in print.
What is The Principle? It’s really pretty excellent: we make choices in life and bear the consequences. Much of the time we can reasonalby predict if our choices will place us on the path to our desired outcome. If you start having an extra glass of wine every night, you can imagine what path that choice is putting you on. You make the bed you lie in-or lie in the bed you make, I suppose. It’s not rocket science, but it is a principle we like to snub. I heard a long depressing show on NPR this afternoon wherein the host spoke with people who had mortal cancers. The main message: they lived each day building choices which would have lasting value. They chose not to worry about possessions. They didn’t waste nights watching TV. Wasting time and energy on temporary pleasures was like eating ashes. Most of us snub this most of our lives. We do need to be reminded of this. Stanley does it well, then repeats it oOer and over again. To make it worse, Stanley felt the need to justify it by spending far too long exegeting a few verses of Proverbs. I’m talking chapters of defensive-sounding Scriptural lay-level exegesis.
And then he repeated it all again, basically adage everyone who is in debt, buys new cars with loans, has a terrible marriage or disobedient kids are idiots with only themselves to blame.
It’s pretty legalistic.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I started to read the book and was not highly impressed, but I read on. While I find Andy Stanley an enjoyable
guy, I am not tickled with the book.
Is there such an animal as a Christian Secular Hybrid that most people would delight in??maybe yes, maybe no.
BUt I feel people should know that is what this tries to be and choose if it is a “yes” for them.
It is NOT really preachy if that helps you choose.
It is essentially about building the right choices/choosing the right path to make ones life more useful, pleasant and the best possible. All noble goals for certain.
There were two things that bothered me besides the “it’s been said, written before” aspect of the book.
1. Trying to be Christian book and a secular book at the same time…..just how does THAT work for most??
Secular people may likely prefer a straight up secular psychological book and likewise Christians expecting a Christian boo usually want a straightforward Christian book. It seems like THE WRONG PATH, Andy. Just one womans opinion.
2.I really felt like I was re-reading the same few thoughts/thoughts/principles over and over , just worded differently. A name else may not feel the same or may like this as it re-inforces the thought in ones mind.
This could have been a lovely, less expensive booklet, if so , I reflect it would have retained my attention and gotten the point across much more beneficially
But, I gave this a 3 as I am certain there will be people who have never heard his principles before and will gain a fantastic deal from this book, I would suggest you do the Amazon’ Look Inside this Book ‘for a sample.
You may like it and it may help you momentously. I am not bashing it by any means.
He did have some excellent points,and some may want the whole book. Check it out as I suggested above.
I have bought so many books, some I like , some I establish dreary and a waste of $ and time, so I try to
give both sides and not JUST my opinion for you.
Christians may get more from a Blackaby or Beth Moore book
Secular persons may check out Deborah Norville or Dr. Phil
Just some thoughts, i’m sure as you search Amazon will give suggestions if you search.
Excellent luck on whatever you choose.
I hope I helped in some way =+)
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
This book is straight forwards, reminding us how simple people complicate life. The path is permanently the way. While every bus may look the same, they all do not arrive at the same destination. Path + route = successful arrival. Amen.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
The central theme of this book is: “Direction – not intention – determines your destination.”
While the advice offered in this book is significant for anyone, it’s primarily for Christian readers because it relies heavily on biblical references and includes some discussion on sin and repentance.
The central theme of this book is a sound and the advice is excellent but the book makes a promise that it doesn’t reasonably deliver because too much time is spent on the setup and not enough time is spent on the solution. I had to read middle through the book to get to what I consider to be the “meat.” Also, while the book jacket promises a 7-step process for the application of a solution, I never establish them because they’re never clearly listed. A tighter presentation of the main points with clearly delineated action steps would be helpful.
On a positive note, the book ends with a Study Guide that guides the reader through a process for applying the thoughts discussed in the book.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5