{"id":633,"date":"2011-04-19T09:43:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T07:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/?p=633"},"modified":"2011-08-31T15:28:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T13:28:36","slug":"stories-that-feed-your-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/stories-that-feed-your-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Stories That Feed Your Soul by Tony Campolo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In short, I was underwhelmed by <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0830747753\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=warrisheph-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0830747753\">Stories That Feed Your Soul<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0830747753\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/em> by Tony Campolo.  The last Tony Campolo book I read was <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0465003540\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=warrisheph-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0465003540\">Letters to a Young Evangelical<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0465003540\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/em>, which was a great, thought provoking book that really made me take a hard look at what Jesus would do (or what Paul would write) in today&#8217;s society.   Unfortunately, I found &#8220;Stories That Feed Your Soul&#8221; simplistic and very watered-down, even if it did hold a couple of gems.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/storiesthatfeed-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"storiesthatfeedyoursoul\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-637\" srcset=\"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/storiesthatfeed-191x300.jpg 191w, http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/storiesthatfeed-41x65.jpg 41w, http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/storiesthatfeed.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/> This book is a compilation of anecdotes and short stories collected by Campolo during his years of ministry.  The section headings were intriging, with titles like: Freedom from Condemnation, A New Life in Christ, The Call to Rescue Creation, and God&#8217;s Plan For Us.  All topics that I believed in and piqued my interest.  The stories\/thoughts themselves are generally shorter than a page, with some as short as 5-6 sentences and some as long as 2 pages.  However, the stories were simply&#8230; nice.  Not really what I was expecting from Tony Campolo.  <\/p>\n<p>It may have just been a case of the wrong expectations&#8230; I was hoping for something a little more like meat and I got milk.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, if this book is being marketed to non-Christians or new Christians&#8230; that would make more sense.  In his defense, Tony Campolo does say in his conclusion that the stories are intended as simple parables to help share the gospel&#8230; maybe it just wasn&#8217;t for me.  <\/p>\n<p><em>Note:  I received this book free from TheOOZE by participating in their ViralBloggers program.  Other than a free book, I get nothing from them as compensation for a &#8220;good book review.&#8221;  Either way, a free book isn&#8217;t going to make me compromise my integrity by lying on a book review<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:smaller;\"><br \/>\nDisclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are \u201caffiliate links.\u201d This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be useful. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s 16 CFR, Part 255: \u201cGuides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In short, I was underwhelmed by Stories That Feed Your Soul by Tony Campolo. The last Tony Campolo book I read was Letters to a Young Evangelical, which was a great, thought provoking book that really made me take a hard look at what Jesus would do (or what Paul would write) in today&#8217;s society. 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