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The Edge Of Grace (2011)

by Christa Allan(Favorite Author)

3.37 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1426736835 (ISBN13: 9781426736834)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Abingdon Press

review 1: I enjoyed this book for the life lessons and the subject matter; however it really seemed to drag on while Caryn came to terms with her brother coming out and how that fit in with her view of God and being a Christian. I tired of the endless minutiae although I suppose it was all part of the process she had to go through. I am a Christian and also have a gay sibling and couldn't relate at all to the reaction she had, though I know not everyone is accepting initially-or ever! I think the book brings to light the serious problem of hate crimes and in the end shows us someone who has learned to stand up for what she believes in. I would like to read Christa Allan's first book about alcoholism and recovery. She stated in her acknowledgments that in this book and her first... more, she writes from personal experience. There are many lessons here for everyone, as well as resource material at the end.
review 2: I read this book with an aching heart as I feel that the author, in her attempts to show a loving God, has forgotten that our God is also the very God that sent His son to die for our sins. The particular issue of this book is homosexuality. Scripture clearly calls this act/lifestyle a sin. However, the heroine of The Edge of Grace is made out to be the only character who has a lesson to learn--to love her brother despite his lifestyle. What about the lesson the brother needed to learn--that the lifestyle he has chosen is a sin.The heroine's lesson should not be discounted. We should all love and not hate anyone. We should never judge another individual. Christ is shown through us when we reach out to others who are just like us--sinners. Ms. Allan's story shies away from any lesson learned by the homosexual brother. He is shown to be "good" because he attends church, he has a New Testament on his bed stand, he does good deeds. There isn't one mention that Scripture clearly tells us that God has a problem with sexual sins: lust, adultery, sex outside the marriage, and yes, like it or not, homosexuality. The real villains of this book are those Christians Ms. Allan portrays. They are likened to those sick individuals who murdered Matthew Wayne Shepherd in 1998, and this truly made me ill. It shows a definite lack of understanding by this author that when someone hates the sin, it is not the same as hating the sinner. And often the most loving thing someone can do for another is to counsel them about their sin--whatever that sin may be.The book did get me thinking, though. If Ms. Allan's publisher has no problem with publishing a story that indicates God has changed his mind about one sexual sin, if they don't have a problem intimating that a homosexual couple has gone off on a trip to Mexico, what's next for acceptable sins: a heterosexual couple spending time in a romantic locale, a husband cheating on his wife, two teens having a sexual relationship? less

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